Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24,1955), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado",  was an American stagedirector and producer, best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater in the round concept in Dallas, Texas.  In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theater '47 in Dallas. Margo Jones played an important role in the early careers of a range of playwrights. On Broadway shedirected Tennessee Williams', A Glass Menagerie and Summer and Smoke and produced on Broadway Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee's, Inherit the Wind. She also championed the career of William Inge.

 Jerome Weeks was the arts producer-reporter for the NPR-PBS station KERA for 15 years. A professional critic for more than three decades, he was the theater critic for TheDallas Morning News for ten years and thepaper’s book columnist for ten years afterthat. He blogged as book/daddy for Artsjournal, and his writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, LosAngeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre  magazine.

Margo Jones (December 12, 1911 – July 24, 1955),nicknamed the "Texas Tornado",  was an American stage director and producer, best known for launching the American regional theater movement and for introducing the theater in the round concept in Dallas, Texas. In 1947, she established the first regional professional company when she opened Theater '47 in Dallas. Margo Jones played an important rolein the early careers of a range of playwrights. On Broadway she directed Tennessee Williams', A Glass Menagerie and Summer and Smoke and produced on Broadway Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee's, Inherit the Wind. She also championed the career of William Inge.

 Jerome Weeks was the arts producer-reporter for the NPR-PBS station KERA for 15 years. A professional critic for more than three decades, he was the book columnist for TheDallas Morning News for ten years and the paper’s theater critic for ten years before that. He blogged as book/daddy for Artsjournal, and his writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre  magazine.

Adrian Hall was born in Van,  Texas on December 3,1927. He was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement  of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986, and the Artistic Director of The Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas  from 1983 to 1989. He is considered to have created major and divisive change within both institutions.

Patrick Kelly is Professor of Drama Emeritus at University of Dallas where, with Judy his wife, he taught for forty-two years. Besides scores of campus productions he has directed plays at professional theaters around the country. He has also taught in such graduate theatre programs as University of Washington, Denver's National Theatre Conservatory, University of Colorado at Boulder and SouthernMethodist University.

Jerome Weeks was the arts producer-reporter for the NPR-PBS station KERA for 15 years. A professional critic for more than three decades, he was the book columnist for TheDallas Morning News for ten years and the paper’s theater critic for ten years before that. He blogged as book/daddy for Artsjournal, and his writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre  magazine.

Adrian Hall was born in Van,  Texas on December 3,1927. He was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement  of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island from 1963 to 1986, and the Artistic Director of The Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, Texas  from 1983 to 1989. He is considered to have created major and divisive change within both institutions.

Patrick Kelly is Professor of Drama Emeritus at University of Dallas where, with Judy his wife, he taught for forty-two years. Besides scores of campus productions he hasdirected plays at professional theaters around the country. He has also taught in such graduate theatre programs as University of Washington, Denver's National Theatre Conservatory, University of Colorado at Boulder and SouthernMethodist University.

Jerome Weeks was the arts producer-reporter for the NPR-PBS station KERA for 15 years. A professional critic for more than three decades, he was the book columnist for TheDallas Morning News for ten years and the paper’s theater critic for ten years before that. He blogged as book/daddy for Artsjournal, and his writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre  magazine.

Adrian Hall  born in Van,  Texas on December 3, 1927 was an American theater director. His directing style has been described as "bold" and his work was considered part of the first and second generation of the regional theater movement of the 1960s and late 1980s. He was the founding Artistic Director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island and in residence from 1963 to 1989, and the Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center  from 1983 to 1989.

Randy Moore is a founding member of Paul Baker's , Dallas Theatre Center and was in residence from 1961 to 1994. From 1995 to 2012, he migrated to the Denver Center Theatre. He has performed with Denver's Curious Theatre Company, the Alley, the Old Globe, and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
Today, Randy joins us to discuss the life and work of Adrian Hall and the Dallas Theatre Center.

Patrick Kelly is Professor of Drama Emeritus at University of Dallas where, with Judy his wife, he taught for forty-two years. Besides scores of campus productions he has directed plays at professional theatres around the country. He has also taught in such graduate theatre programs as University of Washington, Denver's National Theatre Conservatory, University of Colorado at Boulder and Southern Methodist University. In addition to

Today Patrick joins us to discuss the genesis and development of the American Resident Theatre.

Milton Justice is an Academy and Emmy Award winning producer, On Broadway he produced Tennessee Williams’ Vieux Carre,. Off Broadway he produced Jack Heifner’s, Vanities (which became the longest running play

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Mark Lamos served as artistic director of Connecticut’s, Hartford Stage for 17 seasons from 1981 to 1998. He

He was appointed the artistic director of Westport Country Playhouse in 2009 and stepped down after 15 years.

He has directed On and Off Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera of New York, City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and at Lincoln Center Theater.

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David Schachter was born on September 15, 1961 in Levittown, New York. David received a BFA in drama from

Arthur Bressen, Jr. known to his friends as “Artie” was born  on May 27, 1943. He was an American director, writer, producer, documentarian, and gay pornographer, best known for pioneering independent queer cinema in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote and directed the 1985 feature film Buddies, which was the first film to grapple with the subject of the AIDS pandemic. Other directorial endeavors include the largely

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