The panel -- director Melvin Bernhardt (The Blues Are Running), playwright David Henry Hwang (who won a Tony for his play M. Butterfly), composer Mary Rodgers (Once Upon A Mattress), playwright Nicky Silver (Fit To Be Tied), director David Warren (Fit To Be Tied), and choreographer Marlies Yearby (Rent) -- discuss how directors collaborate with playwrights, how actors may influence how a role is written, the purpose of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers union and Dramatists' Guild, and the panelists' individual education and training.