odd London has been a leading figure in the U.S. nonprofit theater for more than 35 years, in recognition of which he became the first recipient of Theatre Communications Group’s (TCG) Visionary Leadership Award for "an individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to advance the theatre field as a whole, nationally and/or internationally." 
Todd’s service to the field has taken many shapes: artistic director, educator, arts journalist and essayist, public speaker, theater historian, and advocate for artist-centered practices. He has been honored in each of these roles. Under his artistic leadership, New Dramatists earned a special Tony® Honor and the Obie’s Ross Wetzsteon Award. He garnered the prestigious George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his essays, a special honor from the Dramatists Guild of America for “extraordinary work on behalf of dramatists everywhere,” and a Miss Lilly Award for his support of women in the theater. In 2016 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the DePaul University schools of theatre and music.
​Todd is also a novelist and won a Milestone Award for his debut novel, The World's Room. “Nothing I’ve read recently except poetry conveys the language of yearning the way this novel does,” claimed the judge in the best book category. “The author uses his double vision to make  us laugh and break our hearts at the same time.” 

Halley Feiffer is a playwright, TV writer and actress. Plays include I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (World Premiere Atlantic Theater Company, OCC Nom.), Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow (World Premiere Williamstown Theater Festival and MCC Theater, Drama Desk and Drama League Noms), The Pain of My Belligerence (World Premiere Playwrights Horizons), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City (World Premiere MCC Theater) and How To Make Friends and Then Kill Them (World Premiere Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Her plays have been produced around the country and in the UK, and are published by Dramatists Play Service and Overlook Press.

Interview with New York based director and choreographer, Chloe Treat. Some of her credits include: associate choreographer of Broadway’s Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and Heisenberg. Choreographed (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera and the American premiere of a Philip Glass opera called The Perfect American. She recently directed productions of Cabaret, James Joyce’s The Dead and two workshops of a new musical The Wave at Indiana University.

Theater producer and educator Rob Orchard talks about his life in theater focused in the Boston area with the American Repertory Theater and Arts Emerson.

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Obie-award winning director Melia Bensussen, is the artistic director of Hartford Stage. Last year she succeeded Darko Tresnjak, and become the first woman to hold the position in the theater’s 55 year history. In her career she has directed productions across the county, including at Huntington Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Playwrights Horizons, among many more.

Randy Danson is an actor of stage and film known for her work in the 1988 Scorcese film “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and many appearances on Broadway including two years as Madame Morrible in “Wicked.” She was also the first wife of Ted Danson, the star of “Cheers.” Her most recent appearances in New York include Lucas Hnath's "The Thin Place," and Ethan Lipton's "Tumacho." 

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