Festival staff from various areas share how their work helps to create and produce each magical season. There is no charge to attend these events, exclusive to Playwrights’ Circle members, but advance registration is required due to limited capacity. To learn more about Playwrights’ Circle Membership, click here.

Schedule of events:

July 15 – “From Page to Stage” with Keith Barker, Director of Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program

July 22 – “Introducing our Next Generation” with Janine Pearson, Director of Birmingham Conservatory & Chanakya Mukherjee, Conservatory artist

August 5 – “Leading the Way to Work Together” with Daviorr Snipes, Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

August 12 – “Fill Those Seats” with Michael Adams, Sr. Director of Marketing and Audience Development

August 19 – “Return to Repertory” with Jason Miller, Creative Planning Director

August 26 – “Experiments in Creativity” with ted witzel, Director of The Laboratory & Artistic Associate, Research & Development

September 9 – “Exploring a Director’s Role” with Esther Jun, Director of Langham Directors' Workshop

September 16 – “Taking care of our Artistic Company” with Hilary Nichol, Company Manager

September 23 – “Costumes; visual storytelling with texture and colour” with Michelle Barnier, Costume Director, Production