Click here for tickets to the discussions and a performance of King Lear

Click here for tickets to the discussions and a performance of Design for Living

Click here for tickets to the discussions and both King Lear and Design for Living performances

The Shakespeare Theatre Company opens its backstage door to let you experience the theater through the eyes of its artists. Hear actors speak candidly about how the rehearsal process shapes their performance. Explore how the director’s vision is translated to the stage. Discover how a stage comes alive through a production’s technical elements.

JUNE 8 Michael Kahn talks with Stacy Keach about King Lear

Artistic director Michael Kahn talks with Stacy Keach and other members of the cast about their roles in the company’s production of King Lear, directed by Robert Falls, opening on June 22.

JUNE 29 Discussion with Design for Living cast and crew

Sit in as Dandyism.net blogger Robert Sacheli interviews Kahn and actors Gretchen Egolf, Robert Sella, and Tom Story one week after the opening of their production of Noel Coward’s uproarious Design for Living. Through discussion of the play’s themes and interpretation and the acting process, participants can learn to view the play with greater sophistication and critical skill.

CODE: 1M2-449

Discussions are at the Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St., N.W.