The panelists -- director Clinton Turner Davis (Two Can Play), playwright Herb Gardner (1986 Tony Award for I'm Not Rappaport), playwright/lyricist Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), playwright Shirley Lauro (Open Admissions), lyricist/director Richard Maltby Jr. (Tony Award winner in 1978 for Ain’t Misbehavin’), playwright Marsha Norman (Night Mother and a Tony Award for The Secret Garden) and composer Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) -- discuss how a playwright chooses a director, the role of a playwright, how much structure is provided by the text, and the varying degrees of collaboration between director, playwright, and actor.