The African American writer, composer, film director, and photographer - described by Studs as a quadruple threat - joins the program to discuss his wide-ranging career and most recent film - Leadbelly - about the blues singer Huddie Ledbetter (AKA Lead Belly).*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The director and actor discuss their interpretation of O'Neill's Hughie, presented by the Academy Festival Theatre in Lake Forest. Program includes clips of Robards' performance.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The playwright, director, actress, and founder of the Black Ensemble Theater talks with Studs about her portrayal of singer and actress Ethel Waters in Sweet Mama Stringbean.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The British playwright discusses his nine-hour adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby, at Chicago's Blackstone Theatre.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Rilla Bergman, Lou Fant, and Bill Reese converse with Studs about The National Theater for the Deaf and the production they are presenting. Two of the actors Ms. Bergman and Mr. Reese discuss what it took to learn, as hearing people, the best ways to express themselves with sign language. They all talk about how much more expressive the actors in the Deaf Theater have to be to convey the message of the piece they are presenting.

Interviewing writer and director Peter Bogdanovich about his film “The Last Picture Show.” The second part of the program, “A panel of producers and directors discusses education in film,” will begin at 44:45.

In conclusion, Joan Littlewood talks about the 21 acres of land that she owns by the banks of the river near London. Littlewood says people who live on the countryside and enjoy the outdoors are theatre lovers. When asked if she herself was crazy, Littlewood answered, "But aren't we all?"

Captain Cousteau talks about his book and the environmental movement in the United States and elsewhere.

The Organic Theater Company cast members describe the concept behind Dr. Rat - their adaptation of the William Kotzwinkle novel - and how they brought it to the stage.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The actor, director, and playwright of the Goodman Theater's Panto (AKA Pantomine) join Studs to discuss its major themes of colonialism and racial role reversal.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The director of The Arve Connection Dance Company talks about how he incorporates modern jazz and rock sounds into his choreography.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The co-founder of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater talks about his goal to show that first-rate productions can be made outside of New York. He goes on to describe the importance of regional theater and funding for the arts.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The founder and director of Chicago's Free Street Theater joins Studs to talk about bringing contemporary theater to the communities, especially those that don't ordinarily get out to theaters.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Studs joins the cast and director of the Goodman Theatre's production of Athol Fugard's Sizwe Banzi is Dead, to talk about the play and its portrayal of South African apartheid. Some dramatic readings are included.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses his documentary, A Quite Ordinary Life (Két elhatározás), and and how he captured the adventures of an elderly Hungarian woman on her first trip to Western Europe.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations