Playwrights TJ Young and Mora V. Harris, both members of the Pittsburgh Playwrights Collective and the local representatives for the Pittsburgh chapter of the Dramatists Guild, join The Public's Artistic and Managing Directors Marya Sea Kaminski and Shaunda McDill to talk about writing plays while teaching artists, the importance of collaboration in the creative process, playwrights' standards and guidance from the Dramatists Guild, and line dancing at The Public.

Plus, listen for some special insight into the state of the industry straight from the front lines as Shaunda McDill heads to a crisis conference at Harvard with other leaders in regional theater.