Playwrights Teach Playwriting (Career Development Series)
Joan Harrington is Chair of the Theatre Department at Western  Michigan University. Her two books, The Playwright's Muse and I Ain't Sorry  for Nothin' I Done: August Wilson's Process of Playwriting, and numerous  recent articles all explore the creative process of writing and directing.  Dr. Herrington currently serves as the editor of Theatre Topics.Crystal Brian is an associate professor and director of the theater program  at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.  She holds an MFA and PhD  in Theater from the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to  her work as an award-winning professional director and producer of such  playwrights as Horton Foote and Tina Howe (her world-premiere production of  Foote's The Day Emily Married was named one of the top twenty productions  in Southern California by the Los Angeles Times), she has published  articles about Foote's work and is currently completing a critical  biography of the playwright.