What does it take to be an understudy? Join an intimate conversation around the trials and tribulations, the skills needed, the joy and challenges in the world of the professional understudy. How does understudying differ from acting? Get perspectives from both an understudy and the members of theatre staff who help to pull it off. Why do some theaters have understudies and others don't? Who needs understudies? Is it an artistic choice, a financial reality, or both?

Panelists include:

Rebecca LaChance (Current Broadway understudy for the role of Carole King in "Beautiful)

Kyle Prue (Everyman Theatre's Director of Production & Casting)

Joe Smelser (Shakespeare Theatre Company's Resident Production Stage Manager)