Andrei Malaev-Babel is Artisic Director at the Stanislavsky Theater Studio; Sarah Kane is Artistic Associate at the Stanislavsky Theater Studio; Leslie Jacobson is Professor of Theatre at George Washington University.

Konstantin Stanislavsky revolutionized both theater and cinema with the development of his naturalistic "method" style of acting. His theories were avidly adopted by Hollywood and influenced many major American actors on stage and screen. Leslie Jacobson, Andrei Malaev-Babel and Sarah Kane describe his impact.