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Jacqueline E. Lawton and Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zoe. Photo by Catherine Maria Rodriguez.
  • February 14 and 18, 2018: The Christians Post Show Discussions - Join PlayMakers on for a discussion of Lucas Hnath's The Christians. Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront, but his new ideas about the nature of salvation may just turn his congregation of thousands back into a congregation of one. In this probing new play, Lucas Hnath invites us to explore how our own uncertainty can help us live compassionately among those who don’t share our beliefs. Jacqueline Lawton will lead the post show discussions. Click here to learn more. 

  • November 29, 2017 and December 3, 2017: Dot Post Show Discussions - Join PlayMakers on for a discussion of Colman Domingo’s Dot. This touching and funny play examines the fragility of the mind and shifting family dynamics in the heart of a West Philly neighborhood. Dotty, the family matriarch, must fight to maintain a grasp on her fading memory as siblings collide in a riotous and raw familial brawl, where losing your mind and losing your sanity are two different things. Jacqueline Lawton will lead the post show discussions. Click here to learn more. 

  • May, 27, 2017: Company One Theatre hosted a Masterclass with Jacqueline E. Lawton for their PlayLab Unit. Lawton spoke about her life and career as a playwright as well as the business of being playwright, dramaturg, teaching artist, and theatre advocate. The PlayLab Unit is a monthly play development class, and a series of additional master classes on professional development, aligned with C1’s mission of nurturing civically-engaged artists, and creating a more equitable city. 

  • February 1 and February 5, 2017: Intimate Apparel Post Show Discussions. Join PlayMakers for a discussion of Lynn Nottage’s critically acclaimed lay. Esther sews elegant intimates for high society and fallen women alike, fashioning an independent path in her search for love and respect. A compelling look at the joys and sorrows of an African- American seamstress told against the rich tapestry of 1905 New York. Jacqueline Lawton will lead a post show discussion with the cast.​

  • Saturday, October 1, 2016: PlayMakers Repertory Company is offering a special matinee performance at 2 p.m. this Saturday that will be followed by a Carolina Conversation, “Detroit ’67 to Charlotte ’16.” Moderated by Jacqueline Lawton, panelists include Perry Hall (associate professor in the African, African American and diaspora studies department), Philip Meyer (professor of journalism emeritus and winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Detroit uprisings), and Ariana Rivens (UNC Student Research Assistant at UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders, Resident Advisor, and Psychiatry major).  
  • September 21 and September 25, 2016: Jacqueline Lawton led the post show discussions for Detroit ‘67. Join PlayMakers for a discussion of Dominique Morrisseau’s award-winning play. 1967. The world is shifting for two siblings running an after-hours joint to make ends meet. Tensions mount when dreams diverge, their tight-knit community is threatened by an outsider and the streets erupt in violence in this riveting new play set to a driving Motown beat. Jacqueline Lawton will lead a post show discussion with the cast.
 
  • September 16 and 17, 2016, Jacqueline E. Lawton participated in the Education Theatre Association’s National Conference: The Changing Face of Theatre Education. For a schedule of her events, see below:
  • Friday, September 16th: Race and Ethnicity in Your High School Show. As race and ethnicity take a central place at every level of the theatre world, how can high school teachers consider casting needs and the makeup of their own student body as they decide what shows to present. Whether a beloved classic or relatively new work, plays and musicals take on new meanings as our understanding of diversity and inclusion grows. Join diversity advocates Jacqueline Lawton and Howard Sherman for a candid, open, and supportive dialogue about how teachers can respond to the ever-evolving conversation around racial awareness and representation on all stages. 
  •  Saturday, September 17th, 2016: Adapting Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Myths. In this workshop, critically acclaimed playwright Jacqueline Lawton will share her process of adapting fairytales, folk tales or myths into powerful plays for the stage. Participants will examine the foundation of storytelling and establish best practices for dramaturgy and research. They will learn how to place women at the center of the story while remaining true to the story that inspired you. They will also explore the impact of race, gender, geography, and time on the world of the play.
  • Saturday, September 17th, 2016: Diversifying the Canon. The goal of the Diversifying the Canon workshop is to create a dialogue between the artists and organizations who write and publish work with the teachers who produce them. Additional panelists include Abbie Van Nostrand (Director of Corporate Communications, Samuel French), Courtney Korchuba (Marketing Associate, Samuel French), Lindsay Price (Resident Playwright, Theatrefolk), and John Prignano (Senior Operations Officer, Music Theatre International).
 
  • August 14, 2016: Jacqueline Lawton served on the Labor of Self Fashioning: Appropriation, Appreciation, Fashion, and Ethnic Identity panel as part of ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education). Moderated by Todd Coulter, additional panelists included Michelle Liu Carriger (University of California, Los Angeles) and Valerie St. Pierre Smith (University of Nebraska at Omaha). Lawton presented her essay, Writing Towards the Specific: Race and Representation in the American Theatre. 
 
  • March 2 and 6, 2016: We Are Proud to Present Post Show Discussion. Join PlayMakers for a discussion of this new play described as “90 minutes of original, enlightening, pulse-pounding theater.” In rehearsal, a performance piece on a little-known episode of early 20th century genocide erupts when the actors – three black and three white – tap into personal resentments and sublimated prejudices exposing more than they ever wanted to. Jacqueline Lawton will lead a post show discussion with the cast. 
 
  • November 16, 2015: School of Dramatic Arts Diversity and Inclusion Forum for all SDA students, faculty and staff. Dialogue focuses on race, gender, culture and identity in art and academia facilitated by Jacqueline E. Lawton. Click here to learn more.
 
  • November 14, 2015: Gender Equity at USC's School of Dramatic Arts. Playwrights Paula Cizmar, Julie Taiwo Oni, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Nahal Navidar and more, lead interactive discussions around issues of gender equity in the theatre. Moderated by SDA faculty member Melinda C. Finberg. Click here to learn more.
 
  • September 19th, 2015: American Muslims and Immigrant Identities at UNC's Programs in Humanities. We are pleased to offer a fall seminar in conjunction with the PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of Disgraced. This award-winning play by Ayad Akhtar offers an imaginative, controversial portrayal of the challenges that emerge in the cross-cultural relationships of even the most assimilated professional immigrants within contemporary American society. The seminar will begin with an analysis of the play's themes and production by Jacqueline Lawton, the dramaturg for the PlayMakers’ production. Julianne Hammer will then analyze the multiple identities, politics, and voices of American Muslims, and NC State historian Akram Khater will expand the social analysis of the contemporary American society by examining how migration and assimilation create new conceptions of selfhood and new cultural challenges for present-day migrant communities. Click here to learn more.
 
  • September 23 and 27, 2015: Disgraced Post Show Discussion. Join PlayMakers for a discussion of this Pulitzer Prize winning play. An upwardly mobile Pakistani-American lawyer has achieved success while distancing himself from his Muslim heritage. When he and his wife host a dinner party, friendly conversation turns to politics and religion, escalating into something far more dangerous in this breathtaking comedy-drama. Jacqueline Lawton will lead a post show discussion with the cast. ​
 
  • June 19th, 2015: Why the How Matters Now: The Production Notebooks and Cross-Departmental Story-Telling at TCG's 2015 National Conference. Moderated by Mark Bly (Dramaturg, The Acting Company; Editor, Production Notebooks Series, TCG), panelists include Alison Carey (Director, "American Revolutions", Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Melissa Cashion (Associate Production Manager, Denver Theater Company), John Eisner (Artistic Director, The Lark), Jane Jung (Managing Director, The Civilians), and Jacqueline Lawton (TCG Diversity and Inclusion Online Curator and Theatre Activist). Mark Bly, editor of The Production Notebooks, will lead this Skills-Building Session on best practices for discussing artistic choices, sharing production processes and engaging audiences with the amazing stories of how plays gets made. Joined by a cross-departmental team of literary, marketing, artistic and production staff, this session will feature spirited conversations about aesthetics and production practices, and empower attendees to better tell the stories of their own theatres.
 
  • March 7, 2015: The ARTerveners Social Justice Art Conference: Theatre for Social Change. The ARTerveners Conference brings artists together to talk more about how we can create and coordinate social justice art meaningfully and sustainably.  Jacqueline E. Lawton and Jules Odendahl-James will speak about recent theatre projects that address the fight for racial equity and gender parity in the U.S. Their presentation will include information about Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign; Hands Up: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments, and the Ladies of Triangle Theatre, a women led theatre collective. Click here to learn more. 
 
  • February 25, 2015: Diversity and TYA--Action Steps for a Bright Future. The TYA community has a responsibility to help grow the next generation of theatre patrons and artists by introducing young people across the country to the joy of live theatre. But, whose stories are we telling? Who are we representing on our stages? Who is sitting in our audiences? It is time to take a hard look at all of our processes—casting, season selection, marketing—and assess if we are going the extra step to reach out to diverse actors, storytellers, playwrights, and patrons. Moderated by Michael J. Bobbitt (Producing Artistic Director of Adventure Theatre MTC) and Nina Meehan (founding company member of Bay Area Children’s Theatre), panelists included Sean Fenton (Arts Consultant and Researcher at WolfBrown), Jamil Jude (Director, Producer, Playwright, and Dramaturg), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright, Dramaturg) and Damon Chua (Playwright). 
 
  • February 19th, 2015: Women Making News: RBG On The Big Screen. From the lack of women in television and film to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's latest comments on abortion rights, HuffPost Live's #WMN goes into the stories for, by and about women. Hosted by Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani, guests included Maytha Alhassen (Provost PhD Fellow, University of Southern California), Deirdre Connolly (Executive Producer, 'Watch What Happens Live'), Feminista Jones (Writer & Social Worker; Love & Sex Editor, BlogHer.com), and Jacqueline Lawton (Playwright & Dramaturg). Click here to watch.
 
  • January 8th, 2015: Wrestling Jerusalem Post Show Discussion. Moderated by Jacqueline E. Lawton, panelists include Aaron Davidman (Playwright/Performer), Ari Roth (Artistic Director of Mosaic Theater Company of DC), and Collin Rustin (Group Facilitator and President of Rustin & Associates, L.L.C.) will address the development of the play and the role of theatre a space for open, rigorous, and complex dialogue. 
 
  • October 19th, 2014: From Swastika and Jim Crow: Lessons and Legacies. A Panel Discussion featuring Professor Emeritus Guy Stern (Wayne State University), Professor Alan Berger (Florida Atlantic University), playwright Jacqueline Lawton, and Professor Tometro Hopkins (FIU) will examine the evolution in American thinking about the experiences highlighted in the exhibit at the Coral Gables Museum. Moderated by Michael Patrick Gillespie.
 
  • May 4th, 2014: Playwrights: Taking Control of Our Own Fates, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild of America, at the Kennedy Center. A panel discussion designed to help playwrights understand the secrets of raising money in support of their work. Moderated by Jojo Ruf (Executive/Creative Director of The Welders and Associate Executive Director of the National New Play Network), playwrights Kathleen Akerley, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Ari Roth, and Anu Yadav.
 
  • April 28, 2014: The Summit: And In-Depth Exploration of D.C. Theater in Three Acts at Arena Stage. Washington Post Theatre Critic Peter Marks discusses D.C. theater with some of the region’s leading playwrights and directors.  Panelists include Norman Allen (Playwright), Rachel Grossman (Ringleader of dogandponydc), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright/Dramaturg), David Muse (Studio Theatre artistic director), Robert O’Hara (director/playwright). and Ari Roth (Theater J Artistic Director). Click here to learn more and reserve tickets.
 
  • April 27th, 2014: Writing Our History - AsidesLIVE Symposium at the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts.  Shakespeare wrote Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 approximately 200 years following the historical events depicted.  As today’s playwrights approach American history, what can they learn from the Bard? A conversation with Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of Broadway’s All the Way and local playwright, teacher and theatrical advocate Jaqueline E. Lawton.  Moderated by STC’s Literary Associate and Production Dramaturg, Drew Lichtenberg. 
 
  • April 26th, 2014: Race and Representation: “Our greatest accomplishment. Our greatest shame.” at Everyman Theatre  What is the personal cost of being a forerunner - a barrier breaker? Through her storytelling, Lynn Nottage reminds us of those who are marginalized by circumstance, yet fervently trying to assert their presence. Join our next World of the Play panel as we examine the impact of racial stereotypes within the entertainment industry and the effect on our communities and greater culture. Hosted by radio personality Marc Steiner, Panelists include, Jacqueline Lawton (Dramaturg and Playwright), Dr. Kimberly Moffitt (Professor of American Studies) and Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zoe (Lecturer of Theatre Arts & Associate Artistic Director at Banished? Productions).
   
  • January 24th, 2014: Playing with the Past, (W)righting the Future at Georgetown University’s Department of Performing Arts. This one-day symposium, led by Georgetown University Prof. Soyica Diggs Colbert, explores how black playwrights and artists remember the past in order to imagine the future.  Moderated by D.C. based playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton, this presentation will feature leading professional actors and directors, alongside GU faculty, alumni, and students.  Click here to learn more.
 
  • January 18th, 2014: How Women's Voices Changed Our Culture at Everyman Theatre. In this discussion we will use the legacy of Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart to discuss the role of women play in theatre today. Hosted by radio personality Marc Steiner, panelists include: Teresa Eyring (Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group), Jacqueline Lawton (Playwright and Dramaturg) and Jackson Bryer (Professor of American Theatre, University of Maryland). Click here to learn more.
 
  • January 16, 2014: Dance Matters: Racial Equity and the Power of the Arts at Dance Exchange. This panel discussion brings home a DX work-in-progress. Panelists/Facilitators include  Bimbola Akinbola, Ouida Maedel, Cassie Meador along with featured artists Jesse Phillips-Fein, Paloma McGregor, and Jacqueline E. Lawton. The piece is commissioned by The Embrey Family Foundation for Dallas Faces Race, in conjunction with the Facing Race Conference 2014 in Dallas Texas.
 
  • November 1st, 2013: I Is and Sometimes I Ain’t Theatre Symposium at Howard University. The play, Fabulation, serves as a springboard to explore issues of racial identity and social posturing and provides opportunity to interrogate the Lynn Nottage corpus.  Organized by Otis Ramsey-Zöe (Howard University, Department of Theatre Arts) with additional curatorial support from Howard University student Kia Griffith. Panelists include Faedra Chatard Carpenter (University of Maryland, School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies), Juone Darko (Howard University, Department of African Studies),  Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright), Jocelyn Prince (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Connectivity Director), Sandra G. Shannon (Howard University, Department of English), and Howard University student presenters Tevin Giddens and Nicole Thomas.
 
  • September 21st, 2013: Forum Theatre - A Town Hall on Diversity and Inclusion in Theatre. The purpose of this Town Hall will be to gather our stakeholders--artists, audience members, and neighbors--around the idea of making diversity and inclusion essential core values of Forum Theatre. Click here for more information. Breakout Session Facilitators includeJacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright and Diversity and Inclusion Advocate), Jiva Manske (Educator and Organizer for Human Rights & Social Justice) and Jordana Fraider (Projects Coordinator at (e)merge art fair).
 
  • August 23, 2013: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: A Town Hall Meeting on Black Bodies and American Racism at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. In this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, it is one of America’s sad truths that racism continues to be the daily reality for many of its citizens. The recent verdict in the Trayvon Martin case in Florida puts this truth into stark relief. We cannot be silent. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company invites you to lend your voice to this vital conversation. Our Town Hall Meeting aims to foster a dialogue with local activists, academics, artists, and policy makers, and to address potential next steps and an action plan here in our own community. Click here to learn more.
 
  • June 18th, 2013: Blacks and Jews:  Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges. An Evening to Benefit Operation UnderstandingDC featuring scenes from The Hampton Years, clips from the documentary From Swastika to Jim Crow and a discussion with guests: Jim Loewen (historian, sociologist, professor Catholic University and author of Lies My Teacher Told Me),  Stephen Fischler (Co-Founder of Pacific Street Films), and Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright of The Hampton Years, named one of 30 of the nation’s leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute). 
 
  • June 17th, 2013: Footlights D.C. Dinner and Theatre Discussion. Footlights members will meet at Alfio’s for dinner and a discussion of The Hampton Years will begin at 7:30pm.  The discussion will be moderated by President of Footlights Mark Gruenberg and guests will include playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton and director Shirley Serotsky. 
 
  • June 1st, 2013: The HUB Theatre's PLAY FEST - Gender Parity in American Theatre. Panel discussion moderated by Jacqueline Lawton with panelists Eleanor Holdridge (Freelance Director, Catholic University Head of MFA Directing Programs), Michael Dove (Artistic Director, Forum Theatre), and Helen Pafumi (Playwright and Artistic Director, The Hub Theatre). While female theatre artists make up over 50% of those involved in the theatre, why are so few female playwrights being produced? Why so few female directors helming shows? Listen to our esteemed panelists discuss the gender divide and what theaters can do to address the issues. 
 
  • May 30th, 2013: The Hampton Years Post Show Discussion Join playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton and dramaturg Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zoe and the cast of The Hampton Years for a post-show  discussion following the performance. Set at Virginia’s Hampton University during World War II, The Hampton Years explores the development of African American artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis under the tutelage of Austrian Jewish refugee painter and educator  Viktor Lowenfeld. Click here for more information.
 
  • May 23rd, 2013: Arts Education versus Job Training Discussion: Jacqueline E. Lawton will join We Act Radio host Thomas Byrdalong with Deborah Simmons, award-winning correspondent with the Washington Times; Julia E. Christian, Anacostia Playhouse's Managing Director; Katie Ryan, Theatre Alliance Education and Outreach Director; and Virginia Spatz, The Education Town Hall's feature reporter, for an in-depth discussion on Arts Education versus Job Training at public universities and in tough economic times on The Education Town Hall radio show. 
 
  • April 13th, 2013: The Hampton Years reading and post show discussion at the The Phillips Collection. Join the playwright, director and cast for a post-show discussion following the performance. Set at Virginia’s Hampton University during World War II, The Hampton Years explores the development of African American artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis under the tutelage of Austrian Jewish refugee painter and educator Viktor Lowenfeld. Click here for more information.
 
  • March 24th, 2013: Where We Stand: Gender and Race in the New Play Sector as part of Boston Center for the Arts and Company One's XX Playlab Festival. A national conversation with industry professionals Anne Garcia-Romero, Hana Sharif, Otis Ramsey-Zöe, Jacqueline Lawton and Lenelle Moïse. The XX PLAYLAB Festival Weekend, produced in collaboration with the Boston Center for the Arts, features reading of new original plays by Boston Playwrights Lydia Diamond, Kirsten Greenidge, and up-and-coming Natalia Naman, as well as conversations with the playwrights and a panel of leading lights in the field. 
   
  • February 16th, 2013: The Hampton Years reading and post show discussion as part of Theatre Ariel Salon Series. Theatre Ariel presents a sneak preview reading of The Hampton Years by playwright Jacqueline Lawton. The Hampton Year explores the development of celebrated African-American artists John Biggers and Samella Lewis under the tutelage of Austrian Jewish refugee, Viktor Lowenfeld. This play chronicles the triumphs and struggles of these emerging artists in a segregated society.
 
  • November 29th, 2012: Australian-American Playwright Smackdown as part of the National New Play Network. Australian and American playwrights often wrestle with issues of gender, sexuality, race and immigration, but they’re doing so in very different ways, both aesthetically and thematically.  New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London and Georgetown University Professor (and playwright) Christine Evans lead an intercontinental playwrights’ conversation with Vanessa Bates, Declan Greene, Carson Kreitzer, Jacqueline E. Lawton, and Carlos Murillo about similarities and differences between their approaches and the cultures in which they write. The conversation can be seen here.
   
  • April 19-22, 2012: To Publish or Peril Panel Discussion (Howard University) as part of the 23rd Annual James A. Porter Colloquium: State of the Art: Addressing the Role of Stewardship and Scholarship in Public and Private Collections of African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora. Panelists: Scott Baker(Assistant Director Howard University Gallery of Art), Tina Dunkley (Director/Curator of Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright, The Hampton Years), Nashid Madyun (Director of Museum and Archives at Hampton University).
 
  • March 27th, 2012: State of New Plays as part of George Washington University's Department of Theatre and Dance's New Play Festival. Moderated by Ally Currin (Playwright) with Panelists: Jessica Burgess (Artistic Director, The Inkwell), Jon Klein (Playwright), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright), Jason Loewith (National New Play Network), and Gwydion Suilebhan (Playwright).
 
  • February 25, 2012: Is There a Female Voice as part of the Forum Theater's Female's Voices Festival. Moderator: Michael Dove with Panelists: Renee Calarco (Playwright), Allyson Currin (Playwright),Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright), Eleanor Holdridge (Director), and Anne McCaw (Playwright).
 
  • January 26, 2012: The State of the DC Playwright: A Town Hall Conversation (Theater J). Moderator:Gwydion Suilebhan (Playwright) with Panelists: Renee Calarco (Playwright), Jacqueline E. Lawton(Playwright), Jon Spelman (Playwright),  Stephen Spotswood, (Playwright) and Laura Zam (Solo Performance Artist). Honored guests: David Dower (American Voices New Play Institute), and Jason Loewith and Jojo Ruf (National New Play Network).
 
  • November 2, 2011: Black Women Playwrights Theater Symposium at Howard University. Moderator and Presenter: Jacqueline E. Lawton with Presenters: Dr. Patricia Elam (Author and Commentator), Dr. Sandra Shannon (Professor of African American Literature, Howard University), and Karen Evans (Playwright and Founder/President of Black Women Playwrights Group), Dr. Sandra Jowers-Barber (Professor of Political Science, History, and Global Studies, University of the District of Columbia), and Dr. Dana Williams(Professor of African American Literature, Howard University).      
 
  • September 26, 2011: Black Women Playwrights Forum at University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Moderator: Sandra Jowers and Panelists: Karen Evans (Playwright and Founder/President of Black Women Playwrights Group), Nubia Kai, (Author and Professor of Theater at Howard University), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Playwright and Professor of Theater at UDC) and Dorothy Phaire (Playwright, Author and Professor of English at UDC).
 
  • July 11, 2011: From DC Theatres to the Nation’s Stages: Developing National Theatre Artists Inside the Capital City as part of the Source Theater Festival. Moderator: Adrien Alice-Hansel (Literary Director, Studio Theater) with Panelists: Gregg Henry (Artistic Director, KCACTF), David Dower (Associate Artistic Director, Arena Stage), Jacqueline Lawton (Playwright/Director of New Play Development, Active Cultures), Abel Lopez (Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre) and Jason Loewith (Executive Director, National New Play Network).
   
  • January 26-20, 2010: Black Playwrights Convening (Arena Stage) - American Voices New Play Institute convened of 30 of the nation's leading black playwrights and artistic leaders to address: what stories are black playwrights allowed to tell in American theater today; what are the issues presented in their works; and what are the challenges facing development of new plays by black playwrights?
 
  • July 12, 2009: New Forms: Adapting the Classics (Theater J).  Moderated by Shirley Serotsky with Panelists: Joe Banno (Former Artistic Director of Source Theater, Freelance Director), Jacqueline Lawton(playwright and dramaturg),  Jason Loewith (playwright and adapter, Executive Director of the National New Play Network) and Ari Roth (Artistic Director of Theater J, adapter of THE SEAGULL ON 16TH STREET)
 
  • July 10, 2009: The Actor and the New Play at Kennedy Center's Page-to-Stage Festival (The Inkwell).  Facilitated by Jessica Burgess (Artistic Director, The Inkwell) with Panelists: Tiffany Antone (LA-based playwright and actress), Allyson Currin (playwright and actress), Naomi Jacobson (Actor)), Jacqueline E. Lawton (playwright and dramaturg),John Lescault (Actor), Jason Loewith (Executive Director, National New Play Network) and Mary Resing (Artistic Director, Active Cultures). 
 
  • January 9, 2009: For-Profit, Non-Profit, No-Profit - Industry Roundtable Discussions on How Theater Failed America (Woolly Mammoth). Moderated by Mike Daisy with Panelists: Julianne Brienza (Executive Director, Capital Fringe Festival), Martha Knight, (Stage manager), Jacqueline Lawton, playwright, Bill O'Brien (Director of Theater and Musical Theater, National Endowment for the Arts), Eric Schaeffer (Artistic Director, Signature Theatre), and Harry Teter, Jr. (General Manager, National Theatre).
 
  • November 17, 2008: King of My Kingdom: Racism and Cultural Stereotypes of African American Men(African Continuum Theatre Company). Moderated by Jacqueline Lawton with Panelists: Tanya Barfield (Playwright, Blue Door), Walter Dallas (Director, Blue Door), Dennis Davenport, Ph.D. (Howard University), Shirley Dickey (The Yoruba Temple), LaWanda Johnson (Justice Policy Institute), Peggy Seats (Banneker Institute), and Chris Hart-Wright (STRIVE DC).
 
  • March 16, 2008: The Price in the Pantheon: Arthur Miller and August Wilson - Comparing Their Greatest Works (Theater J): In conjunction with this spring's Arthur Miller festival at Theater J and Arena Stage and The Kennedy Center's look at the work of August Wilson. With Literary Director Hannah Hesseland local dramaturg/playwright Jacqueline Lawton.
 
  • October 21, 2007: Women on Mamet: The Case for and Against (Theater J).Female educators, directors and theater professionals face off about their love and hatred for David Mamet. Moderated:  Hannah Hessel (Literary Director, Theater J) with Panelists: Kathleen Akerley, Danielle Mages Amato, Jacqueline E. Lawton, and Rahaleh Nassri.