dramaturge

Also affected are the roughly 300 people who work on Book-It’s productions throughout a given year: actors, artisans, technicians, dramaturges, writers, directors, intimacy coordinators, costume shop personnel and designers.

A process of trimming that went on for a year, conducted principally by Godwin, Page and dramaturge Drew Lichtenberg, reduced the running time to about 2½ hours.

Valeriy Pecheykin, a playwright who has worked with leading theaters in Russia, served as dramaturge, helping to winnow the story to its essence: a handful of protagonists, plus a Tolstoy character.

They spend four to six weeks in conversation with other playwrights, dramaturges, directors and artistic staff before the conference and festival, which takes place over a two-week period.

So did up-to-date tools for dyslexic students, which the show’s dramaturge, Taylor Janney-Rovin, an educator who instructs dyslexic children at Valence College Prep, in Queens, suggested.