Respect for actors.(NEWS IN BRIEF)

CHICAGO: As J. Michael Miller's National Actors Congress travels the country, he hopes to remind actors of the universality of what they do--to reinforce the idea that they are part of a community, to help them find ways to strengthen their voices in their profession, and to enhance the public's awareness of the actor as the "essential theatre artist."

Miller, founder of the Actors Center in New York, held a day-long series of panel discussions with an invited audience of Chicago actors at the American Theater Company in early August. The four talks were comprised of ...