Character Studies Production, Inc.

Character Studies is a bold new PBS series that explores the American character and spirit, revealing the stunning and enlightening impact of the greatest theatrical characters of our time. Through the words and images of leading actors, directors and writers, each powerful half-hour episode profiles a character from a significant play or musical: "Long Day's Journey Into Night's" Edmund Tyrone one night, "The Glass Menagerie's" Amanda Wingfield the next. We will show viewers, young and old and from all backgrounds, how the theatre and its characters do not just entertain us, but enrich and enhance all aspects of our lives. Character Studies Productions produces television programming for and about the arts. Our programming takes the viewer behind the scenes of the some of the great theatrical productions. Our mission, using interviews with the actors, directors and writers who created these great characters, is to explore how they have influenced us all.