Craig Slaight, who as director of American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory can name such stars as Beth Behrs, Darren Criss, Brie Larson, Winona Ryder and Zendaya as students, will step down from his position in May 2017. When Slaight took over the Young Conservatory in 1988, he had a hands-on approach, teaching in all the programs and becoming a resident director on the mainstage. “When I look at the long reach of these 29 years,” Slaight says, I am most humbled by former students who stay in touch and who still hold the Young Conservatory in their hearts.