The Art and Practice of Directing for Theatre

Illustrations

Figures

2.1 Skills of a director

3.1 A scene from Dearìy Departed, featuring the offending potato chip bag, sans price tag

4.1 A portion of the opening of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

4.2 The director’s matrix

4.3 An example of a rhythm /pace chart

4.4 Sample character web for Juliet

5.1 An example of character-centric audition notes

5.2 An example of actor-centric audition notes

6.1 A sample of a shared Google Drive folder

6.2 The “research” sub-folder

6.3 The “stage management” sub-folder

6.4 The “director’s notes” sub-folder

6.5 Privacy settings

6.6 Screenshot of the Louisiana Tech Department of Theatre virtual callboard

6.7 A confusing group text message

7.1 Private Lives rehearsal calendar

7.2 Guys and Dolls rehearsal calendar ...