The Director's Toolkit

Introduction: What Is a Director?

 

 

BACKGROUND

In today’s theatre, the role of the director is complex. It starts with the conceptualization of the playwright’s script, followed by the development of production concept and style, working with the designers, the choosing and rehearsing of the actors, and finally the bringing of the script to life for an audience.

The director in theatre has a unique role. On one level the director is felt and seen everywhere in a production, but at the same time the director’s work is ephemeral, not readily visible to the audience, which is contrary to the work of the playwright, the actors on the stage, and the designers. In modern theatre, the director oversees the production from conceptualization to ...