Stage Directing: a Director's Itinerary

With Stage Directing: A Director's Itinerary, the student of theatrical directing now has a step-by-step guide to directing a production, from choosing a play to opening night. Unlike other directing textbooks, this practical guidebook provides instruction on how to organize the work of the director through the practical challenges of the directorial process (e.g., organizing a budget spreadsheet, writing casting notices, setting up an audition space, etc.). In Stage Directing, the process of directing a production takes the form of twenty-one chapters, which contain helpful examples and tried.

Opening Night.

Cover ; Title page ; Copyright page ; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments and Photo Credits; Preface; PART I: FIRST THINGS FIRST; Chapter 1: The Director: Past and Present; What Is a Director?; Final Thoughts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2: Choosing a Play and Securing a Performance License ; What Play Will I Direct?; Making It Legal; Theatrical Publishing Houses; Chapter 3: Budgeting; Understanding a Budget; Final Thoughts; Chapter 4: Reading the Play; First Reading: Read for Pleasure; Second Reading: Read for Vision; Third Reading: Read for Analysis; Final Thoughts; Suggested Reading.

Chapter 5: Interpreting the ScriptThe Importance of Analysis; I. Spectacle; II. Character; III. Plot; IV. Ideas; V. Rhythm; VI. Dialogue; Final Thoughts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 6: Research ; Why Research?; Assembling Research; Categories of Research; Chapter 7: Concept ; Developing the Psychological Concept; Developing the Visual Concept; Final Thoughts; In Your DPN; Suggested Reading; PART II: WRITTEN WORD TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD; Chapter 8: The Visual Collaboration ; Working With Designers; Meeting with Designers; From Design to Tech; Final Thoughts; In Your DPN.

Chapter 9: Casting Identif…