Collaborative Stage Directing

A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive Theatre Environment

Jean Burgess, Jean M. Burgess

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780367086183
• eBook ISBN: 9780429662706
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre

Collaborative Stage Directing: A Guide to Creating and Managing a Positive Theatre Environment focuses on the director's collaboration with actors and the creative team, and the importance of communication and leadership skills to create and manage a healthy working environment. Speaking directly to the student, this compact resource walks the aspiring director through basic principles of group dynamics, active listening, open-ended questioning, brainstorming, and motivational leadership, supported by examples and case studies offered by current professional and academic directors. With a focus on preparing the student director for resume-building opportunities beyond the studio lab, Collaborative Stage Directing challenges readers with reflective activities, a series of guiding questions to apply to three short plays, and an extensive checklist to assist them with independent directing projects. As an easy-to-use resource, Collaborative Stage Directing works as a supplement to a classic directing text or as a stand-alone guide.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Preface
• Letter to the Instructor
• Letter to the Student Director
• Part I The Collaborative Theatre Environment
• Part II Application of the Guiding Questions to Three Short Plays
• Part III The Independent Project
• Appendix A: Developing a Production Concept
• Appendix B: Actor’s Character Physical Analysis
• Appendix C: Actor’s Character Background Analysis
• Appendix D: Contributing Theatre Artists’ Bios
• Appendix E: Building Your Library/Suggested Reading
• Index