Stage Directing

A Director's Itinerary

Michael Wainstein

• Publisher: Focus
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781585109227
• eBook ISBN: 9781585109470
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre Direction & Production

In Stage Directing: A Director's Itinerary, the student of theatrical directing will find a step-by-step guide to directing a production, from choosing a play to opening night. Unlike other directing textbooks, it provides practical advice on organizing tasks throughout the directorial process, including budgeting, writing casting notices, and auditioning. It moreover includes an abundance of helpful examples and tried-and-true exercises, as well as information on how to organize a director's documents into a production notebook. The second edition builds on the strengths of the first edition by elaborating on key analytical, organizational, and strategic steps in a successful director's itinerary, with special attention to the direction of musicals.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Stage Directing: A Director’s Itinerary
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Title of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments and Photo Credits
• Preface
• Part I: First Things First
• Part II: Written Word to Three-Dimensional World
• Part III: Rehearsals
• Part IV: Rehearsing a Musical
• Part V: Rehearsals Continue
• Part VI: Opening the Show
• Appendix 1 Genre and Playing Style
• Appendix 2 Script Analysis Case Study— The Glass Menagerie
• Appendix 3 Musical Analysis: “If I Loved You” Duet from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
• Appendix 4 Sample Rehearsal Schedules
• Appendix 5 Master Schedule of Director’s Deadlines
• Appendix 6 Contracts
• Glossary
• Back Cover