Directing for Community Theatre
eBook - ePub

Directing for Community Theatre

  1. 198 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Directing for Community Theatre

About this book

Directing for Community Theatre is a primer for the amateur director working in community theatre. With an emphasis on preparedness, this book gives the amateur director the tools and techniques needed to effectively work on a community theatre production. Covering play analysis, blocking, staging, communication, and working with actors, designers, and other theatre personnel, this how-to book is designed to have the community theatre director up and running quickly, with full knowledge of how to direct a show. The book also contains sample forms and guidelines, including acting analysis, character analysis, rehearsal schedule, audition form, prop list, and blocking pans. Directing for Community Theatre is written for the community theatre participant who is interested, or already cast, in the role of the director.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032418834
eBook ISBN
9781000879391
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Obsession
  9. 3 Blocking Notes
  10. 4 Stages of Rehearsal
  11. 5 A Directing Primer
  12. 6 Play Analysis
  13. 7 Production Organization
  14. 8 Directors and Design
  15. 9 The Visual Tools
  16. 10 Acting Exercises
  17. 11 Playwrighting
  18. 12 Memorization
  19. 13 Ethics and Behavior
  20. 14 Diversity
  21. 15 The Stage Manager
  22. Appendix 1: Sample of an Analysis of Given Circumstances
  23. Appendix 2: Sample of an Analysis of Idea
  24. Appendix 3: Sample of a Character Analysis
  25. Appendix 4: Sample of an Analysis of Dialogue
  26. Appendix 5: A Sample Dramatic Action Analysis
  27. Appendix 6: Sample of a Character–Scene Chart
  28. Appendix 7: Samples of Rehearsal Schedules
  29. Appendix 8: Sample Audition Forms
  30. Appendix 9: A Sample Prop List
  31. Appendix 10: Sample Character Sketches
  32. Appendix 11: Sample Photocall Lists
  33. Appendix 12: Sample Sound Concept Themes and Bridges
  34. Appendix 13: A Sample Sound Concept
  35. Appendix 14: A Sample Blocking Groundplan
  36. Appendix 15: A Sample Blocking Script
  37. Appendix 16: A Sample Master Movement Plan
  38. Appendix 17: A Sample Groundplan
  39. Appendix 18: The Designer’s Homework
  40. Index