Contemporary Women Stage Directors

Conversations on Craft

Paulette Marty

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781474268530
• eBook ISBN: 9781474268554
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre Direction & Production

Contemporary Women Stage Directors opens the door into the minds of 27 prolific female theatre directors, allowing you to explore their experience, wisdom and knowledge. Directors give insight into their diverse approaches to the key challenges of directing theatre, including choosing projects, engaging with scripts, conceptualizing visual and acoustic production elements, collaborating with actors and production teams, building their careers, and navigating challenges and opportunities posed by gender, race and ethnicity. The directors featured include Maria Aberg, May Adrales, Sarah Benson, Karin Coonrod, Rachel Chavkin, Lear deBessonet, Nadia Fall, Vicky Featherstone, Polly Findlay, Leah Gardiner, Anne Kauffman, Lucy Kerbel, Young Jean Lee, Patricia McGregor, Blanche McIntyre, Paulette Randall, Diane Rodriguez, Indhu Rubasingham, KJ Sanchez, Tina Satter, Kimberly Senior, Roxana Silbert, Leigh Silverman, Caroline Steinbeis, Liesl Tommy, Lyndsey Turner, and Erica Whyman. These women are making profoundly exciting theatre in some of the most influential organizations across the English-speaking world- from Broadway to the West End, from the National Theatre in London to Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. As generally mid-career professionals, they are informed by both their hard-earned expertise and their forward-looking energy. They offer astute observations about the current state of the art form, as well as inspiring visions of what theatre can accomplish in the decades to come.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Dedication Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Choosing Projects
• 2 Engaging with Scripts and Ideas
• 3 Conceptualizing the Visual and Acoustic
• 4 Collaborating in Rehearsal
• 5 Building a Career
• 6 Navigating Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
• 7 Theater Today
• Conclusion
• Index of Director Names
• Copyright Page