Description
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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Obsession
3. Blocking Notes
4. Stages of Rehearsal
5. A Directing Primer
6. Play Analysis
7. Production Organization
8. Directors and Design
9. The Visual Tools
10. Acting Exercises
11. Playwrighting
12. Memorization
13. Ethics and Behavior
14. Diversity
15. The Stage Manager
