TPP 3310C - Directing for Theatre I

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Part 1. Introductory concepts. Developing your directorial vision ; The role of the director -- Part 2. Play analysis and its application. Introduction to play analysis ; Plot : how a play is constructed ; Character : the people of the play ; Thought : the idea of the play ; Diction : the language of the play ; Music : the sounds of a play ; Spectacle : the visual aspects of production -- Part 3. Preparing for production. The prompt book ; Auditions ; Casting ; Planning the rehearsal schedule -- Part 4. Rehearsing the production. Working with actors, part one : guidelines for rehearsals ; Working with actors, part two : developing character ; The ground plan ; Blocking the play, part one : principles ; Blocking the play, part two : techniques ; Rhythm, tempo, and pace ; Working with actors, part three : problem solving

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Foremost stage directors describe their working process: JoAnne Akalaitis, Arvin Brown, Ren(r) Buch, Martha Clarke, Gordon Davidson, Robert Falls, Zelda Fichandler, Richard Foreman, Adrian Hall, John Hirsch, Mark Lamos, Marshall W. Mason, Des McAnuff, Gregory Mosher, Harold S. Prince, Lloyd Richards, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Woodruff, and Garland Wright."

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This second volume presents a cross-section of the most diverse and dynamic stage directors defining today's American theater, in conversation with director/producer Jason Loewith. Together, these directors sketch a compelling portrait of the art form in the new century. Interviews include: Anne Bogart, Mark Brokaw, Peter Brosius, Ping Chong, David Esbjornson, Oskar Eustis, Frank Galati, Michael Kahn, Moisés Kaufman, James Lapine, Elizabeth LeCompte, Emily Mann, Michael Mayer, Marion McClinton, Bill Rauch, Bartlett Sher, Julie Taymor, Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Barbra Berlovitz, Steven Epps, Vincent Gracieux, Robert Rosen, and Dominique Serrand), George C. Wolfe, and Mary Zimmerman.

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v.1. Early plays.-v.2. The Vikings at Helgeland. Love's comedy. The pretenders.-v.3. Brand. Peer Gynt.-v.4. The league of youth. Emperor and Galilean.-v.5. Pillars of society. A doll's house. Ghosts.-v.6. An enemy of the people. The wild duck. Rosmersholm.-v.7. The lady from the sea. Hedda Gabler. The master builder

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Playwright Lynn Nottage talks to Jeffrey Brown about her Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, 'Ruined,' set during Congo's civil war.