How To Rehearse A Play A Practical Guide For Directors

Based On Interviews With Over Forty Award-winning Artists, How To Rehearse A Play Offers Multiple Solutions To The Challenges That Directors Face From First Rehearsal To Opening Night. The Book Provides A Wealth Of Information On How To Run A Rehearsal Room, Suggesting Different Paths And Encouraging Directors To Shape Their Own Process. It Is Divided Into Four Sections: Lessons From The Past: A Brief Survey Of Influential Directors, Including Stanislavskis Acting Methods And Anne Bogarts Theories On Movement; A Survey Of Current Practices: Practical Advice On Launching A Process, Analyzing Scripts, Crafting Staging, Detailing Scene Work, Collaborating In Technical Rehearsals And Previews, And Opening The Play To The Public; Rehearsing Without A Script: Suggestions, Advice, And Exercises For Devising Plays Through Collaborative Company Creation; Rehearsal Workbook: Prompts And Exercises To Help Directors Discover Their Own Process.