Preface to the First Edition
At our first meeting in 1984, both of us felt that we had finally met someone who spoke the same language of sound and music for the stage. Deena was approaching theatre with strengths as a musician, musical director, and composer; Jim had expertise in operating, engineering, and producing the designs and compositions. Although each of us came to the field from different disciplines, we were amazed to find we had so many experiences in common. Our artistic values and attitudes were very similar. Collaborating on our first show (A Touch of the Poet at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre), we lamented that there was no resource that offered an aesthetic and practical approach to designing sound and music for the stage. Our ...
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