The Director as Collaborator

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Table of Contents
7. Acknowledgments
8. Introduction
   1. What Is Collaboration?
   2. The Core Action
   3. The Responsibilities of Collaboration
   4. Fundamental Techniques
   5. Supplemental Reading
9. 1 Collaboration and Leadership
   1. Balancing Leadership and Collaboration
   2. Supplemental Reading
10. 2 Core Action
    1. Story and Plot
    2. Exercise Critique
    3. Action Analysis
    4. Script Analysis
    5. KeyTenns
    6. Supplemental Reading
11. 3 Collaboration in Rehearsal
    1. The First Scene Collaboration
    2. Preparation
       1. Sample Rehearsal Schedule
    3. Rehearsal Observations
    4. Videotaping Rehearsals
    5. Supplemental Reading
12. 4 Directing Elements
    1. Textual Elements
       1. Structure
       2. Actions and Objectives
       3. Shifts and Key Moments
       4. Groundplan
       5. Character
       6. Relationship and Status
       7. Language
    2. Visceral Elements
       1. Tempo and Rhythm
       2. Sound and Mood
       3. Visual Composition
       4. Movement
       5. Gesture
       6. Environment
       7. Style
    3. Integrating Directing Elements
    4. Script Analysis
    5. Dramaturgy Checklist
13. 5 Design Collaboration
    1. Core Action Statements
       1. Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
       2. The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel
       3. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
       4. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    2. Design Timetable
    3. Key Terms
    4. Supplemental Reading
14. 6 Other Collaborators
    1. Playwrights
       1. Readings and Staged Readings
    2. Dramaturgs
    3. Music Directors and Choreographers
    4. Key Terms
15. 7 Auditions and Casting
    1. Casting the One-Act Plays
    2. Audition Goals
    3. Supplemental Reading
16. Appendix A Forms
    1. Project Proposal Form
    2. Sample Audition Notice
    3. Audition Form
    4. Sample Callback Form
    5. Sample Cast List
    6. Rehearsal Observation Form
    7. Producing Checklist
    8. Program Information
    9. Poster Information
    10. Course Outline
17. Appendix B Glossary of Key Terms
18. Appendix C Bibliography of One-Act Plays
19. Appendix D Selected Bibliography
    1. Directing
    2. Acting
    3. Design
    4. Playwriting
    5. Dramaturgy
    6. Ensembles
    7. Theater History and Theory
    8. Management
    9. Publicity
20. Index