Directing for the Stage - Softcover

Converse, Terry John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566080142 ISBN 13: 9781566080149

Publisher: Meriwether Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

Appropriate for both beginning and advanced courses in directing, this is the only theatre text that combines theory with active student participation. The 42 exercises detailed here provide both the instructor and the student a 'user-friendly' workshop structure. With the basic concepts of directing presented progressively, the approach is totally hands-on. The student discovers the demands and problems of directing by actually doing it step-by-step, and through the process, his or her own directing style emerges. Every exercise is presented in great detail and includes both an overview and a section on how to critique a student's work whether you're the director or a classmate. Creativity and confidence building are the central benefits of this excellent workshop text that includes seven sequential chapters: Creating the Directing Workshop, The Silent Seven, Justifying Movement, Ground Plan Exercises, Open Scene Exercises, Closed Scene Exercises and Supporting Parts.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Terry Converse is a Professor of Theatre in the Washington State University School of Music and Theatre Arts, where he teaches all levels of Directing and Script Analysis. He holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Minnesota and PhD in Theatre Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to Washington, he taught at Centre College in KY, the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and Livingston University in Alabama. Additionally Dr. Converse has directed works for the Long Beach Grand Opera, the Guthrie Other Place Theatre, The Arkansas Arts Center, Cherry County Players, Peninsula Players and Theatre by the Sea. He has presented papers and all day workshops at the National Convention of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and at the Northwest Drama Conference. He has directed twenty-eight plays with university students and thirteen plays/musicals/operas in professional settings. Dr. Converse lives in Pullman with his wife, two children, a large dog and a cat. When not teaching or directing, he loves to escape to the water to wind surf.

From the Back Cover

Appropriate for both beginning and advanced courses in directing, this is the only theatre text that combines theory with active student participation. The 42 exercises detailed here provide both the instructor and the student with a "user-friendly" workshop structure. With the basic concepts of directing presented progressively, the approach is totally hands-on. The student discovers the demands and problems of directing by actually doing it step-by-step, and through the process, his or her own directing style emerges. Every exercise is presented in great detail and includes both an overview and a section on how to critique a student's work whether you're the director or a classmate. Creativity and confidence building are the central benefits of this excellent workshop text that includes seven sequential chapters: Creating the Directing Workshop, The Silent Seven, Justifying Movement, Ground Plan Exercises, Open Scene Exercises, Closed Scene Exercises, and Supporting Parts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566080142
• ISBN 13: 9781566080149
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328