Staging Story
Five Fundamentals for the Beginning Stage Director
Playwrights Canada Press · Print & ebook · June 28, 2022
“With a no-nonsense and blessedly candid approach, Bob Moss and Wendy Dann have written not only an indispensable practicum for the young director, but also a delightful refresher course for the working director.
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- Who it’s for
- Robert Moss and Wendy Dann organize the work of staging a play around five fundamentals.
- Themes
- Story and theatrical storytelling, Directorial intention and character, Stage space and theme
- Genres
- Theater Production & Direction
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The authors encourage and challenge us to engage our theatrical imaginations for a lifetime of storytelling on a multitude of stages.” —Michael Mayer, Tony Award–Winning Director By focusing on five fundamentals for staging a play—Story, Intention, Character, Space, and Theme—veteran theater directors Robert Moss and Wendy Dann help stage directors learn how to build their own practice and begin to master the daunting task of staging a story.
Five Staging Fundamentals
Robert Moss and Wendy Dann organize the work of staging a play around five fundamentals.
Come here for
- Five staging fundamentals: Story, Intention, Character, Space, and Theme
Expect
- Guidance for building a stage-directing practice
- A focus on staging a story, from intention and character to space and theme
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Publisher categories
- Theater Production & Direction
- Authors
- Robert Moss, Wendy Dann
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Published
- June 28, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Story and theatrical storytelling · Directorial intention and character · Stage space and theme
- Reading lane
- Theater Production & Direction