Directing Auditions
I just got home from callbacks for Assassins. Personally I am stunned right now how quickly I went from thinking of Assassins as this far off thing, to feeling like I am right in the middle of it. It is going to come up hard and fast. The transition from being without a cast to [...]
If not here . . . then where?
Building a theatre season is a tricky exercise regardless of the type of theatre that you do or where you are. In an academic theatre program, it is a balancing act between serving your institution and your audience as well as your students. Revenue is important. Shows that offer recognizable names, have been made into [...]
Affording Failure
“Success is there to lull you into a false sense of security, assuring that you will try and fail again.” When you work in a field like theatre, culinary, or any other trade-based program, you often find yourself in problem solving mode for most of the process. There are handful of organizational models that are [...]
Directing Theatre: Beggar at the Feast
There is something so amazing about the birth of a piece of theatre. I know for every show that I direct there will be a time when I am wandering around town with small glimpses of a show in my head and then later, in no time at all, I will be standing in the [...]
Why Directors Need to Stop Yelling At Their Actors
It was a fairly typical production schedule. Standing around with my small cast after our second or third run-thru, I closed my promptbook and look at the actors and asked very seriously, “how are things going for you?” One actress, who had a very bright personality piped up quickly, “Oh, I think it’s going very [...]
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