Stage Directors Prompt Book - A Guide to Creating Using Stage Directors Most Powerful Rehearsal

The Stage Director's Prompt Book is a step-by-step, detailed guide on how to create a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool - the director's prompt book.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. A Director’s Glossary: In Order of Appearance 3. The Mechanics of it All: Constructing the Prompt Book 4. Redlining the Script: Finding the Important, Distilling the Essence 5. Director’s Units 6. Color Coding 7. The Three Column Left-Hand Page 8. The Right-Hand Page 9. Using the Prompt Book to Schedule and Organize for Artistic Success 10. The Director and the Stage Manager 11. Four One-Hundredths: A Model One Act 12. Final Thoughts Index

About the author

Leslie Ferreira is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Theater Arts Department and Producing Director of the Theatre Academy at Los Angeles City College. He is one of the most awarded directors in the history of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival with over 20 national production awards, as well as the Faculty Fellowship in Directing for Outstanding Achievement as a Teaching Artist, the Excellence in Theatre Education Award and the prestigious Gold Medallion for his contributions to the teaching and producing of theatre. As a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers, he has worked professionally as a stage director for over 40 years.

Summary

The Stage Director’s Prompt Book is a step-by-step, detailed guide on how to create a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool – the director’s prompt book.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Ferreira
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.12.2022
• EAN: 9780367861070
• ISBN: 978-0-367-86107-0
• No. of pages: 130
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production