The Stage Director's Prompt Book: A Guide to Creating and Using the Stage Director's Most Powerful Rehearsal and Production Tool

The Stage Directors Prompt Book is a step-by-step guide to creating a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool for stage directors. It systematizes the creative process and coordinates all director-related activities into a single, self-contained system. It includes a one-act play example and techniques such as redlining, color coding, and creating a three-column left-hand page. It is designed for undergraduate and graduate students of theatre directing, stage management, and producing courses, as well as aspiring professional directors, and offers an interactive and intuitive approach to personalize the stage directing experience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 130 pages
Publication date: 27 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Stage Directors Prompt Book is a comprehensive and detailed guide that provides a step-by-step approach to creating a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool known as the directors prompt book. A prompt book serves as a coordinating and organizational tool for the stage director, streamlining the creative process used to analyze and interpret a play and consolidating all director-related rehearsal and production activities into a single, self-contained interpretive and organizational system. This book guides the director through the essential steps and stages of creating and utilizing a prompt book, encompassing play analysis and interpretation, the formation of a dynamic and theatrical director's vision, and a unique method of physicalizing a play in production.

To illustrate these techniques, a complete example of a one-act play is included in the book, showcasing methods such as redlining, color coding, and creating a three-column left-hand page. Readers are provided with clear and example-driven instructions, allowing them to assemble their own prompt books.

In a clear and example-driven format, The Stage Directors Prompt Book offers a systematic approach to directorial interpretation, guiding the director through a series of point-by-point instructions to construct a strong, effective, and creative instrument for success. This book is particularly valuable for undergraduate and graduate students of theatre directing, stage management, and producing courses, as well as aspiring professional directors, as it provides an interactive and intuitive approach to personalize the stage directing experience and assemble a visually dynamic and creative directors prompt book.

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367861070