How to Rehearse a Play

<p>Based on interviews with over forty award-winning artists, <i>How to Rehearse a Play</i> offers multiple solutions to the challenges that directors face from first rehearsal to opening night. </p><p>The book provides a wealth of information on how to run a rehearsal room, suggesting different paths and encouraging directors to shape their own process. It is divided into four sections:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>lessons from the past: a brief survey of influential directors, including Stanislavski’s acting methods and Anne Bogart’s theories on movement;</li> <p> </p> <li>a survey of current practices: practical advice on launching a process, analyzing scripts, crafting staging, detailing scene work, collaborating in technical rehearsals and previews, and opening the play to the public;</li> <p> </p> <li>rehearsing without a script: suggestions, advice, and exercises for devising plays through collaborative company creation;</li> <p> </p> <li>rehearsal workbook: prompts and exercises to help directors discover their own process.</li> </ul><p>How to Rehearse a Play is the perfect guide for any artist leading their first rehearsal, heading to graduate school for intense study, or just looking for ways to refresh and reinvigorate their artistry.</p> <p>1. Introduction 2. Lessons from the Past 3. A Survey of Current Practices 4. Rehearsing a Play Without a Script: Notes on Devising 5. Rehearsal Workbook </p>