Focal Press How to Rehearse a Play: A Practical Guide for Directors

Four Sections

• Lessons from the past: a brief survey of influential directors, including Stanislavski�s acting methods and Anne Bogart�s theories on movement
• 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
• Rehearsing without a script: suggestions, advice, and exercises for devising plays through collaborative company creation
• Rehearsal workbook: prompts and exercises to help directors discover their own process

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Damon Kiely is the author of How to Read a Play (Routledge 2016) and is a director, playwright, and professor of directing and acting. He is the chair of performance for the Theatre School of DePaul University, USA.