The Director as Collaborator

Name: The Director as Collaborator
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138101425
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By Robert Knopf

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The Director as Collaborator explores the vital role of collaboration in theatre directing, encouraging directors to share artistic responsibility with the entire production team—from actors to technical staff. The book combines practical directing exercises with insights into leadership that complements teamwork, guiding students through directing short scenes and group projects to develop their craft.

This second edition offers updated interviews, new exercises, and expanded content including chapters on technology in theatre, devised and ensemble-based works, and immersive theatre practices focusing on environmental staging and audience interaction.
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Ideal for students and emerging theatre directors seeking practical guidance on collaborative directing, theatre practitioners interested in ensemble and immersive techniques, and educators teaching directing skills with an emphasis on teamwork.

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The Director as Collaborator teaches essential directing skills while emphasizing how directors and theatre productions benefit from collaboration. Good collaboration occurs when the director shares responsibility for the artistic creation with the entire production team, including actors, designers, stage managers, and technical staff. Leadership does not preclude collaboration; in theatre, these concepts can and should be complementary. Students will develop their abilities by directing short scenes and plays and by participating in group exercises.

New to the second edition:

Updated interviews, exercises, forms, and appendices
New chapter on technology including digital research, previsualization and drafting programs, and web-sharing sites
New chapter on devised and ensemble-based works
New chapter on immersive theatre, including material and exercises on environmental staging and audience–performer interaction

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138101425

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 1 Tables, color; 6 Line drawings, color; 19 Halftones, color

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 590g

Pages: 230

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About the Author

Robert Knopf is Professor of Theater at the University of Buffalo. A theater director and scholar, he is the author of The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton (Princeton University Press, 1999). For Yale University Press, he co-edited Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1950-2000 (2011), and edited Theater and Film (2004), and Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950 (2015). For the stage, he has directed at Circle-in-the-Square Downtown, Cherry Lane Studio, Paradise Factory, Circle Rep Lab, and historic Town Hall, all in New York City. He served as dramaturg for the National Public Radio series The Archaeology of Lost Voices, for which he adapted and directed the docudrama Hidden Dragon. Prior to his current teaching position, he taught at Purdue University and the University of Michigan, where he was Director of Graduate Studies in Theater.