On opening night, who’s primary responsibility is the directors work
stage manager
The originator of modern directing, along with Ludwig Chronek
Duke of Sexe Meiningen
the emergence of modern theater director is located with the rise of ____ in the late 19th century
realism
The most common approach taken by by directors in today’s theater
translator
Referred to as a cattle call
open call
Two dimensional Birds Eye view of the set with all entrances and exits mapped out
ground plan
Exploring the play in smaller units
scene work
Bodies artfully arranged on the playing space to communicate idea
stage pictures
When actors have learned all of their lines
off book
Another words for the first run through
stumble through
Is done once the blocking is roughed in and the actors are free from holding the script
run through
Are performed in full costume with all of the technical elements as thought the audience is present
dress rehearsal
Is where actors read their parts out loud
table work
term used for movement and placement on stage
blocking
Something you found interesting in this lecture
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Closest partner to the director
stage manager
Stage manager maintains the ___ book
prompt
Designed to introduce the actors to eachother, to the production, to the script
first cast meeting
director shapes the overall ____ of the show
artistic vision
aspects of high concept directing
challenge conventional staging
nontraditional casting
stamping personal imprint on material
sometimes done by professional theatres before audiences with discounted tickets before the opening of the show
previews
good ____ is vital to the production’s success and will make the director’s job in rehearsal smooth and productive
casting
one of the first great dramatists of the late 19th century
Henrik Ibsen
