Director

• Director is the critique and analyst
• Director as the interpreter
• intention of the play and the essence of the characters
• vision of the play
• Director as a historian
• research the play and understand the context of it
• conventions
• culture
• theatrical
• Director as a producer/administrator/manager
• Director as a teacher and guide
• Director as an actor
• Director as a psychologist
• responsible for cohesiveness of the group
• focus on process
• knows how to handle relationships
• Director as a communicator
• Effectively communicate
• Director as a designer and an artist
• creative
• principles
• Director as audience
• know what will appeal to the audience
• clarity

10 principles

1. In art there are no accidence
2. Preparedness builds trust
3. Layering timing and information overload