DIRECTING  

Some key attributes that employers look for when hiring employees are communication skills, leadership ability, creativity, problem solving skills and the capacity to work well in groups.  All good directors possess these qualities.  The following projects introduce students to directing techniques and provide practical experience.  Giving students the chance to direct makes them more aware of how the elements of theatre interconnect and appreciative of every person involved in staging a production.

Skills and Understandings

Students will be able to

• Identify key directors in western and non-western professional theatre
• Analyze a text
• Divide a play/performance piece into smaller scenes or French scenes

• Notate a scene from a director’s point of view
• Write a director’s concept for a play
• Create character sketches

• Create a director’s notebook

• Lead small groups in improvisational and scripted work

• Use correct theatre terminology to convey ideas
• Give constructive criticism
• Direct a short scene

• Apply research to enhance a performance piece
• Defend dramatic choices

• Apply symbolism to a scene