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Comprehensive Director’s Workbook for Dramatic Productions: Final Project Overview

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This detailed workbook serves as a blueprint for directors and producers involved in staging a play. It includes a brief biography of the playwright, a sample review, and detailed duties for both the director and producer. Additionally, it contains character descriptions, a casting call, and highlighted script segments for auditions. The analysis section delves into action, character, tempo, mood, and the historical context of the play. The technical elements encompass the script, rehearsal schedule, ground plans, and costume sketches, ensuring a complete guide to production.

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  1. Director’s Workbook Final Project: Drama 8

  2. Section #1: Background Info • A brief biography about the playwright • A sample review of your play • A list of duties for the director • A list of duties for the producer • A list of characters and a short description of each one • A sample “casting call” • Highlight a segment of your script that will be read at auditions • A cast list with explanations for your choices

  3. Biography of Playwright

  4. Review

  5. List of Characters Most scripts will already have this done for you. If there is not a character list/description you will need to create one for your script.

  6. Casting Call

  7. Audition Reads Male Female

  8. Cast List Include explanations for your casting selections! Ex: “Cat: Johnny Depp- he is versatile and plays characters very well.”

  9. Section #2: Play Analysis • Action Analysis • Character Analysis • Tempo/rhythm • Mood • Historical, biographical, social background • Production history

  10. Action Analysis This is a paragraph that explains the plot of your play.

  11. Character Analysis Use the ivory character analysis sheet to complete this component.

  12. Background: Societal, Historical…. Explain how your play would fit into theater history. In what era would it have most likely occurred/been written for?

  13. Production History Where has this play been produced? Where should/could it be produced? Who is best suited for this play?

  14. Section #3: Technical Elements • A copy of the one-act/script • A sample rehearsal schedule • Ground Plan • Blocking Plan • Scenery sketches • Costuming sketches- at least one costume must be designed for each character • Makeup design sketches for the lead charactersProplist

  15. Copy of the Script You can print this directly from the website (most of the time). Make sure you read through your entire script before starting the project.

  16. Rehearsal Schedule This should be at least 6 weeks long and should be specific.

  17. Ground Plan

  18. Blocking Plan Usually this part is already done for you! We call them stage directions and they appear in italics/parentheses in most scripts.

  19. Scenery Sketch This should be a drawing. It needs to be in color, neat, and easy to understand. Labels will be helpful.

  20. Costume Sketch These can be computer generated, hand drawn, or photographs. They need to be in color and labeled by character.

  21. Make-up/Hair Design These can be computer generated, hand drawn, or photographs. They need to be in color and labeled by character.

  22. Prop List Most scripts will include this at the beginning or the end. If it is not included, you will need to read through your script and make a list.