Playmaking
A Playable Script Starts with the Group You Have
Choose a playable script for your theatre group by matching its cast, interests, rehearsal capacity, and production…
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Read about scripts, rehearsal choices, directing, design and the shared work that brings amateur theatre to an audience.
Rehearsal
Scene Work or Full Runs: Pick the Rehearsal Mode by Its Job
Choose scene work or full runs by the question your play needs to answer, so each rehearsal reveals a useful next move…
Production
What a Prompt Book Is For, Beyond Remembering Cues
A prompt book can track more than cues: use it to preserve production decisions, clarify revisions, and help the…
Design
The Set That Explains Too Much
Learn how selective stage-set details can clarify a play’s world, focus attention, and leave audiences room to imagine…
Direction
A Quiet Plan for the Hour Before the Audience Arrives
A calm pre-show hour plan helps an amateur theatre company catch essential problems, settle performers and keep…