Play readings
Subtitle: a complete guide for theatre practitioners
By: Rob Urbinati
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781138841307; 9781138841284
Subjects: Production and direction; Acting; Theater rehearsals; Theater
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Before rehearsals. Going public ; The preliminaries ; Time restrictions ; Casting ; Model for a play reading ; Stage directions; title: Rehearsal and performance. Before rehearsal begins ; Movement, gestures, and adapting stage directions in rehearsal ; Editing and movement for challenging text and stage directions ; Review and incorporating technical cues ; Acting in a play reading ; Development and presentation ; Developing new musicals and operas ; Nondevelopmental readings; title: After the reading. Audiences and talkbacks; title: Follow-up discussions; title: Epilogue: moving forward.