Based on interviews with over forty award-winning artists, How to Rehearse a Playoffers multiple solutions to the challenges that directors face from first rehearsal to opening night. The book provides a wealth of information on how to run a rehearsal room, suggesting different paths and encouraging directors to shape their own. It is dived into four sections:lessons from the past: a brief survey of influential directors, including Stanislavsky's acting methods and Anne Bogart's theories on movement;a survey of current practices: practical advice on launching a process, analysing scripts, crafting staging, detailing scene work, collaborating in technical rehearsals and previews, and opening the play to the public;rehearsing without a script: suggestions, advice, and exercises for devising plays through collaborative company creation;rehearsal workbook: prompts and exercises to help directors discover their own rehearsal process. How to Rehearse a Playis the perfect guide for any artist leading their first rehearsal, heading to graduate school for intense study, or just looking for ways to refresh and reinvigorate their process. | How To Rehearse A Play by Damon Kiely, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters