ABSTRACT

This chapter is an extended case study demonstrating collaborative stage directing and illustrating a synthesis of the directing skills presented in earlier chapters of the book. The case study also applies the group dynamic process as well as communication and leadership skills through the three phases of the production: Preparation, Pre-production, and Rehearsal. The case study is based on the author’s production of the Holocaust play I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Each directorial principle, communication and leadership skill as well as group dynamic stage and phase of production is highlighted for the student director to clearly recognize and understand how it synthesizes within a production.