ABSTRACT
One of the risks in learning to direct by first completing a script analysis on paper is that you might start to see the analytical side of directing as detached from what happens in the rehearsal and design process. Script analysis is part of the director's process. It prepares the director for the next step-the rehearsal and design process-but it is not a substitute for the essential collaborative work of the director with his or her ensemble. Although you will analyze the scenes and plays you will work on throughout this book, your analysis must complement the collaboration, rather than rule it. Your understanding of a play should help you lead the ensemble within the collaboration, but it shouldn't lead you to predetermine the results of the process.
