ABSTRACT
Manipulative directors are those who work indirectly to get what they want. They often secretly give notes to one actor, while ignoring the others, or pit members of the production team against one another, thinking that that will achieve the best results. Manipulative directors rarely addresses an issue directly; instead they go around and around the matter at hand to accomplish what they want. Passive-aggressive directors do a lot of complaining. They whine about not getting as much assistance from the front of house staff as all of the other directors get. Passive-aggressive directors will often feel put-upon, and make those feelings known, when producers or PR directors ask them to do something extra to promote the show. Aggressive directors are usually hyper-competitive and believe that bullying and intimidation are the things that motivate those around them. A trap that so many young directors fall into is trying to do everything.
