Description
Offers a practical yet sophisticated overview for aspirant and professional theatre directors of the fundamentals of stage direction, education and experience opportunities, developing an aesthetic as a director, pathways to directing professionally, and advancing one's professional career beyond freelance directing.
About the Author
Kent Thompson is a theatre director, producer, educator and writer. He has led two major regional theatres in the U.S., the Denver Center Theatre Company from 2005 to 2017 and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival from 1989 to 2005. Thompson is an accomplished director of Shakespeare and classics as well as new plays. Widely known as an advocate, supporter, developer and producer of new plays and musicals, Thompson created two new play festivals: the Colorado New Play Summit and the Southern Writers' Project. In Denver, he also created Off Center to create immersive, innovative programming for millennials and The Women's Voices Fund to commission new plays by women. Thompson has commissioned more than 65 new plays and produced 48 world premieres. He served as board president of Theatre Communications Group (the national organization for the American theatre), and has served on numerous peer panels, including Doris Duke Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Pew Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts Theatre Panel (also Chair), and Fulbright Scholars Panel. He is currently a member of the Playwright Award Advisory Committee of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. He is a graduate of The College of William & Mary, USA, and The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, UK.
Reviews
Kent Thompson's Directing Professionally is the perfect blend of the real experience of directing in professional theatre and the process needed to direct in today's theatre companies... Kent's optimistic and realistic book is an invaluable guide for every student of directing or emerging director. -- Jane Page, University of California, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781474288767
Author Kent Thompson
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 350g