The Directing Workshop
The Directing Workshop is ideal for new stage and film directors who are looking for a forum in which to try their ideas and gain practical experience.

The Directing Workshop with John Grabowski provides an opportunity for the emerging director to:

Gain experience in analyzing a play  
     
Learn to make spatial and conceptual decisions  
     
Work with actors with that conceptual base in mind  
     
Observe the actor's process in Studio acting classes  
     
Mount a one-act play at the Studio in conjunction with Chelsea Rep Lab  


The Directing Workshop is divided into three sections: text analysis, staging & composition and production.

Text Analysis
Concentrates on dramatic form. A series of plays of varying styles is discussed and analyzed. The director is encouraged to see each play as a sequence of events that is dynamic and in-motion. As the director comes to understand the significance of the events which comprise the play, he/she arrives at a conceptual understanding of the play that is rooted in the play's dramatic structure.

Staging and Composition
Focuses on stage configurations and composition problems. Each director begins work on a scene from a play and begins to translate his/her ideas about the play into stage action. Methods of working with the actor in the rehearsal process are also discussed here.

Production
Concentrates on the actual mounting of a one-act play. Each director is responsible for choosing a one-act play, doing preproduction research and analysis, auditioning and casting the play from a pool of Studio-trained actors, and guiding the play through the rehearsal process. Each director is also given opportunity and encouraged to audit a series of acting classes at the Studio in order to further their understanding of the actor's process and terminology.

   
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