Directing for Community Theatre

Daniel L. Patterson is Professor Emeritus of Keene State College in New Hampshire, where he taught for 40 years and directed over 40 productions. He received two Kennedy Center medallions for his work with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. He is an MFA graduate of the University of Texas in Austin (1975) and was one of the co-founders of the TheatreWorks company in Colorado Springs in 1975. He has acted in 18 of Shakespeare’s plays in various companies around the country. Professor Patterson also worked with the Association for Theatre in Higher Education where he served as a director and an actor in their new play development program.

1. Introduction

2. Obsession

3. Blocking Notes

4. Stages of Rehearsal

5. A Directing Primer

6. Play Analysis

7. Production Organization

8. Directors and Design

9. The Visual Tools

10. Acting Exercises

11. Playwrighting

12. Memorization

13. Ethics and Behavior

14. Diversity

15. The Stage Manager