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1.2: The Directing Process

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    1. Staging Lessons (you should always be working on to sharpen skills)
    2. Assemble your Creative Team
    3. Determine your Budget, Venue, and Target Audience
    4. Select your Script
    5. Research
    6. Determine your Theme and Vision
    7. Create a Ground Plan
    8. Give Research and Ground Plan to your Creative Team
    9. Plot Breakdown, Beat Breakdown, Script Analysis
    10. Design Meetings
    11. Casting
    12. Rehearsal
      1. Read Through, Design Presentations
      2. Script Analysis/ Text Work with cast
      3. Blocking
      4. Stumble Throughs
      5. Scene Work
      6. Run Throughs
      7. Tech
      8. Open
    13. Give over control of your show to your Stage Manager
    14. Move on to your next project

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