LEADER 03567nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910781128903321 005 20230725051617.0 010 $a1-280-69765-2 010 $a9786613674616 010 $a0-8093-8571-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019124 035 $a(EBL)1354461 035 $a(OCoLC)649913253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484633 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484633 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594462 035 $a(PQKB)10366289 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3521 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354461 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354461 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019124 100 $a20090605d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGhost light$b[electronic resource] $ean introductory handbook for dramaturgy /$fMichael Mark Chemers 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aTheater in the Americas 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2952-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPhilosophy. What the #$%@ is a dramaturg? Asking questions -- What kind of person becomes a dramaturg? -- Forking paths and ghost lights -- Historicizing dramaturgy -- Origins -- Dramaturgy in history -- Exercises -- Power plays -- Drama as dialectic -- Theory capsules -- Exercises -- Analysis. The twelve-step program for script analysts -- The steps -- Exercises -- Form follows function -- Comedy -- Ovidian (episodic) -- Diffused crisis -- Exercises -- Why this play now? doing preliminary research (and a web warning!) -- Writing a production history -- Writing a performance review -- Exercises -- Practice -- New plays -- Working with playwrights: forging an alliance -- Maintaining boundaries -- Devised theatre -- Documentary theatre -- Adaptation -- Exercises -- The company -- Working with the artistic director -- Mission statements -- Representation in rehearsal -- Season selection -- Creating a dossier -- Working with the director -- Working with designers -- Working with actors -- Sidebar: rehearsal etiquette and protocols -- Table work -- Exercises -- Audiences -- The front line -- Publicity -- Education -- Program notes -- Lobby displays -- Preshows and postshow talkbacks -- Blogs -- Exercises. 330 $aGhost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy offers useful and entertaining answers to the confounding questions: "What, exactly, is dramaturgy, and what does a dramaturg do?" According to Michael Mark Chemers, dramaturgs are the scientists of the theater world-their primary responsibility is to query the creative possibilities in every step of the production process, from play selection to costume design, and then research the various options and find ways to transform that knowledge into useful ideas. To say that dramaturgs are well-rounded is an understatement: 410 0$aTheater in the Americas. 606 $aTheater$xProduction and direction 606 $aDrama$xTechnique 615 0$aTheater$xProduction and direction. 615 0$aDrama$xTechnique. 676 $a792.02/3 700 $aChemers$b Michael M$01464044 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781128903321 996 $aGhost light$93673598 997 $aUNINA