Though stage directing has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, the number of women directors in the United States has grown significantly in recent years. In this work, 35 contemporary women stage directors, with regional, national and international theater backgrounds, share their views on the creative process and the influences of gender on their artistic decision making. How does it feel to be defined as a woman director rather than simply a director? Does gender affect their authority? These questions and many others are explored in this study.
Though stage directing has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, the number of women directors in the United States has grown significantly in recent years. In this work, 35 contemporary women stage directors, with regional, national and international theater backgrounds, share their views on the creative process and the influences of gender on their artistic decision making. How does it feel to be defined as a woman director rather than simply a director? Does gender affect their authority? These questions and many others are explored in this study.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Rebecca Daniels (MFA, PhD) taught performance, writing, and speaking in liberal arts universities for over twenty-five years, including St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, from 1992-2015. She was the founding producing director of Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon, directed with many professional Portland theater companies in the 1980s, and is the author of the groundbreaking Women Stage Directors Speak: Exploring the Effects of Gender on Their Work (McFarland, 1996, 2000) and has been published in multiple professional theater journals. After her retirement from teaching, she turned her focus to creative nonfiction and began her association with Sunbury Press with Keeping the Lights on for Ike: Daily Life of a Utilities Engineer at AFHQ in Europe During WWII; or, What to Say in Letters Home When You're Not Allowed to Write about the War (Sunbury Press, 2019), a book based on her father's letter home from Europe during WWII. Her second book with Sunbury, Finding Sisters: How One Adoptee Used DNA Testing and Determination to Uncover Family Secrets and Find Her Birth Family, explores how DNA testing, combined with traditional genealogical research, helped her find her genetic parents, two half-sisters, and other relatives in spite of being given up for a closed adoption at birth. Learn more at rebecca-daniels.com.
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Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE The Study, Its Significance, and the Methods Used PART ONE -INTRODUCTION 1: A Brief History of the Directorial Function, Theories, and Processes Directing Theory Qualities of a Good Director Practical Elements of the Directing Process Communication in Directing A Director Plays Many Roles 2: The Women Interviewed and Their Perceptions of Gender Differences A Brief Introduction to the Directors Positions on Gender Differences 3: Gender Means Everything and Nothing Resisting Definition as a Woman Director Thinking About Gender When Working Ignoring Gender No Easy Answers PART TWO-LEADERSHIP ISSUES FOR WOMEN DIRECTORS 4: Leadership Qualities in a Good Director The Importance of Good Leadership The Power of the Director Reception of Women in Positions of Authority 5: Problems with Power Resistance to Women in Authority Issues of Behavior Internal Resistance and Self-Doubt PART THREE-COLLABORATION ISSUES FOR WOMEN DIRECTORS 6: Collaborative Qualities in a Good Director The Importance of Successful Collaboration Social Conditioning and Collaboration A Different Approach to Collaboration Possible Negatives in Collaboration 7: Women's Ways of Collaborating Sensitivity to Feelings and Emotions Creating an Environment of Trust and Intimacy Nurturance Use of Instinct and Intuition Finding a Balance PART FOUR-PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTING PROCESS 8: Issues in Script Selection and Interpretation Factors in the Script Selection Process Themes Related to Women and Gender An Awareness of Women's Issues Other Influences on Script Selection Overcoming Perceived Limitations 9: Working with Actors Casting Issues Character Development Issues 10: Technical and Spatial Issues Influenced by Gender Technical Considerations Use of Space 11: Economic and Career Considerations Family Demands Career Development CONCLUSION APPENDIX A: SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE DIRECTORS' ARTISTIC IDENTITY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT APPENDIX B: THEATRICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE DIRECTORS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE The Study, Its Significance, and the Methods Used PART ONE -INTRODUCTION 1: A Brief History of the Directorial Function, Theories, and Processes Directing Theory Qualities of a Good Director Practical Elements of the Directing Process Communication in Directing A Director Plays Many Roles 2: The Women Interviewed and Their Perceptions of Gender Differences A Brief Introduction to the Directors Positions on Gender Differences 3: Gender Means Everything and Nothing Resisting Definition as a Woman Director Thinking About Gender When Working Ignoring Gender No Easy Answers PART TWO-LEADERSHIP ISSUES FOR WOMEN DIRECTORS 4: Leadership Qualities in a Good Director The Importance of Good Leadership The Power of the Director Reception of Women in Positions of Authority 5: Problems with Power Resistance to Women in Authority Issues of Behavior Internal Resistance and Self-Doubt PART THREE-COLLABORATION ISSUES FOR WOMEN DIRECTORS 6: Collaborative Qualities in a Good Director The Importance of Successful Collaboration Social Conditioning and Collaboration A Different Approach to Collaboration Possible Negatives in Collaboration 7: Women's Ways of Collaborating Sensitivity to Feelings and Emotions Creating an Environment of Trust and Intimacy Nurturance Use of Instinct and Intuition Finding a Balance PART FOUR-PRACTICAL ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTING PROCESS 8: Issues in Script Selection and Interpretation Factors in the Script Selection Process Themes Related to Women and Gender An Awareness of Women's Issues Other Influences on Script Selection Overcoming Perceived Limitations 9: Working with Actors Casting Issues Character Development Issues 10: Technical and Spatial Issues Influenced by Gender Technical Considerations Use of Space 11: Economic and Career Considerations Family Demands Career Development CONCLUSION APPENDIX A: SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE ON THE DIRECTORS' ARTISTIC IDENTITY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT APPENDIX B: THEATRICAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE DIRECTORS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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