Robert Cohen, Joel Veenstra

Working Together in Theatre (eBook, ePUB)

Collaboration and Leadership

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how theater artistry melds the forces of collaboration and leadership, igniting creativity from the first spark of an idea to the climactic curtain call.

It throws the spotlight on the dynamic interplay of roles, covering the collaboration between producer, director, playwright, actor, designer, stage manager, dramaturg, and stage crew. Each chapter illuminates various strategies and insights, revealing how you can harness these transformative techniques on your own journey, crafting spellbinding productions through the power of collective creativity. In this new edition, Joel Veenstra builds upon, updates, and expands on Robert Cohen's original concepts in the following ways:

- Updated case studies and examples drawn from the combined 75 years of professional theatre-making experience of Cohen and Veenstra, as well as insights from their extensive network of collaborators
- Revised flow and scope to include the collaborator's worldview, specific practices for creating collaborative milieu from the start, and conflict resolution tools
- Modernized with new research, perspectives, and insights from leadership experts like Brené Brown and Simon Sinek, and team-based organizations like Google and The Second City
- Refreshed exercises to enhance practical understanding and application of the concepts
- Expanded lens for applications beyond the realm of theatre-making to any collaboration
- Revised appendices with recommended digital resources

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350333611
• Artikelnr.: 72246569

Autorenporträt

Robert Cohen is an acclaimed professional and academic stage director, and the founding Chair of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. The author of 24 books on theatre, his major awards include a Claire Trevor Professorship, the UCI Medal, Romania's Honoris Causa Medal, Poland's Medal of Honor, the ATHE Award for Career Achievement and UCI's 2015 Award for Distinguished Professor of Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface / Introduction
PART ONE: The Concepts
1. Our Theatre Family
2. What Makes Us Unique
3. Two Sides of the Same Collaborative Sphere
4. Building Blocks of Successful Collaboration
PART TWO: The Process
5. The Preparation Stage
6. The Planning Stage
7. The Production Stage
8. The Presenting Stage
PART THREE: The Conclusion
9. Our Conclusions
Appendices & Sources
A. Appendix A: Additional Thoughts
B. Appendix B: Endnotes
C. Appendix C: Works Cited and Consulted
D. Appendix D: Index