12 Steps To Better Staging

During theatre rehearsals, I often call out what I refer to as "Schrum's Rules of Theatre" for my actors. Arising from those rules is this handbook, a practical guide for staging plays. This is not a comprehensive "how-to" book, taking the reader from play selection to opening night. Rather, I am here offering some staging ideas that I believe will be helpful to many: a beginning or intermediate director; an actor looking for an edge in working with directors; a high school English teacher who suddenly finds herself asked to direct a play with little or no prior experience.