Director Preparation

Details Dates: March 4 - 7, 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Submission Deadline: November 15, 2003

MATC Directing Symposium seeks proposals for papers that investigate past and present approaches to director training and development. We invite papers that critique issues and experiences involved in becoming a director and developing as a theatre artist. 

Questions we hope to address in this symposium include:

We invite papers that critique issues and experiences involved in becoming a director and developing as a theatre artist.

• What goes into the development and preparation of a director?
• What skills are being / ought to be taught to beginning directors?
• What types of training exist and for what ends?
• How can / do the worlds of academic and professional theatre intersect?
• How does corollary theatre training (acting, design, etc.) inform director training?
• How can current trends in training in the other arts (music, dance, art, etc.) influence director training?
• What can we learn from other fields (communication studies, psychology, business management, literary theory, etc.) about director training?
• What can we learn from research on the development of noted directors?
• What models or metaphors for "the director" can / do inform director preparation?
• What factors influence the continued artistic development of directors?
• How do directors prepare for particular directing projects?
• How does teaching directing inform a director's work?
• What special issues are faced by directors working primarily in academic theatre?
• What are the special challenges faced by student directors?
• What is the place of a directing course in the liberal arts, teacher certification, and/or BFA curricula?

Please send 150-250 word abstracts with a cover letter including applicant's name, academic affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Final papers should not exceed 9 pages or 2500 words. Papers will be limited to fifteen minutes maximum.

               DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: November 15, 2003

Susann Suprenant, Ph.D. Dept. of Theatre 322 Weber Fine Arts Bldg. University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE  68182 (402) 554-2715 (office) (402) 554-3436 (FAX) Chuck Ney, Ph.D. Dept. of Theatre and Dance 213 Theatre Center Southwest Texas State San Marcos, TX 78666 512) 245-3573 (office) (512) 245-8440 (FAX)

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