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Don't bump into the furniture

Fundamentals of Directing Fall 2011 Schedule
SCRIPT FOR EDITING EXERCISE
Modern Anerican Drama link
Modern European Link

DATE	Topic 11 am	Assignments/Notes	Performances 5 pm
8/24	Intro/Syllabus	Schedule Drawing of performance order;	n/a
8/26	Choosing a play PREBOOK Select Tzar/Tzarina	Read: Wm Ball pp. 3-22; Hodge: pp. 166-170 PREBOOK HANDOUT Drawing of performance order	n/a
8/29	Casting	Schedule "swap" Read: David Ball: 3-36 Read: Hodge: Chpaters 9 & 14	n/a
8/31	Textual Analysis	Read: Wm Ball: 37-43 Read: David Ball: 39-96 Read Hodge: Chapter 4	n/a
9/2	Textual Analysis	Read: Wm Ball: 70-92 Read: Hodge Chapter 5 & 6	n/a
9/5	LABOR DAY	LABOR DAY	LABOR DAY
9/7	Groundplans	Read: Hodge Chapter 7	n/a
9/9	Blocking	Read: Hodge Chapter 8 & Handout	n/a
9/12	Design and Picturization	Read: Wm Ball: 150-174 Read Hodge Chapter 10 & pp. 181-184	n/a
9/14	Rehearsal strategies	Read: Wm Ball: 93-149 Read: Hodge Chapter 11	n/a
9/16	Rehearsal methods	Read Hodge Chapter 16	n/a
9/19	Dealing with actors	Read Wm. Ball: 44-92	n/a
9/21	Problem solving		n/a
9/23	Problem solving		n/a
9/26	Problem solving
9/27			Scenes WT1,2,3
9/28	CTITIQUES	YOU NEVER CAN TELL OPENS	YNCT OPENS
9/29			Scenes DR1,2,3
9/30	CRITIQUES		Scenes WT4,5,6,7
10/3	CRITIQUES		Scenes DR4,5,6
10/4			Scenes WT8.9.10
10/5	CRITIQUES		Scenes DR7,8,9
10/6			Scenes WT11,12,13,14
10/7	CRITIQUES		Scenes DR10,11,12,13
10/10-11	Pacer Weekend	Pacer Weekend	n/a
10/12	CRITIQUES		CONTINGENCY
10/13	STARS OPENS	Midterm Grades Due at noon	STARS OPENS
10/14	TBA		n/a
10/17	TBA		n/a
10/19	TBA		n/a
10/21	Editing	Script to edit	n/a
10/24	Editing/Problem solving		n/a
10/26	One on one		n/a
10/28	One on one		n/a
10/31	One on one		n/a
11/2	One on one		n/a
11/4	One on one		n/a
11/7	TBA		n/a
11/9	TBA		n/a
11/11	TBA		DR1,2
11/14	TBA		WT1,2
11/15	CRITIQUES		DR3,4
11/16	N/A		WT3,4
11/17	CRITIQUES		DR5,6
11/18	N/A		WT5,6
11/21	CRITIQUES		DR7,8
11/22	CRITIQUES		WT7,8
F 25-Nov	THANKSGIVING	THANKSGIVING	THANKSGIVING
11/28	CRITIQUES		DR9,10
11/29	n/a		WT9,10
11/30	CRITIQUES	JOSEPH OPENS	JOSEPH OPENS
12/1	N/A	JOSEPH MATINEE	WT11,12
12/2	CRITIQUES		DR11,12
12/5	JOSEPH MATINEE	JOSEPH MATINEE	DR13
12/6	N/A		WT13,14
12/7	CRITIQUES		CONTINGENCY
12/8	N/A		CONTINGENCY
12/9	CRITIQUES	Last Day of Class	CONTINGENCY

Texts:
Ball, David, Forward and Backward
Ball, William, A Sense of Direction
Hodge, Francis and Michael McLain, Play Directing: Analysis, Communication and Style, 7th ed.