This introductory lecture to an online class, Dramaturgy, outlines various views on the role of t... more This introductory lecture to an online class, Dramaturgy, outlines various views on the role of the dramaturg in production and explores the evolution of the role from disconnected researcher to active collaborator - and the push back that has received from some quarters.
The theatrical design process is rooted in a deep and careful examination of a "text", be it trad... more The theatrical design process is rooted in a deep and careful examination of a "text", be it traditional script or a devised process. This paper examines the importance of a dramaturgical analysis of that text, one which allows for an immersion into the material, and it's relationship to the designer's process which requires a designer to dwell within that text and be "baptized" by the process.
This introductory lecture to an online class, Dramaturgy, outlines various views on the role of t... more This introductory lecture to an online class, Dramaturgy, outlines various views on the role of the dramaturg in production and explores the evolution of the role from disconnected researcher to active collaborator - and the push back that has received from some quarters.
The theatrical design process is rooted in a deep and careful examination of a "text", be it trad... more The theatrical design process is rooted in a deep and careful examination of a "text", be it traditional script or a devised process. This paper examines the importance of a dramaturgical analysis of that text, one which allows for an immersion into the material, and it's relationship to the designer's process which requires a designer to dwell within that text and be "baptized" by the process.
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