| Table of Contents | |
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| Acknowledgments and Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
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| Prologue: Checking Out the Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| Chapter 1: Starting Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
| Chapter 2: Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
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| Act I: Preparing the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
| Chapter 3: Play Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29 |
| Chapter 4: Script Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
| Chapter 5: Rehearsal Schedule Made Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
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| Act II: Getting the Show on the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
| Chapter 6: Tryouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
| Chapter 7: First Rehearsal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 77 |
| Chapter 8: Blocking Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
| Chapter 9: Off-Book Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
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| Act III: Working Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
| Chapter 10: Working Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
| Chapter 11: Final Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 114 |
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| Act IV: Performing the Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123 |
| Chapter 12: Performance and Post Performance . . . . . . . . . . . | 125 |
| Chapter 13: Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 135 |
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| Curtain Call: Technical Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145 |
| Chapter 14: Introduction to Technical Aspects . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |
| Chapter 15: Costuming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 151 |
| Chapter 16: Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 176 |
| Chapter 17: Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 182 |
| Chapter 18: Hair and Makeup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 188 |
| Chapter 19: Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 205 |
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| Epilogue: Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 227 |
| 12 Weeks of Production Checklist (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . | 229 |
| 1st Play Read-Through Form (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 233 |
| 2nd Play Read-Through Form (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 234 |
| 3rd Play Read-Through Form (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 235 |
| Floor Plan Template (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 236 |
| Basic Rehearsal Schedule (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 237 |
| Tryout Information Sheet (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 238 |
| Parent Letter/Theatre Contract (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . | 239 |
| Character Analysis #1 (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 240 |
| Character Analysis #2 (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 241 |
| Character Analysis #3 (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 242 |
| Character Analysis #4 (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 244 |
| Shakespeare Character Analysis (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . | 246 |
| General Insert Form (reproducible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 247 |
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| Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 248 |
| Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 254 |
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| About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 256 |