Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide
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Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide is the first comprehensive diagnostic handbook for building, caring for, and maintaining an ensemble. Successful ensembles don’t happen by chance; they must be created, nurtured, and maintained through specific actions. Achieving common goals in rehearsal and performance requires group trust, commitment and sacrifice. Ensemble Theatre Making is a step-by-step guide to these processes. Candid and direct, it considers: how to plan and prepare for ensemble work; the essential building blocks of ensemble; how to identify ensemble behaviors; techniques for responding to, and positively redirecting those behaviors. Tools, techniques and recipes for rethinking ensemble redefine it as a grounded practice, rather than a question of luck. Above all, this significant new work brings decades of experience to the sometimes mystifying questions of what creates ensemble bonds, how to protect them, and how to fix them when they break. Review: A must have for any theater maker! - This book is my absolute go-to for any sort of collaborative process. Before casting a show, evaluating acting entry auditions for college programs (SUPER helpful here !!), or entering the rehearsal room as a collaborator in a different capacity, I grab EMT and remind myself of its core principles. It offers a range of exercises, flags that range from Green to RED to look out for in a selection process, and helpful and often amusing personal experiences from the authors are all written in an accessible style and tone that can be hard to find in other theater texts. And don't let the title or my headline fool you: though the book is through a theater lens, the archetypes are universal and could be helpful in any setting where two or more are met. Cannot recommend enough! Review: Great book! - Wonderful book. Great exercises to creating a cohesive student group
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| Customer Reviews | 4.9 out of 5 stars 16 Reviews |
T**S
A must have for any theater maker!
This book is my absolute go-to for any sort of collaborative process. Before casting a show, evaluating acting entry auditions for college programs (SUPER helpful here !!), or entering the rehearsal room as a collaborator in a different capacity, I grab EMT and remind myself of its core principles. It offers a range of exercises, flags that range from Green to RED to look out for in a selection process, and helpful and often amusing personal experiences from the authors are all written in an accessible style and tone that can be hard to find in other theater texts. And don't let the title or my headline fool you: though the book is through a theater lens, the archetypes are universal and could be helpful in any setting where two or more are met. Cannot recommend enough!
M**H
Great book!
Wonderful book. Great exercises to creating a cohesive student group
B**B
Wonderful! Great improv book!
Engaging and filled with practical ideas. This is a must have. I have already started applying ideas from the book to my improv coaching.
S**A
A go to!!
I use this book ALL THE TIME! Its such a great resource for the deep concepts of ensemble building. Has a bunch of exercises for you to choose from - even with explanation, skills used & scaffolding options! Love this book! Literally use it for most of my lesson plans. Ensemble is the core of all work relationships, whether its corporate America or the theater this book could be used for any leadership or group building workshops.
J**D
Excellent Resource
This book is an excellent resource for every theatre artist and teacher who wants to have a stronger, more effective team. It not only helps pinpoint areas of trouble and give suggestions for improvement for existing ensembles, it can also help leaders choose the right people to create a new ensemble. The exercises and practical nature of this book will make an an indispensable tool.
M**B
Here it is!
The quintessential guide to making your ensemble theater work! Through years of experience and years of successful ensembles... the authors have kindly given you a road-map. Now it's up to you!
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