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gidget
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Topic: Need an answer NOW!!!
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:51pm

I asked this question before but got no replies and I really need some opinions!!! Do you as a group pick a director, and let the director pick the show they want to do, or do you as a group pick the shows first, and then find directors for them?? Please reply quickly!! we are meeting Sunday!!! It is Thursday!!!

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Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:42pm

We solicit directors to propose shows they would like to direct for our group. The board members then consider two factors: Does the director have sufficient experience or credibility to direct a show for us? And is the show that he/she is proposing consistent with the artistic integrity and image of our group? Sometimes we'll say yes to a director, but ask them to propose a different show. We do six shows a year and are currently committed to specific productions through August of 2011. It works for us.

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Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:05pm

This is the the same way that it is done in nearly all groups here, in west Aussie land.

[western] Gondawandaland
"Hear the light & see the sound!
TOI TOI CHOOKAS
{may you always play to a full house!}

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Posted: 6/18/10 at 12:34pm

As someone who's worked with area theatres for over 10 years in KC, I've seen it both ways. There's a theatre that requests directors submit proposals, and there's a theatre where they have the season then request directors to interview.

While I'd have to say the majority have a season first, I think it's just something your theatre needs to decide on your own based on what your mission statement is (i.e., are you more interested in presenting 'theme seasons'? then go with having a season first; are you more interested in supporting directors? then go with the first way) and what you're trying to accomplish as an organization.

Angie Fiedler Sutton

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KC Stage Magazine

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Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:50pm

We hold director proposals very early on. Depending on what looks promising a few might be chosen and any holes left will be filled by the suggestion of the play selection committee and director interview will be held for those shows. It's a long process so you have to do it quite a ways out.

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gidget Walk-On Joined: 6/07/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Need an answer NOW!!! Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:51pm
	I asked this question before but got no replies and I really need some opinions!!! Do you as a group pick a director, and let the director pick the show they want to do, or do you as a group pick the shows first, and then find directors for them?? Please reply quickly!! we are meeting Sunday!!! It is Thursday!!!

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edh915 Celebrity Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325	Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:42pm
	We solicit directors to propose shows they would like to direct for our group. The board members then consider two factors: Does the director have sufficient experience or credibility to direct a show for us? And is the show that he/she is proposing consistent with the artistic integrity and image of our group? Sometimes we'll say yes to a director, but ask them to propose a different show. We do six shows a year and are currently committed to specific productions through August of 2011. It works for us. Edited by edh915 - 6/17/10 at 9:43pm
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:05pm
	This is the the same way that it is done in nearly all groups here, in west Aussie land.
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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Tallsor Star Joined: 2/24/04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 63	Posted: 6/18/10 at 12:34pm
	As someone who's worked with area theatres for over 10 years in KC, I've seen it both ways. There's a theatre that requests directors submit proposals, and there's a theatre where they have the season then request directors to interview. While I'd have to say the majority have a season first, I think it's just something your theatre needs to decide on your own based on what your mission statement is (i.e., are you more interested in presenting 'theme seasons'? then go with having a season first; are you more interested in supporting directors? then go with the first way) and what you're trying to accomplish as an organization. Angie Fiedler Sutton Associate Editor KC Stage Magazine
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imamember Celebrity Joined: 8/18/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:50pm
	We hold director proposals very early on. Depending on what looks promising a few might be chosen and any holes left will be filled by the suggestion of the play selection committee and director interview will be held for those shows. It's a long process so you have to do it quite a ways out.
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