Welcome!
Deconstructing Directing is a revolutionary content library and paradigm for theatre directors of all experience levels, but created especially for those working in "upstream" environments like community and educational theatre.
Visit each of the Acts and Scenes below to find our primary content available as video, audio, or a written transcript, along with worksheets and handouts designed to help you put what you learn about yourself as a director into practice!
If you find this content valuable and can support it financially with a small monthly donation (for which you can get some cool perks), please support our Patreon.
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Introduction
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Act 1: Defining Directing
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Scene 1: The F.L.A.M.E. Paradigm
Let’s get specific about exactly what it is that a director does!
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Scene 2: Facilitation/Translation
Let’s dive into the first of our FLAME skills, Facilitation/Translation!
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Scene 3: Leadership
Let’s explore the second of our FLAME skills, Leadership!
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Scene 4: Artistic Insight & Taste
This is the part everyone thinks about when defining directing, so let’s dive into part 3 of FLAME: Artistic Insight & Taste!
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Scene 5: Management
Let’s break down the fourth of our FLAME skills, Management!
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Scene 6: Education/Mentorship
Let’s wrap up Act 1 with the fifth of our FLAME skills, Education/Mentorship!
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Act 2: Our Directing Identity
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Scene 1: Understanding Our Why
Let’s dig into WHY we are directors, and get specific!
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Scene 2: Imposter Syndrome and Directing
Let’s explore the ways in which imposter syndrome can impact us and how we can address it!
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Scene 3: Heroes, Role Models, and Individualization
Let’s talk about the directors and leaders we see as role models and get specific about the roles they model
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Scene 4: Lived Experiences and Identity
Let’s examine how our identities and lived experiences are essential to our work of directing!
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Scene 5: Developing Taste and Perspective
Let’s dive into how we can define our taste and actively work to change and expand it!
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Scene 6: Making Peace with Power
Let’s dig into that “dirty” word, power, and learn to make peace with it.
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Scene 7: Taking Care of Ourselves
Let’s wrap up Act 2 with some practical tips about how we can regulate our nervous system!
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FAQ
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Nope! Part of the mission of Deconstructing Directing is to ensure that there is no financial barrier to accessing this professional development material for directors. However, it does take a lot of work to create and upkeep this material, so if you are able and willing to support our Patreon with a small monthly donation, we have some additional perks you can earn.
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Acts are built sequentially, so that the material builds on and references itself, but you are not required to engage with it in any particular order; we want you to use it in the way that is most helpful to you!
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At this time there is no diploma or certification process for completing material included in our library. That may change in the future; if this is something you would like to see, please share that with us through any of our feedback portals on this site.
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