As I said yesterday, at the fourth rehearsal of my church’s production of my new Christmas Play, I decided to be more directive in my directing. In this or any church play there are people who do not aspire to be actors. They just got drafted. Their whole aim might be to stand in the right place and […]
Director’s Journal: Including the Children
My pastor scheduled a short third rehearsal: just 45 minutes before an all-church event. That’s three quarters of an hour for two complicated jobs. 1. Re-block what Didn’t Work The first job was to re-block things that were troublesome last week. Sticking with my original plan might preserve my pride, but only temporarily. Better to just admit where it hadn’t […]
Director’s Journal: Blocking
There was one aspect of directing my play that filled me with dread: blocking. It’s also the aspect that filled me most with excitement. Blocking “Blocking” is what you do in the second rehearsal–the first few rehearsals in a longer play. You work through the script, line by line, and teach the actors where they […]
Director’s Journal: Getting Ready
So I wrote this Christmas Play, and of course I gave a copy to my pastor. Who knows?” I thought. “They always do a play in Advent. Maybe they will think it is fun to produce the world premier!” They said yes! Woo hoo! I should know by this time that this amounted to volunteering […]
Join my “Review Crew” and help launch my new Christmas Play!
I’m about to publish a Christmas play. (I call it “Christmas Play.” Pretty catchy, eh?) I am totally psyched about this project. It is designed for production in churches. It focuses squarely on the real Christmas story, weaving the biblical text of every Gospel passage about the coming of Christ into one story. I’d love to […]
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