Name: A Sense of Direction

A Sense of Direction represents a life s work at the art and craft of directing.

Founder and long-time general director of the acclaimed American Conservatory Theatre, Bill Ball engages his audience in a wide-ranging discussion of the director s process from first reading through opening night.

Speaking as a director's director, Ball offers a candid, personal account of his method of working including the choice of a play's essential elements, preproduction homework, casting, and rehearsal techniques.

Throughout, his discovering and insights guide the director in building the world of the play and bringing it to life.

The Empty Space by Peter Brook

Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith

Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal

Gross Indecency by Moises Kaufman

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

Wit by Margaret Edson

The Complete Dramatic Works by Samuel Beckett

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

Beautiful Mornin' by Ethan Mordden

Proof by David Auburn

Harvey by Mary Chase

The Paper Canoe by Eugenio Barba

The Director's Craft by Katie Mitchell

The Normal Heart and the Destiny of Me by Larry Kramer

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang

27 Wagons Full of Cotton And Other One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams

Collected Shorter Plays by Samuel Beckett

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard

The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard