Working Together in Theatre: Collaboration and Leadership

by Robert Cohen

Robert Cohen draws on fifty years of acting, directing and teaching experience in order to illustrate how the world's great theatre artists combine collaboration with leadership at all levels, from a production's conception to its final performance. The book provides the techniques, exercises and language that promote collaborative skills.
 
Working collaboratively is vital to successful theatre making. This readable and practical guide, written by leading author Robert Cohen, provides advice on how successful collaboration can be achieved. Exploring collaboration between a range of theatre artists from Directors to Designers, from Actors to Dramaturgs, Cohen draws on a wide-range of historical context and examples from contemporary professional practice.

Part One is introductory, providing a general overview of the relationship of collaboration and leadership in the theatre and the first rule of theatrical collaboration. Part Two divides theatrical collaboration into four overlapping stages and discusses the means of achieving effective communication at every level.

With activities for classroom use, this book will be essential reading for Theatre students and professionals.

Genres: Theatre

224 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2010

About the author

Robert Cohen was an American university professor, theatre director, playwright, and drama critic.

Reviews

[jessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is what I learned from this book:
Dalam teater, orang-orang di belakang layar panggung itu SAMA PENTINGNYA dengan para pemain di atas panggung. Pemain dengan jumlah dialog sedikit juga SAMA PENTINGNYA dengan pemain dengan jumlah dialog banyak. Bisa jadi, pemain yang akan mendapat aplaus panjang dari penonton, sutradara yang mendapat tepukan di punggungnya atas desain kostum dan dekorasi panggung yang keren, tapi bagaimana para pemain dan sutradara mendapatkan appraisal itu kalau tidak ada orang2 di belakang panggung? Teknisi yang mengurus lampu, desainer yang merancang kostum, petugas panggung yang memastikan property ada di tempat yang tepat, manajer panggung yang memastikan latihan berjalan sesuai jadwal dan pementasan berjalan sesuai pada waktu latihan. Mereka yang 'tak kelihatan' inilah yang mendukung sebuah pementasan dapat sukses.

Thank you, Mr. Cohen for reminding me of these important stuffs!