Directing Stop Kiss by Diana Son within a Nontraditional Training Model

Despite the generally held view that the best way for a stage actor to give a strong theatrical performance is through a traditional training model, I hoped to develop a way for inexperienced actors to perform beyond expectation within the context of one production through a system of mentorship, expectation-setting, and tapping into young peoples' natural desire to identify with people and characters. I directed a production of Stop Kiss by Diana Son with a blend of experienced and inexperienced actors to see if I could make this work, with mixed results. This thesis is a reflection on the process of directing Stop Kiss that was filled with multiple discoveries and challenges.

Author dc:creator

• Dilks, Rebecca

Contributors dc:contributor

• Listengarten, Julia

• Theatre
• theater
• directing
• director
• training
• actors
• Theatre and Performance Studies
• Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0005940

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-2362