A staged reading is a rehearsed read-through of a script, performed in front of a seated audience. Actors are not off-book for a staged reading, and some (or all) of the stage directions are read ...

Softly and musically, but sadly and longingly… So read the stage directions appended to one of Marchbanks' lines in George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Good grief—how is an actor expected to deal with that ...

Seeing two male actors kissing onstage is not all that common, despite social/sexual liberation. Scripter-thesp L. Trey Wilson offers a highly entertaining look at the tensions, both comical and ...

Stage directions are an essential element of any script. Without them, your script will be nothing but a choppy mass of dialogue. They help establish your show's world and, crucially, they tell the ...

The man staggers to his feet, sweat staining his T-shirt, and speaks. “Stage combat is acting, and the dialogue is physical.” As real as this altercation looked, it was actually a choreographed ...