The director-playwright collaboration on new play production

The Director-Playwright Collaboration on New Play Production is an investigation of the working relationship between the playwright and the director and the process of new play production. The research is gathered by a series of interviews with student and professional playwrights and professional directors. The body of the thesis consists of an explanation of the interview process, a reporting of the information assembled during the interviews, an analysis of the information, and conclusions. Biographies of those interviewed are included as an appendix

The Lady’s Not for Burning (1964)

Playwright: Christopher Fry Director: Elizabeth Loeffler Academic Year: 1964-1965https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1960s/1012/thumbnail.jp

Squats (1992)

Playwright: Martin Jones Director: Buddy Butler Set Design: Dusty Reeds Costumes: Elizabeth Poindexter Academic Year: 1991-1992https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1990s/1030/thumbnail.jp

Lysistrata (1989)

Playwright: Aristophanes Director: Richard D. Parks Set Design: James K. Culley Costumes: Jeffrey Struckman Academic Year: 1988-1989https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1980s/1050/thumbnail.jp

The Duchess of Malfi (1969)

Playwright: John Webster Director: Hal Todd Set Design: J. Wendell Johnson Costumes: Berneice Prisk Lighting: Paul Myrvold Academic Year: 1968-1969https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1960s/1011/thumbnail.jp

Simply Maria (1994)

Playwright: Josefina Lopez Director: Pamela Salazar Costumes: Ronald D. Frausto Academic Year: 1993-1994https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1990s/1029/thumbnail.jp

Stella (1990)

Playwright: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Director: Karl Toepfer Set Design: James K. Culley Costumes: Elizabeth Poindexter Academic Year: 1989-1990https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1990s/1032/thumbnail.jp

I Never Sang for My Father (1978)

Playwright: Robert Anderson Director: William Corey Set Design: Kani Seifert Costumes: Kay Aguilar Academic Year: 1977-1978https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s/1096/thumbnail.jp

Tony Award-Winning Poet Lemon Andersen Teaches Master Class on Spoken Word Art

As part of the President’s Distinguished Speakers Series, the poet, playwright and performer explored his craft in an intimate classroom discussion

Witold Gombrowicz: Diary of a Playwright

The article discusses Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz\u27s Diary as a playwright, his theatrical career, and states that his image in the public entertainment field was said to be influenced by his self-absorbed character