Directing Senior Theatre


	The Senior Theatre Resource Center

Bonnie L. Vorenberg's Top 10 Directing Tips

for

Senior Theatre

Always do warm-ups before each rehearsal and before all performances.
Give direction from a positive point of view.
Challenge, stimulate and don’t make it to hard. Make it art!
Find great material that fits the cast. Build a library.
Embellish the show with props, costumes and scenery pieces.
Use Readers Theatre and Script-In-Hand if the cast can’t memorize. Memorize if possible.
Do more than one form of Senior Theatre.
Give a lot of hugs and personal care in an atmosphere of creativity.
The director chooses the show. There is only one director, sit in the house to feel what your audience feels.
HAVE FUN!

The ArtAge Senior Theatre Resource Center Play and Book Directory
NEW plays and books	Holiday Plays		Play Collections
Senior Theatre Directing, Acting and more!	Single Plays		Readers Theatre
Using Memories to Create Theatre	Sketches and Skits		Short Plays
Radio Plays	Interactive Plays		Monologues and Scenes
Intergenerational	Bringing the Arts to Less Active Adults		Grantwriting and Fundraising
Creative Drama and Improvisation	Musicals		Theatre Games
Theatre with a Message	Dance		Makeup
How to Order		What about Royalty?
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ArtAge Senior Theatre Resource Center
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Portland OR 97280
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