Have you ever wondered what theatre would be like if there was a simple rulebook to follow? A set of irrefutable laws that would – when followed to the letter – empower you to produce consistent, high-quality theatre?
Man. It would be great to have a list like that.
Well we have some exciting news for you. We’ve scoured the Internet and are pleased to present you with Praxis Theatre’s definitive guide to prescriptive theatre lists.
Here is everything you’re ever going to need:
First, you should definitely look at Matthew Freeman’s Rules for the writing of plays – all 20 of ’em. This is basically everything you’ll ever need to know about writing a play.
Then, go to Crow’s Encounters’ 10 rules to enjoying theatre. Let’s face it, we can all do better at enjoying theatre, right? So here are the ways to do it. Awesome!
Pan Theatre presents The Rules of Improve. There are 20 of them spread across Part I and Part II. These are good.
The Times Online has Born to run and run – 10 rules for making money on Broadway. Our last Broadway production (The Chainsmoker Diaries) didn’t do so well. That will never happen again thanks to this indispensable list!
Finally, The NeoFuturists offer Greg Allen’s 25 rules for creating good theatre. These are pretty incredible – and so TRUE.
OK. This is a pretty definitive list, but we’ve probably missed a couple. So please feel free to pipe in. Anyone out there know of any other theatre lists we can add to our collection?
and here i was wasting all this money and time on theatre school…ooh this gives me a good idea: conservatory style training over the internet. just send your webcam audition and an email committing to hand over 1/2 of whatever you get from the student loaners. maybe i should pitch this to the folks at devry?