Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide

Screaming Media Productions is delighted to announce the publication of Ensemble Theatre Making: A Practical Guide by Rose Burnett Bonczek and David Storck (Routledge Press, 2012).  Ms. Bonczek is the festival director of Gi60: Live US Edition, and Mr. Storck has previously directed for and performed in past Gi60 festivals.  Ensemble Theatre Making is the first comprehensive diagnostic handbook for building, caring for and maintaining ensemble. ETM is a step-by-step guide to achieving common goals in rehearsal and performance, and considers building blocks of ensemble, how to plan and prepare for ensemble work, identifying ensemble behaviors, and techniques for responding to and positively redirecting those behaviors. Tools, techniques and recipes for rethinking and redfining ensemble as a grounded practice.  ETM is now available in the UK and in Europe, and will be released in the United States in mid-November, 2012. For further information, please see http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415530095/