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	Script Dramaturgue
		'Dramaturg' is commonly used today to refer to the literary adviser of a theatre, who takes part in the rehearsal process and who guards the integrity of the play.
		What helps most in allaying this source of irritation is the dramaturg's creation of the feeling in the company, as early as possible in the rehearsal process, that he is part of the same team and anxious for the same, good result.
		However discussion between the two occurs, whether regularly and formally or only occasionally and informally, the dramaturg suggests his opinion to the director but does not force it on him, and understands that the final decision on all matters raised in discussion is necessarily the director's.
	script.vtheatre.net /dramaturg.html (2021 words)

	The Chronicle: 6/29/2001: A Good Director Doesn't Need a Dramaturg
		The professional dramaturg is a creature of the not-for-profit resident theater; producers who are in business to make money have by and large not seen the wisdom of hiring someone who neither writes the play, nor directs it, nor designs it, nor acts in it, nor stage-manages it, nor works as a technician on it.
		Dramaturgs are hired by not-for-profit theaters run by artistic directors who each want an artistic staff that will work to support, not contradict, the type of theater the artistic director wishes to pursue.
		But dramaturgs also say that they are "an advocate for the playwright," and that their job is to stand up for the integrity of the script.
	chronicle.com /free/v47/i42/42b01001.htm (2836 words)

	Dramaturgy
		DRAMATURG originates from the ancient Greek: Dramatourgos = drama (deed or act) + ergos (work or composition) So, originally a dramatourgos was a composer of drama, i.e.
		'Dramaturg' is commonly used today to refer to the literary adviser of a theatre, who takes part in the rehearsal process and who guards the integrity of the play.
		Dramaturgs are readers of texts and performances, sounding boards and an additional resource for all involved.
	www.artsonthemove.co.uk /resources/dramaturgy.html (473 words)

	Dramaturgy
		A dramaturg needs to be well-versed in all of these areas, as the job description of a dramaturg varies from theatre company to theatre company and project to project.
		A dramaturg may work with a director to help develop the concept for a production by gathering research materials about the playwright, the time period when the play was written, and the setting of the play.
		When a dramaturg works on a new play and the playwright is in rehearsal, the dramaturg will liase with with director and the playwright to help insure that the play receives the best production possible.
	www.joesalvatore.com /a-dramaturgy.html (236 words)

	Dramaturgy: Program Requirements and Procedures - Graduate Handbook - Theatre Arts - Division of Performing Arts - The ...
		In their work as production dramaturgs, students are expected to carry out research and analysis that helps facilitate the director’s interpretation and conceptualization of the play; and to serve as a “sounding-board” and “extra pair of eyes” for the director throughout the rehearsal process.
		In the case of new plays, the dramaturg is expected to consult closely with the playwright on each draft of the play, and on rewrites made during rehearsals.
		One of the professional dramaturg’s most important functions is to serve as a critical advisor to and administrative liaison between the various artistic and administrative units of a working theatre.
	www.uiowa.edu /~theatre/gradhandbook/1_dramaturgy.htm (2739 words)

	Dramaturg and Dramaturgy--What Is (Are) They? - -
		The terms Dramaturg and Literary Manager were being used almost interchangeably in England as of 1965, Jeremy Brooks being the "Chefdramaturg" of the Shakespeare, Kenneth Tynan of the National.
		Though a dramaturg is also responsible for overseeing the reception and reading of manuscripts, as well as arranging for contracts with writers, his most important duties begin when a play goes into production.
		When the dramaturg has this translation in hand, he sits in with the director through at least the first week of rehearsals, making such further changes as may be in keeping with the needs and idiosyncrasies of the actors.
	language.home.sprynet.com /theatdex/whaturgy.htm (1688 words)

	Dramaturge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the theatre, a dramaturg holds a position that gained its modern-day function through the innovations of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, a playwright and theatre practitioner who worked in Germany in the 18th century.
		The dramaturg's contribution was to categorize and discuss the various types and kinds of plays, their interconnectedness and their styles.
		In the United Kingdom, dramaturgs function similarly although they are more often, themselves, also playwrights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dramaturg (140 words)

	What is a Dramaturg? - My first definition - The Dramaturgy Pages
		Many dramaturgs produce charts or graphs illustrating the progression of the action, the activity of individual characters, the events of the play, or other elements of the action.
		The dramaturg is a representative for both (a) the script (or its author) -- by encouraging a congruous presentation of it (NB: this does NOT mean "discouraging a nontraditional interpretation") -- and (b) the audience -- by working to ensure that the presentation is putting across to them what it intends to.
		If a new play is still considered "in development" during the rehearsal process (that is, changes are still being made to the script), the dramaturg facilitates the development process and is often a intermediary between the playwright and director.
	www.dramaturgy.net /dramaturgy/what/Description.html (923 words)

	dramaturgy northwest: nwquest.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dramaturgs and those who teach dramaturgy will often point out that even though a dramaturg is not at work on a particular show, someone is still performing these dramaturgical functions.
		Some of the best dramaturgs are actors, directors, designers, playwrights, play-doctors, and producers, even though they might not use this word to describe what they do.
		Individual who find themselves listed as dramaturgs on theatre programs grow tired of explaining just what it is they do whether they are talking with someone who has never been in a play or to one of their fellow professionals.
	www2.ups.edu /professionalorgs/dramaturgy/nwquest.htm (860 words)

	Defining the Dramaturg
		The primary job of a theater’s production dramaturg is to focus his or her energies and those of the artistic director on long-range research and development and on artistic planning.
		In Europe, the chief dramaturg is usually an elder statesman of the theatre who presides over the artistic and literary aspects of the theatre.
		One of the earliest known uses of the term "dramaturg" in connection to the American theatre appeared in the annual report of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in 1968, which had begun assigning people to perform dramaturgical functions at its annual playwrights conference.
	www.actorschecklist.com /resources/dramaturg.html (2076 words)

	The Dramaturg: Modern Day Court Jester
		There was a tacit agreement that the Dramaturg assume the position of resident watchdog, promoting the growing German Romantic movement sweeping the country.
		The Dramaturg keeps a lookout for and translates worthy scripts from other languages, writes articles and makes media appearances promoting shows and community programs, and develops original scripts to be included in future seasons.
		For the Dramaturg, it's all about pushing the envelope to continue the education of those within the theatre and the audience.
	www.goldfishpublishers.com /DramaturgEssay.html (1267 words)

	Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On with Karren Alenier \| Scene4 Magazine-February 2005
		Some definitions of dramaturg divide the job into desk dramaturg, similar to the duties of a literary manager, versusfloor dramaturg, which is associated with a production's need to communicate with the prospective audience.
		The dramaturg's work with a playwright seems to be an intersection of responsibilities ascribed to the desk and floor dramaturgs.
		In the United States, dramaturgs did not have a role in American theater until Robert Brustein at Yale University in the 1960s reorganized where a drama critic would be trained, moving dramaturgy from the English to the Drama Department.
	www.scene4.com /archivesqv6/feb-2005/html/alenierfeb05.html (1634 words)

	NEWCITYCHICAGO.COM: Street Smart Chicago
		Like the bass player or anesthesiologist, the dramaturg is an unsung hero, unheralded and misunderstood but often vital to the success of the effort.
		Two good recent examples are European Rep's "Slavs!" and Eclipse Theater's "Watch on the Rhine," both of which had programs (and in the case of "Rhine," a whole lobby) adorned with timelines, biographical sketches, all the facts and figures that grounded the audience--and judging by the performances, the actors--in the world of the show.
		And one company that can is about to lose theirs; after five years at the Steppenwolf, dramaturg and literary manager Michele Volansky picks up her last check in July and heads to the Quaker state, where she'll be taking a similar position at the more modest Philadelphia Theatre Company.
	www.newcitychicago.com /chicago/stage-2000-06-15-427.html (764 words)

	Philadelphia Dramaturgs
		Dramaturgs are the official smarty-pants kibitzers in the theatrical process.
		But Haddon Township native Michele Volansky, the newly-hired dramaturg for the Philadelphia Theatre Company, knew she wanted to be a dramaturg and nothing but a dramaturg ever since she studied theater at Washington College in Maryland.
		That People’s Light has moved from an individual to a team of dramaturgs reflects the theater’s structure as a resident company, a collection of individuals, many with full- or part-time salaries as "theater artisans" in addition to their artistic duties as actors, who share a collective sense of their theater’s mission.
	www.english.upenn.edu /~cmazer/phildram.html (1446 words)

	R E A L T I M E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This time the focus was on the dramaturgical process (when and where does it happen, with writers, devised by groups), the kinds of dramaturgy practised (eg by lighting designers and sound artists working on productions) and some analogous practices (eg art gallery curatorship).
		The picture of the ideal dramaturg that emerged was of a sounding board, a collaborator and mediator who democratises the creative process making sure every actor understands every word and can answer questions (deep, difficult and as provocative as possible) about the work and not just the work as a script.
		Certainly it was admitted that the balancing act the dramaturg negotiates in being, on the one hand, the ‘memory’ of the creative process and, on the other, an ‘outside eye’, is a difficult but important one.
	www.realtimearts.net /rt58/kg_dramaturgies2.html (2020 words)

	Dramaturg Award
		Also inherent in the guidelines is the belief that the dramaturg should participate fully and uniquely in the collaborative act of making theater and in promoting social discourse around the theatrical event.
		To validate the significance of the dramaturg’s contributions – and to raise awareness of dramaturgy in the academic field – we require a letter of nomination from a faculty member.
		Undergraduate and graduate students who work specifically as the dramaturg on a production or workshop, or who submit work created for a dramaturgy class are eligible.
	www.kcactf.org /7/dramaturg/dramaturg.htm (534 words)

	Playwrights Center Membership
		Because she is a traveling correspondent, Liz may take a selective approach to the Q and A depending on her schedule and the volume of submissions, but be sure to check in each week to read her latest musings.
		A dramaturg is a studier of dramatic structure (the meaning of the word in German), and, on a new play, tries to understand the structure of the play based upon the playwright's stated intentions, vision, and articulation of the play.
		In this process, the dramaturg can be in the room to ask the questions of the play, the storytelling, and its embodiment on stage, but the director is the one who will in the end make the choices, both interpretive and practical.
	www.pwcenter.org /ebulletin/TalkinTurgy4-7-2004.htm (529 words)

	InterAct Theatre Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Theatre historians trace the word and the job to 18th century Germany, when a dramaturg often served as a translator or "script doctor." In modern theatre, dramaturgy covers a lot of activities.
		As dramaturg, I might be asked to do research that will help the artists working on the play make deeper sense out of it.
		I particularly love being the dramaturg on new plays, spending my time in passionate discussions with writers about their work in progress and seeing it through rehearsals and into production.
	www.interacttheatre.org /articles/dramaturg.html (377 words)

	Dramaturg - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		In the theater, a dramaturg holds a position that gained its modern-day function through the innovations of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, a playwright and theater practitioner who worked in Germany in the 18th century.
		In Britain dramaturgs function similarly although they are more often, themselves, also playwrights.
		In the USA, where this position was until recently relatively unknown, it has enjoyed a recent growth particularly in cutting edge theaters with an emphasis on developing new plays within the theater.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=8584 (144 words)

	the dramaturgs' network - uk dramaturgy - contact a dramaturg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you are interested in finding out more about what the dramaturg can do for you as a director, writer or producer, please go to what we do.
		Lyndsay Allison is currently dramaturg for Icarus Theatre Collective on a modern adaptation of a Wedekind script, she is also carrying out audience development online for a fine art charity.
		She is particularly interested in introducing the work of a dramaturg to devised theatre processes.
	www.dramaturgy.co.uk /services/contact.html (387 words)

	Pask as Dramaturg
		No, standing before you I could convince you that the very core of his approach to human learning and performance is that of Dramaturg, the Maker of Drama.
		Drama can be viewed as a selection process on the part of the author, who selects the pieces of human experience to be played out, as well as the means of expressing that experience at any moment of the play.
		As Dramaturg of cybernetics, Pask has been constantly selecting the manner and means to embody his theory.
	www.pangaro.com /published/Pask-as-Dramaturg.html (2816 words)

	Dramaturg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The dramaturg is essentially the voices of the playwright.
		It is the Dramaturg's responsibility to research these lines and explain what they mean to the cast.
		The only requirement for the dramaturg, is that they are very patient.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/HUA/TT/Producers/drmtrg.html (161 words)

	May-Brit Akerholt - The Australian
		Then there is the floor dramaturg, who works in the rehearsal room, attached to a writer, liaising between the writer and director.
		May-Brit Akerholt, Norway born, is the dramaturg and lecturer in drama at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
		She hopes to combine the talents and facilities of the STC with NIDA and the University of NSW Dept of Theatre Studies, where she instructs on the dramaturgy course with Phillip Parsons.
	www.debbiekruger.com /writer/freelance/maybrit.html (1094 words)

	Seminar Abstract 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As someone who has worked as a professional dramaturg, I know the casebook is often discarded and frequently collects as much dust in the rehearsal room as it might in an archive.
		If the dramaturg is known to be creating a narrative that describes the process for outside readers, the sanctity of the rehearsal, and the freedom it protects, are potentially violated; as with subatomic particles, the fact of observation changes the thing being observed.
		A dramaturg is a unique blend of artist, historian, and educator, who recognizes the value of performance as an archival possibility.
	www.astr.org /conference2003/Seminar10.htm (3834 words)

	Dramaturgy: Suddenly in your face
		Although many pundits are claiming this a battle fought for the rights of the dramaturg, I think they're failing to realize that it's been resolved primarily as a case about one party's claim of authorship.
		I have seen the duties of a dramaturg described as anything from assisting in the assemblage of preparation, background and research materials for authors, creative team and actors to ghostwriter.
		Another place to go for information about the role of the dramaturg is Dramaturgy Northwest, created by the Northwest Region of LMDA (Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas) and the University of Puget Sound.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/240/2630 (408 words)

	MFA in Dramaturgy - Academic Programs - Theatre Arts - Division of Performing Arts - The University of Iowa
		While providing the training needed to work as dramaturgs on works of all periods and types, the MFA in Dramaturgy at Iowa focuses on the training of new play dramaturgs with special skills in the development of new work.
		For serving as dramaturgs in the Workshop (and fulfilling all responsibilities and assignments described in the Workshop syllabus), first- and second-year students receive a full 3 semester hours course credit.
		During the third year of enrollment, students may request to enroll for reduced credit (1-2 sh) in Playwrights Workshop, as long as the number of credits to be reduced is made up elsewhere in the student's Plan of Study.
	www.uiowa.edu /~theatre/programs/dramaturgy/dramaturgyinfo.htm (1498 words)

	PerformInk Online
		Yet, while Shapiro is enthusiastic about the contribution Sobel makes as a dramaturg, she’s quick to concede, “It’s becoming harder and harder for me to just arbitrarily work with a dramaturg; like if I go to another theatre and they have somebody in residence to work with me, it feels completely unnatural.
		The playwright and dramaturg discussed for two weeks Sobel’s feeling that the two lines of text were interfering with the show’s flow.
		The dramaturg’s job is to provide a sort of artistic context and the social and historical background.
	www.performink.com /Archives/inproduction/InProd_PainAndItch.htm (1769 words)

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