Dramaturgical Credo

The Dramaturgical Guide For Set Texts

1. First, do no harm.
2. Do not direct, rewrite, or redesign the text, doing so does harm and ignores rule #1.
3. Listen to the play's rule, wants and needs.
4. Listen to your collaborators' wants, and needs.
5. Identify when #3 and #4 work against one another.
6. Consider and discern whether that pull enhances of distracts.
7. Pose Ope Questions.
8. Listen to your collaborators' responses.
9. Listen to the play's responses.
10. Keep the play's rules, needs and wants at the center of all you do.
11. Help you collaborators remain connected to their passion.

Remember, you're there to help grow a production, you are not there to save it from the critics.