About the Book:

HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still available.

First in a series of casebooks offering an inside view of the creative process of today's theatres. Four of America's finest dramaturgs (Christopher Baker, Shelby Jiggets, Jim Lewis, and Paul Walsh) offer comprehensive histories of the development of major productions. Includes: Danton's Death (Alley Theatre); The Love Space Demands (Crossroads Theatre Company); The Clytemnestra Project (Guthrie Theater); and Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream (Theatre de la Jeune Lune). Each notebook is profusely illustrated with production shots and/or set and costume renderings.

About the Author:

Mark Bly has dramaturged over 70 productions at major regional theaters and on Broadway. He is Senior Dramaturg and Director of New Play Development at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. As part of a joint conservatory appointment he serves also as Distinguished Professor of Theater at the University of Houston where he teaches Playwriting and Dramaturgy. Before joining Arena Stage Bly served for 12 years as Chair of the Playwriting Program at the Yale School of Drama and as Associate Artistic Director for the Yale Repertory Theatre.