The Production Notebooks: Volume 2

An inside view of the process involved in the creation of four major theatrical productions - a sequel to The Production Notebooks: Volume 1

Four case-studies, written in diary form and illustated with production photographs and/or set and costume designs.

The featured productions in this volume are:

In the Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks
David Esbjornson, director
John Dias, dramaturg
The Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival

The First Picture Show
by David and Ain Gordon, music by Jeanine Tesori
David Gordon, director
Corey Madden, dramaturg
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, and ACT, San Francisco

The Geography Project
by Ralph Lemon, text by Tracie Morris
Ralph Lemon, director
Katherine Profeta, dramaturg
Yale Rep Theatre, New Haven

Shakespeare Rapid Eye Movement
based on dream excerpts from Shakespeare's plays
Robert Lepage, director
Lise Ann Johnson, chronicler
Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, Munich