Some of you may have already seen this link but for those who haven't it's a good compendium of a lot of common sense information that we directors sometimes overlook: http://prepshootpost.blogspot.com/2007/12/directing-actors-guest-blogger-colleen.html
If you're a student director then the chances that you're actors are theater people is 1. This blog post gives a lot of good tips at working with them in a way that makes them comfortable and therefore able to give their best performances.
If you're a student director then the chances that you're actors are theater people is 1. This blog post gives a lot of good tips at working with them in a way that makes them comfortable and therefore able to give their best performances.