Directing as a student is an incredible opportunity. Whether you’re working on a fully-staged production or a smaller cabaret or workshop, almost nothing compares to the challenge and fulfillment that comes from creating a vision and then carrying it out with a team of your peers. So, before you start your directorial journey, take a look at these ten keys to successful directing as a student.

“Theatre organizations all over the country are wondering tonight where the proceeds for their tickets sales went after the selling website they used can’t come up with their money”

“LATW’s “Setting the Stage for Learning” allows teachers to enhance distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis.”

“During the COVID-19 theatre shutdown, I think we need to try to do everything we can to make this easier for performers, even if it’s minimal in the grand scheme of things. One way to do that is for theatre unions to cease collecting dues during the shutdown, or go a step further and refund them.”

Due to COVID-19, the Twilight Theater Company had to shut their season down early, ending shows such as “A Feminine Ending”. But they were able to produce quite an interesting web series titled, “Overcoming the Artist’s Nightmare”.

“Over the course of my freshman year, I learned that I was not that great... on my own. I learned that my abilities were not enough... on their own. I needed to stop doing everything on my own and let the people I was paying to teach me to do exactly that, teach.”

“Cosplay has made me feel more self secured. It makes you realize people often don’t judge you for your creativity but they rather embrace it.”

“Audiences - sorry, some audience members - seem to completely forget that getting sick is out of our hands. Actors haven’t gotten sick on purpose just to spite you.”

“While no Broadway houses or large regional theaters have stopped performances, many theaters are responding to the coronavirus crisis.”

“It was reported today that Transgender actor and campaigner Kate O’Donnell has withdrawn from a show in London over the casting of a cisgender male in a trans role.”

“Theaters in the greater Los Angeles area are making executive decisions about their shows after Governor Gavin Newsome and public health officials have recommended that all gatherings of over 250 people be postponed until after March 31st, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“I have been doing this long enough to know that I will NEVER KNOW what the people behind the table feel or think. I have to trust the process and the journey.”