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Producer - in A Professional Stage Production, This Is The Person Who Takes

In a stage production, the producer oversees the entire project from concept to finished presentation by choosing team members and casting actors. The director has the overall artistic vision and coordinates the production like an orchestra conductor. The playwright writes the script which forms the basis of the production and contains character dialogue and blocking notes. Key production roles include the set, lighting, costume, and sound designers who help create the world of the play through visual and auditory elements.

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Producer - in A Professional Stage Production, This Is The Person Who Takes

In a stage production, the producer oversees the entire project from concept to finished presentation by choosing team members and casting actors. The director has the overall artistic vision and coordinates the production like an orchestra conductor. The playwright writes the script which forms the basis of the production and contains character dialogue and blocking notes. Key production roles include the set, lighting, costume, and sound designers who help create the world of the play through visual and auditory elements.

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Roles in a Stage Production

 Producer – In a professional stage production, this is the person who takes


the play from a mere concept to an actual finished presentation. He or she
chooses all the team members and assigns them their functions, and oversees
the casting of the actors and actresses for the different roles.
 Director – The director is the overall artistic coordinator of the entire
production. Like a conductor of an orchestra, he or she has a vision of the
desired total effect and impact of the performance.
 Playwright – For a script intended for stage performance, the writer of the
script is more specifically called a playwright.
 The script forms the basis of the entire production. It contains the exact lines
of dialogue that each character will memorize and deliver on stage, often
with notes on tone of voice, facial expression, and even movement or
blocking.
Roles in a Stage Production
 Set designer – The concept and creation of the physical stage setup is the task of the set
designer. He or she builds the set (or sets) that will simulate the world that the play’s
characters are supposed to live in.
 Lighting designer – Coordinating closely with the set designer is the lighting designer.
Lighting is critical in creating the mood of each scene in the play, highlighting a dramatic
moment, signaling the entrance of a character, focusing attention on a specific spot on
stage, or even providing the blanket of darkness for set and prop changes.
 Costume designer –He or she decides what attire will not only give the audience a clear
sense of the setting, but will also express each character’s personality and distinct
qualities.
 Sound designer – Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer serves a vital role
in creating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance. Sound, in this case,
includes music both on stage and as background, which the sound designer may need to
source to suit the general time and place of the play, as well as particular scenes. Also
involved are special sound effects like thunder, birds chirping, rushing water, gunfire,
passing cars, approaching footsteps, and the like.
Roles in a Stage Production
 Production manager – He or she is tasked with overseeing the crews for the
sets and props, the sound and music, the lighting, and the costumes.
 Technical director – The technical director shadows the play’s director
throughout the entire production process. The technical director carefully
notes how each actor and every member of the stage, sound, lighting, and
costume crews need to be coordinated to bring the director’s vision to life—
ensuring that every instruction is properly executed.
 Choreographer – He or she not only plans out all the dance steps to suit the
music, but also rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance
skillfully—while remaining “in character” on stage.

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