Play Readings

Rob Urbinati is a freelance director and playwright based in New York City, and Director of New Play Development at Queens Theatre. In New York, he has directed for Pearl Theater, The Public Theater, Classic Stage Company, York Theatre, The Culture Project, Abingdon Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre and New York University. He has also directed at theatres and universities across the country. Rob's plays include "Hazelwood Jr. High," "West Moon Street" and "Death By Design," published by Samuel French. "Rebel Voices," "Cole Porter's Nymph Errant" and "The Queen Bees" will also be published by Samuel French. Other plays include "UMW," "Karaoke Night at the Suicide Shack" and "Mama's Boy." His plays have received over 100 productions world-wide.Rob is an alumnus of the Drama League Directors Project and the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CREDITSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONPART ONE: BEFORE REHEARSALSCHAPTER ONE: GOING PUBLICCHAPTER TWO: THE PRELIMINARIESCHAPTER THREE: TIME RESTRICTIONSCHAPTER FOUR: CASTINGCHAPTER FIVE: MODEL FOR A PLAY READINGCHAPTER SIX: STAGE DIRECTIONSPART TWO: REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCECHAPTER SEVEN: BEFORE REHEARSAL BEGINSCHAPTER EIGHT Movement, Gestures and Adapting Stage Directions in RehearsalCHAPTER NINE: EDITING AND MOVEMENT FOR CHALLENGING TEXT AND STAGE DIRECTIONSCHAPTER TEN: REVIEW AND TECHCHAPTER ELEVEN: ACTING IN A PLAY READINGCHAPTER TWELVE: DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATIONCHAPTER THIRTEEN: DEVELOPING NEW MUSICALS AND OPERASCHAPTER FOURTEEN: NON-DEVELOPMENTAL READINGS PART THREE: AFTER THE READINGCHAPTER FIFTEEN: AUDIENCES AND TALKBACKSCHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE FOLLOW-UPEPILOGUE: MOVING FORWARDAppendix A – For Emerging ArtistsAppendix B – Unions and GuildsAppendix C – Selections, Cuttings and ExcerptsAppendix D – A Playwright’s Responses: E. Rey PatmatatAppendix E – Advice from a Casting Director: Tom RowanAppendix F – International Readings: Horacio PerezINDEX