“David and Richard have put together one of the most useful and clear guides to the craft of choreographing and designing violence for the theatre. They lay out a clear strategy for building and diagnosing any stage combat technique, and for crafting violent stories for a live audience. This book is as useful to beginning artists as it is to seasoned choreographers, challenging engrained patterns, and raising the bar for the stories of violence we put on sage.”Zev Steinrock, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA“Theatrical Violence Design’s overall value lies in the fact that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, with the authors employing their own unique, lengthy histories as violence designers in the Chicago area. Eminently readable, sensible, and comprehensive in its approach, this book will be valued by actors, beginning choreographers, and experienced violence designers.”K. J. Wetmore Jr., Loyola Marymount University, USA
