Notes from Comprehensive Guide

  • There have two directors for Thing I Know To Be True
  • The co-directors challenged each other and learned from each other
  • Co-directors work together to build to the show
  • The transition from who leads the movement happens smoothly
  • The movement was not directed by the writer
  • The theme of the play was universal
  • The music created some context
  • Sometimes silenced even worked better than music
  • During the process, the thought of generational tensions and different dreams brought on new ideas
  • The passion of the play must expand overtime during the play
  • Current events in the writer's life inspired ideas for the play
  • When actors were being lifted they had to push their weight onto the people who were lifting them
  • the physical movement expresses the character's emotion or feeling toward other characters
  • Having the set be commonplace causes the audience to feel natural and feel comfortable in the plot
  • Even a simple stillness with silence can express a feeling
  • Even actors added previous emotion and feeling into their final performance
  • The photo promoting the play was created to express the plot of the play and the unique creations by the Frantic Assembly

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