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The Directors Series at Main Street Creative Arts Center is a hands-on workshop series for anyone curious about directing and leadership in the rehearsal room.
Using the 10-minute play Sure Thing by David Ives as our shared text, we’ll explore how directors make choices around structure, pacing, staging, and energy. Each session focuses on a different layer of the directing process, allowing you to see how one script can support many valid interpretations.
This is not a lecture-based class. We’ll be on our feet with live readings, physical demonstrations, and practical staging adjustments so you can see how small changes shift the dynamics of a scene. The goal is to connect ideas directly to what’s happening in the room.
The series is facilitated by Paige Westfall, who guides helps discussion, translates theory into usable tools, and helps create space for multiple directing styles to emerge. Each session also features guest directors who bring their own approaches and insights into the process.
You do not need prior directing experience to attend. Actors stepping into leadership, new or returning directors, educators, and curious theater-makers are all welcome. Some familiarity with theater is helpful, but curiosity and openness matter more than credentials.
Each session stands on its own, so you’re welcome to attend one or join the full series for a deeper arc.
Cost: $10 per session paid in person cash or card
The Director Series Q&A
Q: Who is this for?
A: Anyone interested in directing. Actors who feel the pull toward leadership, new directors, educators, or folks who have directed before but want more grounding in their process.
Q: Do I need experience?
A: You don’t need a directing résumé. Some theater familiarity helps, but curiosity and openness matter more than credentials.
Q: Is this super academic?
A: No. We’ll talk about structure, but always in a way that connects back to what’s actually happening on the floor.
Q: Will we be working on our feet?
A: Yes. There will be live reading, physical demonstrations, and moments where we adjust staging to see how it changes the scene.
Q: Why start this at Main Street?
A: Because strong directors shape healthy rehearsal rooms. This series is part of building a supportive, thoughtful theater community here.
Q: Is this about one “right” way to direct?
A: Absolutely not. The point is to help you discover your way, with tools to support it.
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