Creative Lab Sessions The Directors Series

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…