Resources for Directors

Thank you for taking on this important job. The resources provided below give you any time access to materials developed over the years to bring consistency to our productions and to answer frequently asked questions.

2025 Season

2025 Board Approved Performance Calendar

2026 Season Resources

Production Buget Template w instructions rev May 2025_v6

 

Play_Musical Proposal Narrative

2026 Season Musical Hot List
1. Anastasia
2. Avenue Q
3. Catch Me if You Can
4. Fiddler on the Roof
5. Five Golden Rings
6. Next to Normal
7. Something Rotten
8. Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2026 Season Play Hot List
1. All Because of Agatha
2. Christmas Bells
3. Mountaintop
4. The Lost Virginity Tour
5. You Can’t Take It with You
6. A Christmas Carol
7. Abigail, 1702
8. Angel Street (Gaslight)
9. Daniel’s Husband
10. Eurydice
11. Frost/Nixon
12. How the Light Gets In
13. Kimberly Akimbo
14. Last Gas
15. Rumors
16. Silent Sky
17. The Lost Virginity tour
18. True Story
19. Wait Until Dark

2026 Season Selection Timeline:

Feb 25 – Announce Musical Hot List
Mar 17 – Deadline for letter of intent to propose Musicals
Mar 17 – Play warm list submitted to the board
Mar 24 – Board meeting – confirm Play Hot List
Mar 28 – Deadline for Musical proposals EXTENDED DEADLINE – APR 4
Arp 13 – Town Hall meeting; Announce Non-Musical Hot List
May 4 – Musical Proposals
May 12 – Deadline for letter of intent to propose Plays
May 23 – deadline for Plays proposals
Jun 7 – Play proposals

Please email Letter of Intent and Proposals to: Executive_Director@PentacleTheatre.org

Season Selection Policy Final 10.29.22

Qualifications of a Director Final 9.26.22

Directors’ Forum

7.25.22 Directors Forum Steering Committee Charter Final

click to Download the Directors’ Handbook 2025 edition

Reimbursement Request-Advance Recon(.xlsx)

Casting Best Practices

Questions to Develop Vision for a Play

Pentacle Theatre’s Script Library

Available to check out from the Pentacle Theatre Office with a refundable deposit. We have not confirmed that every script is in the theater’s physical custody.

Download the script library here

 

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