Anne Bogart: Viewpoints (Career Development Series)

So, yes... Bogart does insinuate that the audience wont understand every play she directs--but she doesnt say this contemptuously. Even now, Bogart admits that she is often confused by productions she sees, and she writes that this feeling of confronting the unexpected and confusing is essential to quality theatre. She acknowledges that not everyone in the audience will understand because not every human can understand everything; indeed, not even one human can understand everything.

The opportunity to reach beyond your boundaries, to traverse places where you arent entirely comfortable--that is one of the greatest assets of the theatre. And that devotion to the challenge of understanding characterizes every aspect of Anne Bogarts work. Bogart is an intelligent, creative, talented director--and this book is an excellent introduction to her poignant process.