What skills should a director possess? How do I prepare for an assistant director role? Is making coffee part of my responsibilities? Should I use first names or formal titles with actors? What pitfalls and traps should I be aware of? Actor, director, and speech coach Michael Rossié has closely examined the role of the assistant director and clearly and thoroughly explains the fundamentals of practical theater directing as well as the process and elements of a theater production. The author provides tips and advice on working with the ensemble, directing script, play text, lighting, set change, and props plans, and reveals how to assert oneself as an assistant director in the theater world, recognize and avoid wrong turns and dead ends, pitfalls, and traps.