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This tag should be used for questions about writing a play that is intended to be performed as a theatrical performance.

This tag should be used for questions about writing a play that is intended to be performed as a theatrical performance. You could use this tag when asking questions about transforming one genre into a play, such as a , for questions about plays such as questions about the or for example for questions.

This tag should be used specifically if the intention is to write a play. If you are writing a for example for a TV-show you should use the tag .

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I'm producing a play with a character who the audience isn't supposed to know is alive, can I credit the actor in the program?

There isn't a theater SE so this seems like the best place to ask, but feel free to suggest a better place. I'm producing a community play with a character who's believed to be dead, but turns out to be alive in the final scene. I don't want to…
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Is there a way to describe casting and costuming notes for a stage play?

I am writing a stage play and would like to express my desires for casting and costuming of the characters. For instance, a historical character is of Irish ancestry (thus an actor with red hair and a convincing Irish accent would be desired) and…
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How to use small caps in stage directions of a play?

I hate asking this, but for some reason I am utterly confused: is small caps not capitalized? I assumed if I wrote a characters name, "JASON", for instance, and then highlighted it and selected the small caps feature, that it would change it…
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What tips would you give to someone about to write a stage play?

This is a broad and subjective question. However, I think it can be answered with advice such as: Don't include car chases, train accidents or other things that require special effects that can't be created using lights and sound.
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