Guest Director Program

Little Lemon Productions Guest Director Program

Little Lemon Productions is so excited to offer our Guest Director Program! This program aims to offer early career and first time directors the opportunity to stage their work. Little Lemon Productions provides space, rights, financial support, marketing, and guidance to make a director's experience as smooth as possible so they may focus on gaining experience and skills on the stage and with their cast. 

Application Process:

Directors are welcome to apply during the application window with a script, concept, and goals for their experience. 

• Applications are sorted first by script, we look into: is the script available, is it within Little Lemon's budget for the season, is the cast size suitible for the season, does the script encourage diversity and inclusivity, is it appropriate for our community, etc. 

• If a script is viable we then move on to looking into the director's personal statement, vision, goals, and experience to see if the program is a good fit for the applicant at this time. 

If accepted: 

Directors will receive an email letting them know their project has been accepted into the season! This email will include the production contract, a list of responsibilities, who they will report to in the production, final dates, and a drafted rehearsal calendar. 

Program Code of Conduct:

• At all times Directors are expected to fufill all outlined duties and responsibilites as disscussed and agreed upon at the start of every project. 

• Directors must adhear to Little Lemon Production's dedication to equity, diversity, and inclusion practices. Failure to follow our equity, diversity, and inclusion guidelines or any misconduct will result in the director's removal from the production. 

• Directors report to the producer of each produciton, therefore, it is imparitive that ALL decisions, scheduling, props lists, set needs, production needs, and internal affaird of the production are consistently and accuratly communicated with the producer priror to public or cast announcment. 

• All social media communication directly surrounding the production must come from Little Lemon Productions accounts, or be communicated ahead of posting.

• Directors must verse themselves in the following theatreical pedigodgy: 

• Diverse casting practices: "Colorblind vs. Color Consious Casting" 

(https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/color-blind-casting-76238/) 

• Size inclusivity practices: "All Sizes Fit All: The Case for Normalizing Fatness Onstage" (https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/01/16/all-sizes-fit-all-the-case-for-normalizing-fatness-onstage/)

• Disability representation in casting: "Practicing Disability Justice, Honoring Wholeness Onstage" (https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/03/26/practicing-disability-justice-honoring-wholeness-onstage/)

*we understand equity and inclusivity is not a monolithic experience and therefore, the articles above to not serve as a singular blue print for inclusivity. However, we hope directors take away the general understanding, attitude, and thought process they will need to adopt.*

- Further expectations and code of conduct will be written in collaboration with the team and serve as community guidelines for the duration of the production.