as in director
a person who supervises the production of a stage show
the stage director spent most of the rehearsal working with the actors to block out the scene
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Recent Examples of stage director
Veteran regional stage director Pesha Rudnick and her convincing actors Gildart Jackson, Will Block and Adam Poole showcase a quartet of talent completely at home in Laguna Beach.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
No stage director was listed in the program, but with singers on a stage extension in front of the orchestra, a few subtle gestures lent striking effects.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Directing all five of this year’s plays is Jacole Kitchen, who in addition to being a stage director is also the director of arts engagement and the in-house casting director for La Jolla Playhouse.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
The 2½-hour ceremony opened with a whimsical tribute to Italian lyric opera, with the stage director rousing not only the closing ceremony cast, including Achille Lauro, but also long-dormant opera characters tucked away in crates within the amphitheater's tunnels.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
No stage director was listed in the program, but with singers on a stage extension in front of the orchestra, a few subtle gestures lent striking effects.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Directing all five of this year’s plays is Jacole Kitchen, who in addition to being a stage director is also the director of arts engagement and the in-house casting director for La Jolla Playhouse.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
The 2½-hour ceremony opened with a whimsical tribute to Italian lyric opera, with the stage director rousing not only the closing ceremony cast, including Achille Lauro, but also long-dormant opera characters tucked away in crates within the amphitheater's tunnels.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
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The always eminently watchable Rebecca Hall (The Man I Love, TV’s The Beauty) both anchors and buoys the tonally irregular but consistently thoughtful and compelling sci-fi comedy-drama The End of It, a feature debut for Catalan writer-director Maria Martinez Bayona.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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Having knowledge of fostering and violence towards children [my wife was once a communications director with the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children], the movie struck a chord; I was totally captivated by it.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 May 2026
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“Stage director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stage%20director. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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