Here's the Deal...

O.k. this is the deal. You have to decide what your aesthetic for the stage is going to be. By that I mean you are picking from two options. One is to have an aesthetic that implies and/or indicates something is occurring or will occur. The other option is to actually create an occurrence, an event on the stage, in the moment. Sounds like a simple distinction and in a way it is, just that, simple. For myself, and many others, the first way is not the way of theatre, or rather of a living theatre, but rather is something more akin to story telling or suggestive illustration of events. It is however far and away the most popular and most frequent form. Now whether that is by accident, ignorance, or on purpose I don't always know. But it is what you most likely see if you go to the theatre. The other way, where things actually do occur, is the way that distinguishes theatre among the arts and makes it unique. It is the way of immediacy and of actual energetic material being transferred around between humans(if I may be so new agey). The first way is dead on arrival, dead as a doornail. The second way lives. And from that living material comes the possibility to create the power and sense of purpose that elevates the art toward large purpose. So you have to choose. Or you should choose. you have to be aware of the difference.