stage director

noun

1

: director sense c

2

: stage manager

Synonyms

• director
• regisseur
• régisseur

Example Sentences

the stage director spent most of the rehearsal working with the actors to block out the scene

Recent Examples on the Web

This time around, the women have a say in the entertainment that Mike — who’s now a stage director — is creating. —Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023

Managers can benefit from knowing how their people perceive work in the same way that a good coach or stage director should have a sense of how their players feel about the game or the show. —Ian Cook, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023

Utah composer Kurt Bestor and stage director Louanne Madorma are producing the limited-engagement show. —Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021

In a co-production with Houston Grand Opera and Atlanta Opera, stage director Tomer Zvulun reimagines the action in fascist Italy, with parallels in too many countries today. —Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022

In an effort to make the Oscar broadcast less lugubrious, Peck had hired the stage director Gower Champion. —Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2023

Karayanis brought experience as a professional singer, stage director and administrator. —Dallas News, 3 May 2022

Tomer Zvulun, general and artistic director of Atlanta Opera, is the stage director. —Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2022

Renowned Mexican director Lorena Maza joined the project two years ago as stage director. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1