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A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance,drama, musical theatre performance etc. by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. The director's function is to ensure the quality and completeness of theatre production and to lead the members of the creative team into realizing their artistic vision for it. The director thereby collaborates with a team of creative individuals and other staff to coordinate research and work on all the aspects of the production which includes the Technical and the Performance aspects. The technical aspects include: stagecraft, costume design, theatrical properties (props), lighting design, set design and sound design for the production. The performance aspects include: acting, dance, orchestra, chants, and stage combat.

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Jacob Ben-Ami was a noted Belarusian-born Jewish stage actor who performed equally well in Yiddish and English.

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Susan (Suzi) Dietz is an American theater producer and director. A five-time Tony nominee, and the winner of a Drama-Logue Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contributions to Los Angeles theater, she was the artistic director of the LA Stage Company, the producing artistic director for the Pasadena Playhouse, and the executive director of the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills. As a producer, her Broadway credits include Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane, Fela! by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis and Terrence McNally's Mothers and Sons.

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Caryl Jenner born Pamela Penelope Ripman was a British theatre director and manager. She is known for her work in creating theatre for children.

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Dimo Hyun Jun Kim is an award winning theatre director and producer from Seoul, South Korea. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a founding Artistic Director, Chairman of Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory LLC.

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Jenő Rákosi was a Hungarian writer, journalist, theater director, editor, and a member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Kisfaludy Society and a member of the Petőfi Association.

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Gustav Friedrich Wohlbrück was a German actor and theatre director.