Room Agreements

Practical Tools for Building Respectful, Effective Rehearsal Rooms

A digital workbook for directors, choreographers, and ensembles.

Overview

Room Agreements is a practical guide to creating shared frameworks for how a rehearsal room operates.

Rather than assuming alignment, this resource supports a process of co-authoring values, expectations, and practices with the full team.

Room agreements don’t remove conflict or discomfort. They provide a structure for navigating them with clarity and shared responsibility.

What It Includes

• A step-by-step process for building a room agreement with your team

• Tools for generating and articulating core values

• Guidance on translating values into specific, observable practices

• Frameworks for repair, accountability, and communication

• Prompts for both leadership and ensemble reflection

The structure is designed to be used in real time, in the room, with language generated by the group.

Who It’s For

• Directors and choreographers

• Stage managers and rehearsal facilitators

• Ensembles working in theatre, dance, and interdisciplinary practice