Overview
The position of Dramaturg exists if the director specifically requests it. The Dramaturg is available to settle questions of pronunciation, staging, costuming, and cross-dressing. The Dramaturg must attend prod meetings and rehearsals when necessary. They must be present at full cast rehearsals and any other they or the director feel necessary. The Dramaturg being in the show is not a bad thing.
General Considerations
1. Famous productions
2. Historical "problems" with the play
3. How the meaning of the play has changed over time
Dramaturg Note
At the end of the rehearsal process, the dramaturg is responsible for some "Notes" to occupy about a half-page of the performance program, to fill in the audience on the context and performance issues which, raised during the first stages of play choice, the ensemble has been working to address during the entire rehearsal process, and the solutions we feel we have reached.
The dramaturg may also create a lobby display relating to above themes, if the director so requests or the dramaturg wishes to.
Scene Nights
Similar functions are useful in the traditional ensemble scene nights, as often the scene directors have little context as to how their pieces fit into the larger picture of theatrical history and performance.