An inside view of the process involved in the creation of four major theatrical productions. Each production is recorded in a detailed notebook supplemented with illustrations. Each notebook offers in diary form a comprehensive history of that production as it takes on the major artistic elements that are the centre of the creative process. The productions featured are: "In the Blood" by Suzan-Lori Parks (The Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival); "The First Picture Show" by David and Ain Gordon (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, and American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco); "The Geography Project" by Ralph Lemon (Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven); and "Shakespeare Rapid Eye Movement" directed by Robert Lepage (Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel-Munich). Each notebook is illustrated with production shots and/or set and costume designs.