Choosing a play: Directors spend a great deal of time in choosing a play, because they realize that their judgment will affect the participation of actors, the potential audience and themselves. It is a responsibility not to be taken lightly and only the director can make the final decision. Choosing a play is an endless process for director, because he/she must not only read critically the current output of the play but also continue to broaden their background by reading the dramatic literature of all periods of theatre history.

A good play should provide all theatre participants like actors, audience, technicians and director with an interesting, a worthwhile experience. It should involve all concerned with its emotional and intellectual content. A play should challenge the actors. Public taste cannot be altered overnight, nor can people be forced into changing them. Choosing a play cannot be done in a vacuum. It cannot be done satisfactorily by a group of people. It must be the decision of the director, who is duty bound, honour bound, to fulfil the responsibilities of a worthwhile educational theatre programme. While choosing the plays, a director focuses on various elements of the play.