The second volume in the series provides an inside view of the creative process involved in the creation of 4 major theatrical productions. Each notebook offers in diary form comprehensive histories of major artistic elements that are the center of the creative process. This volume includes: 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 and American Conservatory Theatre), The Geography Project by Ralph Lemon (Yale Repertory Theatre) and Shakespeare Rapid Eye Movement, directed by Robert Lepage (Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel-Munich). Each notebook is profusely illustrated with production shots and/or set and costume renderings. Mark Bly is the Associate Artistic Director of the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Mark Bly is Associate Artistic Director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and Chair of the Playwriting Department at the Yale School of Drama. His varied professional experience includes dramaturging more than sixty productions at theatres such as Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.; the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis; Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle; Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; and Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT