A show’s performance quality is not explicitly influenced by the relationships of the actors to one another, but most actors and directors strive for a sense of community between the members of a production. How does a director develop that sense of connection and ensemble in a group of relative strangers in the short amount of production time? Drawing on techniques used in creating theatre and research in various ensemble-centered performance styles, I plan to research specific examples of how theatre groups create art, and read between the lines to understand how they also create community, as is done in devised theatre, co-creative theatre, and Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints. Articles from other disciplines including psychology, sociology, and anthropology may also be explored to see the concept of human community from various perspectives. Should the research dictate, I may also interview experts (defined for this project as a person with a large body of theatrical experience) within the theatre area of Cedar City about their experiences creating group cohesion in theatre, and possibly use my own directing experience as a case study concerning the natural coming-together of a theatrical group. It is my hope that research can be compiled into a comprehensive overview of methods and techniques that work (and perhaps those that do not) when creating community within a theatre group, and that this overview may be useful to theatre educators as they strive to build community within their programs, and to directors who are seeking to add a layer of community-building to their productions.