In this article, the authors share their experience of making a creation-as-research, The Wizard Without Shadow, in order to bring to light the different steps of staging, the difficulties, and methods that could be applied. This research is based on empirical and analytical methods and aims for a better understanding of the pipeline of a theatrical staging with motion capture, as well as exploration of the nature, limits, and potential of a pre-recorded live-controlled virtual performance. This paper is an extension of The Wizard Without Shadow paper previously published in the ARTECH21 conference.