Socio-regulatory restrictions in Iranian theater have made it difficult for artists to capture some of the scenes in their plays; scenes such as hugging, kissing, rape, etc., or scenes with an ideological or political approach. However, sometimes theater directors, having eliminated such scenes, try to find a suitable alternative with a similar impact. This is an analytical-descriptive paper aims at identifying executive equivalents used by play directors, in the meantime focusing on alternative solutions and models extracted from the creativity of Iranian play directors in response to imposed socioregulatory restrictions. The researchers have comparatively analyzed five selected theatrical films. The current paper identifies elimination and replacement strategies applied to the original text plays scripts in response to imposed regulations seen as restrictions on plays while analyzing the director’ s alternative solutions in the five present theatrical films. Moreover, the current paper proves that artists, in the face of restrictions and obstacles, use their artistic creativity to present themes, analysis, and aesthetic points. The findings of the current paper elaborate eight creative executive models developed by directors including the use of symbols, visual elements rather than auditory elements, narrative function, scene design, mise en scè ne, clothing design, stage objects, and woman’ s wears. In using the symbol, the director is required to define the function of a symbolic element for the audience and then bypass that restriction in an instant. Therefore, replacing a visual message with an auditory one in a sense may also act as an effective way to creatively remove imposed restrictions. In this way, the director narrates a moment that is subject to visual restrictions in sentences. In addition, proper use of the narrative functions in the theater makes it possible to set certain