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Can a theatre class textbook be both inspirational and informative? Yes! This holistic book on directing and acting does it all. Students will keep it as a lifelong career reference on how to make things work. Written subjectively, it's based on nearly a half-century of teaching and directing. A theatre text that compels involvement in all layers of creating memorable theatre. Thirty-five chapters in seven sections with assignments and convenient section summaries make a complete semester course. This drama text is far more than "how-to"; it's a narrative about artistic discovery. Experientially it reveals how to jolt lagging imaginations into an ensemble of lively and involved performers. Adaptable for use by student directors and actors from secondary to graduate level. Recommended by leading theatre educators as the text they've been waiting for.

Improvisation is a valuable skill for any performer, even if you plan to use only fully scripted material. There is always a possibility of something going wrong, and improvisation can dig you out of the hole. Likewise, comedy is a great training ground for performers because a good comedy scene has everything a good dramatic scene has, PLUS humor. This book, therefore, presents fun comic improvisation exercises and structures, ranging from the very simple and essential to the very sophisticated, which require considerable skill to pull off. Many of the improv exercises in this book are well suited to a classroom setting and could be a handy tool in training actors. In contrast, many of the scene structures are designed specifically for use in actual performance situations on stage. This comprehensive book has it all: the basics of improv, improvisation in the classroom, simple and advanced improv structures, character improv structures, advanced acting exercises, forming a comedy improv troupe, and putting on an improv show.

This companion piece, three-hole punched for carrying in a binder, includes 67 pages, including illustrations, for structured note-taking. In addition, a 24 page insert in the center of the book includes 23 crossword puzzles to correspond with the vocabulary introduced in each chapter. The textbook this workbook is for is intended to be the primary source of information for a semester-long Stagecraft course, introducing students to the production facilities, operations, methods, and techniques used in a school theater, and relating those practices to professional, amateur, and other educational theatres. Now in its third edition, William Lord developed this book through his years of experience teaching Stagecraft at a midwest high school. Twenty chapters detailing all of the fundamentals provide everything any aspiring stage technician needs to know to get started in backstage work. Major topics include: stages and rigging, production staff, properties, sound, lumber and tools, scenery construction, lighting instruments, control of light and color, and electricity and devices. Every section includes photographs, illustrations, and diagrams to aid the learning process. In addition, each chapter ends with a bibliography as well as a list of vocabulary introduced in that chapter with the page number where it was first defined. Finally, fifteen different production forms "¬‚¬" from a box office report to a sound effects cue sheet "¬‚¬" make this highly comprehensive text even more valuable!

Any classroom teacher or group leader who wants to incorporate drama into an educational program will find this book concise and comprehensive. It tells the how, when, what, and why of theatre games for young performers. Not a textbook for performers, this book serves as a resource for drama teachers and coaches. All the basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, monologues, and dialogues are presented in game formats with exercises and worksheets for easy organization. Whether new to teaching drama or a seasoned professional, this book is for you!

This theatre text is not a typical shake-and-bake manual of quickie tips on how to have a good audition. No other book puts auditioning in the context of acting training. The nuts and bolts are all here, but this book will do much more. It will systematically develop audition and acting skills throughout the actor's study and career. This book is, first and foremost, an acting text. It shows auditioning as another acting performance, not a technical exercise or a desperate attempt to highlight every actor's skill or talent. It is a step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. Includes more than sixty relevant acting exercises or "explorations," fourteen sample audition pieces from contemporary playwrights, and a wealth of other resource material-an all-encompassing audition text.

Written especially for those who coach tween and teenage actors, this delightfully fresh workbook tells you the how, when, what, and why of theatre games for young performers. Starter scenes allow first-time performers to ease onto the stage in baby steps. Spontaneity is encouraged along with etiquette and basic acting principles. The concepts of pantomime, improvisation, character development, voice, and body control are all presented in game formats with exercises. Nine chapters include: Before You Begin, Preparing, Starter Scenes, Exercises, Games, Improvisation, Pantomime, Non-Acting Theatre Games and Activities, and Developing Your Program, plus an Activities Index. Anyone working with young actors will find this theatre book exceptionally helpful, and you'll love that it's written by Suzi Zimmerman, author of the best-selling Introduction to Theatre Arts.

With an emphasis on believable characterizations, you'll love these short duet scenes for winning auditions and competitions. This theatre book is designed for serious actors seeking roles in professional stage productions, TV shows, and commercials. Performed in theatres, classes, and showcases, they include some of the most used original audition scenes for all the major networks. Divided fairly evenly between comedy and drama, these scenes for two people are fun to perform, even if sad, funny, poignant, and sometimes very dramatic. Most scenes are generic and non-specific, so any combination of actors can perform them.

A rare collection of comedy sketches suitable for stage, television or film. Think: ants, fish and other unlikely creatures satirizing everything we consider normal and acceptable. Other spoofs in the collection parody many of the sacred icons of our everyday life. These super-funny sketches are short, incisive and certain to challenge any audience. Actors have the chance to perform as wildly different character-types in off-the-wall situations. A supernova of fun for classroom actors or for a repertory group of performers.

The success of Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors prompted us to offer a new theatre book of winning audition material - this time including monologs! The emphasis of these monologs and scenes is on believable characters, not caricatures. Designed for professional actors seeking roles in TV shows, commercials, and stage productions, it may also be used by student performers who wish to work at a professional level. Actors have been using these same scenes to win roles at New York, L.A., and Chicago TV and film studios. Students in acting classes have been using them to advance their acting experience. This book is divided into two categories of scenes: Comedy and Drama. Most scenes are generic, easily adaptable for use by male or female actors.

So great were the reviews and the response to Winning Monologs for Young Actors that we had to develop this sequel! This monolog book includes 63 more monologs written expressly for teenagers to use for classroom exercises, speech contests, auditions, or simply as discussion starters. The book is divided into three sections: monologs for girls, for boys, and for girls or boys. These are all "real talk" monologs portraying both life's funny situations and its pathos, written as teens are thinking today.

Includes new scenes and monologs from William Borden, Claire Braz Valentine, Neil Duffield, Lindsay Price, Gustavo Ott, Philip Goulding, Susan Battye, Ric Averill and many more.

The main objective of this book is to help make Christmas more meaningful - and fun! - for performers and audiences alike with this diverse collection of 27 Christmas plays and readings suitable for classroom, chancel, or youth group presentations. With selections for elementary and middle grades, teens, and adults, you can find something to fit almost any size cast, age group, and staging situation. You'll love the wide variety offered: contemporary comedies, fantasies, classics, re-enactments of the Christmas story, children's pageants, carol programs, mime, and dance programs. In addition, several Readers Theatre plays require no memorization and minimal rehearsal. Many of these plays and readings are easily staged with a minimum of costumes and props. Bring to life the true message and spirit of Christmas in this highly entertaining and engaging way. Since no royalty payments are required for performances, this low-cost anthology is a wise investment for any Christian drama group.

A new collection of tough and timely monolog pairs with opposing views on many topics. These monologs are superb for acting exercises, auditions, and speech contests. Each monolog characterization focuses on a topic of interest to young people today. The book is divided into three sections: Who We Are, Who We Were and Who We Pretend to Be. For each topic, the monologs are paired to allow the presentation of two differing opinions. The two-minute length of most of these monologs makes memorization easy. Suitable for classroom or performance activities. Sample title pairs include: Health Nut/Candy Lover, Country Boy/City Slicker, Smarty Pants/Alvin B. Dunce, Benchwarrner/A Piece of the Action, Goldi vs. The Bears.

These 94 gender-specific monologues are all original, recently produced works not found in other published versions. Suitable for classroom discussion, performance or audition, the chapters are divided into "thematic" ages from The Age of Innocence through The Golden Age. Each monologue includes a brief character analysis and an appropriate age range to help promote authentic character portraits in performance. Featured authors include both well-established writers who voice traditional views on current women's issues and new, contemporary writers who offer fresh and provocative insights on similar topics. One of the special features of this monologue collection is the final chapter, New Voices, which introduces monologue characters written specifically for auditions, contests or public readings. In addition, there are a number of duologs, or brief scenes for two performers, included at the end of each chapter to help you polish your performance skills with a partner.

This theatre text's monologues are highly original works not found in other published versions. All are from recently produced plays from both established and emerging new writers. The fifty selections are for actors ten to twenty-four years of age, suitable for competitive auditions, forensics, oral interpretation, or acting exercises. The monolog collection is divided equally between male and female characters, with various pieces for minority actors. These monologs address today's major trends and conflicts by revealing glimpses of society as we know it. Includes the work of forty contemporary playwrights. A must for any auditioning actor or theatre student. The monologs range in length from one minute to ten minutes.