The second half of this book is an incredibly extensive, illustrated tutorial on Stage Movement and Postures for novice and experienced actors of all ages.
This is a quality, comprehensive textbook for oral interpretation. It has many creative ideas for finding, writing, adapting, and presenting stories.
Break a Leg! An introductory guide to stage directing
This DVD is so comprehensive that you will want everyone on your proudction team to view it so that each person will understand how their role fits into the total production.
This book is an incredible resource both to new drama teachers searching for inspiration and experienced drama teachers looking to spice up their lesson plans, and reproducible forms, tests, and handouts add even more value to this survival kit.
The history, the crafts, and the art of the stage are presented in eighteen easy-to-understand units. Each craft is described with examples, illustrations, and hands-on exercises where appropriate.
This informative book is designed to introduce beginning students to individual forensic events and also to serve as a valuable resource for more advanced students.
Funny Business An introduction to comedy with royalty-free plays and sketches
This overview of high and low comedy defines all comedy genres: absurdism, tragicomedy, farce, and melodrama. A discussion precedes each type of comedy illustrated, explaining the comic devices used.
Grammar Wars 179 games and improvs for learning language arts
The exercises and games in this book can be used to help students learn punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech as well as performance skills.
Grammar Wars II How to integrate improvisation and language arts
This text will answer your questions about a unique and valuable technique for learning language and theatre arts.
There are two books in one here, making for an ideal classroom text. The two parts of the book can be used simultaneously, with the 14 dramatic sketches reinforcing the skills introduced in the two dozen lessons.
Readers Theatre is engaged in a pursuit of a more contemporary self-definition, and some of the more theatrical trends of classroom performance are reflected in this book of practices and principles.
This fully illustrated textbook is a must for young would-be thespians to discover the basics of theatre. The DVD serves either as a complement to the text or as a stand-alone resource.
The professional actors on this instructional video will demonstrate for both director and actors all the exclusive aspects that make melodrama a unique form of theatre.
This text details the world of producing plays in schools. Whether it’s budgeting, scheduling or the motivating and management of students, this is a must for anyone in an educational institution.
PlayDate A parent's and teacher's guide to putting on a play
Calling all moms (and dads, grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles too!) who have volunteered to help put on a play at their kids’ school!
These are ideal for a class that only has three to four weeks to study Shakespeare as well as for groups looking for performance materials, whether for contests, auditions, or acting workshops.
This textbook is intended to be the primary source of information for a semester-long Stagecraft course, introducing students to the production techniques used in a theatre.
This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step through the process of developing, writing, and producing an interactive murder mystery with middle or high school students.
This step-by-step guidebook starts at the very beginning-selecting a musical, planning your rehearsal schedule, teaching theatrical basics, and introducing your chosen musical to the group.
In six comprehensive chapters the authors reveal Stanislavsky’s method to help actors transform themselves into believable and fascinating stage characters.
The Theatre and You A beginning introduction to the fascinating world of theatre
If you’re hoping to find that one simple high school text that “tells it all” for your beginning theatre class, then look no further!
The Theatre Machine is a ’hands-on’ text for teaching all of the fundamentals of performance over a relatively brief, challenging and entertaining span of time.
Theatre Talk An illustrated dictionary of theatre terms
Newly revised, this book is a must for your theatre library!
Written to encourage eager young actors who want to learn the secrets of acting before they even get their driver’s license, this brand new book has the perfect combination of insightful, informative teaching and light-hearted spirit.