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Through The Eyes Of A Child
$12.95Add to cartThe dialogues in this resource are designed for use between a youth and an adult (pastor, parent, or youth leader). Six bulletin formats are included with dialogue scripts.
Worship themes are:
Advent Past, Present, and Future
Jesus Came To Earth
Jesus Will Come Again
Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Through The Eyes Of A Child (Christmas dialogue)
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Prelude To Black Saturday
$7.95Add to cartThis liturgical drama provides a stark contrast to the joy and celebration of Easter morning. This service captures the reality of that Friday when our Lord was crucified. The cast includes people who were present on that final Friday – each sharing their emotions, from the sneering soldiers, to the heart-wrenching sobs and pleas of his mother, to Christ himself.
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Disciples Redeemed
$7.95Add to cartThough it is perfect for the Easter season, this series of monologues about the lives of the Disciples following Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, may be used any time throughout the year. Congregations will learn the often overlooked post-Easter story of each of the Disciples as they never have before.
The staging of Disciples Redeemed can be one with a table set up like the last supper table with the Disciples, except for Judas, seated around the table. The story begins with Saul giving his monologue at floor level with the audience and ends with Paul at the table with the rest of the Disciples. The monologue of Judas is optional.
Suggestions for staging and optional costumes are included.
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Table Talk
$5.95Add to cartThis service requires little preparation and involves only three readers. The build up to Holy Communion is dramatic and scriptural, climaxing in the betrayal of Judas, the sense of corporate guilt and the need for forgiveness.
In Table Talk we hear conversations between Jesus and his friends, enemies and those who are indifferent. These talks occur at tables where Jesus has come as a guest. The service culminates with Jesus serving as host to his disciples.
In his own table story we learn that whether or not we come to the great banquet, the table of the Lord will be filled. It forces us to ask that if we do come and receive the bread and wine what will Jesus say to us? What will we say to him? How can we not find our faith strengthened, our love enlarged, and our understanding deepened by the table talk of Jesus?
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Trials Of Christ
$7.95Add to cartThe Trials Of Christ is a readers’ theater presentation involving six people. It requires little rehearsal and no memorization.
The narrative is biblically based and provides a captivating message for Good Friday or Easter Sunday.
The Trials Of Christ attempts to demand a stand for truth from its audience, whether that stand be a theological position for Christ or a stand for truth in general. It challenges a congregation to consider the difficulty of taking a position that is totally unpopular or detrimental to the person taking that stand. The message helps direct listeners to live for eternal values.
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2 Good Friday Tenebrae Services
$9.95Add to cartThese services can be used by any number of participants, and include an order of service. Paradoxes Of The Passion examines the circumstances leading up to the crucifixion of an itinerant preacher from Galilee. What Shall I Do, Then, With Jesus Who Is Called Christ? brings us face to face with Pilate’s question that has echoed down the centuries.
Each of the Tenebrae services in this booklet can be used by any number of participants. An order of service for your bulletin preparations is also included.
Paradoxes Of The Passion brings to the worshiping congregation the circumstances leading up to the crucifixion of an itinerant preacher from Galilee who was no less than the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. The seven paradoxes are interspersed with hymns and prayers.
What Shall I Do, Then, With Jesus Who Is Called Christ? To Pilate’s surprise the crowd sought freedom for the murderer Barabbas rather than for Jesus. Pilate then asked the question that has echoed down the centuries to every man, woman, and child who has ever heard the Gospel: “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?” In this thought-provoking Good Friday Tenebrae service, Douglas Meyer explores how various key characters in the Passion story answered that question. Then he considers how The person in the pew answers that question today.
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On The Way To Bethlehem
$7.95Add to cartRichard Goodlin writes: “Having been born in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania), I wondered what it would be like to get a letter from the IRS stating I had to go back to Bethlehem for the purpose of taxation. This gave rise to On The Way To Bethlehem.”
The assigned scripture lessons for Advent in the lectionary present themes and concepts, but there is little in the way of a story that flows from one week to the next. In these dialogues Goodlin engages people in the unfolding drama of events that lead up to the birth of Jesus, as well as the story of the life of Jesus.
These dialogues may be performed as a readers’ theater and few props are needed. Costuming is optional.
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3 For The Third Day
$12.95Add to cartBrevity and flexibility are the strengths of this volume. Each of these three drama-based Sunrise services takes only about 30 minutes to perform. The maximum number of participants required is nine and the minimum is four. Ages of the participants can range from adults to older elementary children.
The first service is titled We Were There and features an all female cast. It is the story of the women who were waiting for the sunrise trip to the tomb. The second is titled A Night Of Memories. It has Mary, the mother of Jesus, remembering the life of her son. As she recalls highlights of his life, corresponding scenes from the past become visible. The third service is called The Dream. It is the story of two young friends — a believer and a non-believer. One appears in the other’s dream as an angel and leads him through the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Hymn, costume and scenery suggestions are included with each service. Scriptural references are also cited.
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Worship Innovations 1
$22.95Add to cartBeginning with a step-by-step guide for initiating a “Hanging the Greens” celebration, Janet Burton offers nine creative, easy-to-produce programs in which all ages of the church family can participate in the process of decorating worship areas for the Advent and Christmas seasons. She also includes five plans for breathing new life into using the Advent wreath. Best of all, these practical ideas are very flexible and easily adapted to fit the worship style of almost any congregation.
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Ultimate Improv Book
$20.95Add to cartBy Edward J. Nevraumont, Nicholas P. Hanson, with additional material by Kurt Smeaton. A complete guide to comedy improvisation. This comprehensive manual shows the who, what, when, why and how of comedy improvisation. It is a complete improv curriculum program divided into four sections. The introduction explains what improv is and how to create an improv team. Improvisational skills shows some basic rules, physicalization, characterization, teamwork, use of suggestion, etc. Structuring describes who, what and how to make improv structures, suggestion and reality based. Strategies gives hints and tips for evaluating performance and putting on a show. Unlike other improv books, it provides the tools that show how to structure and create you own new improv games. Also includes appendices with many games and exercises.
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Audition Monologs For Student Actors 2
$16.95Add to cartEdited by Roger Ellis. Selections from contemporary plays. More outstanding cuttings from cutting-edge contemporary plays and playwrights. The monologs in this new text are highly original works not found in other published versions. All are from very 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 collection is divided equally between male and female characters, with a variety of pieces for minority actors. These monologs address the major trends and conflicts of today through revealing glimpses of society as we know it. Includes the work of forty contemporary playwrights. A must for any audtioning actor or theatre student.
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Instant Period Costumes
$19.95Add to cartWhy spend a small fortune to rent costumes when you can create them yourself for less than a day’s rental price? Make them the easy way from cast-offs without sewing! Included in this book are over 100 ingenious costume designs with photos and diagrams for many period characters from Egyptian, Greek and Roman all the way to Punk. These conversion costuming ideas will save you time, money and deadline disasters and give you precisely the costume you want. Barb Rogers is the founder and owner of Broadway Bazaar Costumes, a popular and growing costume shop in Mattoon, Illinois.
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Empty Chair
$7.95Add to cartAll of us have lost family members, friends, and people who influenced our lives. Although we cannot physically bring these people back to life, they can and do continue to live in our minds, our thoughts, and our dreams. The Empty Chair was created with those people in mind. Of course, The Empty Chair also symbolizes the unseen (yet always talked about) guest at every meal, Jesus himself.
Written for a Thanksgiving service, this program in readers’ theater format is set in a restaurant where a pastor has taken four young people out to dinner as a reward for packing Thanksgiving baskets for the needy. Although there are only five in the party, the pastor asks for a table for six. The story unfolds as the pastor explains why he has requested an extra place setting and chair.
The practical format of The Empty Chair allows participants to use scripts instead of memorizing long passages. If desired, the characters may conceal their scripts within their menus. The Christian message is blended into the words of each reader as a means to get the gospel message to the audience.
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Reformations Rib : Remembering Katherine Von Bora
$7.95Add to cartReformation’s Rib is a chancel drama detailing the life of Katherine von Bora (Martin Luther’s wife). The historical script gives an insightful look into the husband and wife relationship that helped shape the writings of the founder of the Lutheran church. Originally written to celebrate the 500th anniversary of von Bora’s birth, this easy-to-stage presentation calls for a cast of three: Katherine von Bora (Katie Luther), Martin Luther, and a narrator.
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Tight Spots
$16.95Add to cartBy Diana M. Howie. The real-life experiences of contemporary teenages are expressed in this collection of fifty monologs. Excellent material for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions or classroom use. Each monolog characterization is five minutes or less in length. What makes this book different is that the characters in most of the monologs are speaking to another character (the “vis-a-vis”). This brings an imaginary friend onstage with the actor to make performance “scarefree.” In each, the character is experiencing or anticipating somthing new or frightening. Includes both humorous and serious monologs
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2 Minute Monologs
$16.95Add to cartOriginal audition scenes for professional actors by Glenn Alterman. The search for professional audition length material never ends. Now, a new collection of character monologs from an established New York City playwright known for his uniquely original dramatic work. A winning stage audition depends on the material used as well as the actor’s talent. The wide variety of characterizations in this book offer many choices for male and female actors seeking challenging new roles. They range from gritty, real life drama to comedy. Over forty monologs for auditions, contests and acting practice.
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More Scenes That Happen
$18.95Add to cartReal-life snapshots of teenage lives by Mary Krell-Oishi. The drama of the teen years is played out in these thirty-four scenes and monologs for young actors.Written as teens speak and encompassing the myriad of emotions typical of the “growing up” years, the scenes cover real-life situations from teen experiences.The script lengths vary from two to twelve minutes. Themes include Bulimia, Gossip, Jealousy, Self-esteem, Friendship, Fitting In, Tests and Relationships – experiences to laugh and cry about. Scenes are included for boys, girls and mixed casts. Royalty-free performance with book purchase
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Scenes And Monologs From The Best New Plays
$19.95Add to cartAn anthology of new scenes from contemporary American plays edited by Roger Ellis. Forty-two selections from thirty-eight of the best new plays, culled from around the country, address the major trends and conflicts of today through revealing glimpses of society as we know it. Scenes are varied in tone and content, with humor, pathos, reflection, poignancy, angst, and other qualities for dramatic expression. Scenes are short for auditioning ease – no longer than ten minutes. A must for every auditioning actor, theatre student, or drama aficionado.
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Scenes That Happen
$18.95Add to cartSnapshot dramatizations about life in high school by Mary Krell-Oishi. Thirty-four real-life scenes for guys and girls and mixed casts of two to four actors. Suitable for classroom or stage performance. Excellent contest scripts because student actors portray themselves in the bearable and impossible situations of teenage existence. Themes include dating, popularity, growing up, graduation, suspension from school, and moving – experiences to laugh about and cry about. Scene lengths vary from four to seven minutes each. Royalty-free performance with book purchase
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On Stage
$20.95Add to cartTwenty-three one-act plays for performance by Robert Mauro. Most all of the plays in this book are easily adapted to classroom or stage performance. Suggestive props and simple costuming will provide the mood and setting. The emphasis is on contemporary characters in contemporary situations. Parts for actors of all ages from teens to middle age. Light drama, tragicomedy and satire. Small cast plays, monologs and duologs. A versatile source book of short plays for many uses.
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Doubletalk
$17.95Add to cartComedy duets for actors by Bill Majeski. Concise, incisive and very funny! These professional-level satirical dialogs are an actor’s delight. The characters are exaggerated, talking cartoons. Each short skit gets big laughs because the dialog bites, stabs and tickles with wit and insight. Simple staging and costumes. Excellent for drama competitions. Choose from fifty comedy duets. Arranged for two men, two women, one man and one woman. More of the best from a top comedy writer.
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Comedy Improvisation
$16.95Add to cart1. Basics Of Improvisation And Comedy
2. Improvisation In The Classroom
3. Simple Improv Structures
4. Character Improv Structures
5. Advanced Improv Structures
6. Advanced Acting Exercises
7. Forming A Comedy/Improv Show
8. Putting On An Improv Show
9. Protecting Yourself And Your WorkAdditional Info
Improv structures and exercises for young actors by Delton T. Horn. From the Renaissance commedia dell’arte to today’s Second City comedy troupe, improvisation has been a hit. Learn the structure behind the spontaneity of comedy improvisation. Over 35 performance-tested improv structures and performance tips in this book help even a beginner tackle this “off the cuff” humor with confidence. Learn the elements of successful improvisation: setting, characters, conflict and action, dialog and humor. Then have fun polishing your new skills in comedy clubs, coffee houses or acting classes. Instructions on loosening up, writing routines, coping with audiences and protecting original routines through contracts and copyrights are also included. -
Encore
$18.95Add to cartMore honest-to-life characterizations by Peg Kehret. So great were the reviews and the sales response to Winning Monologs for Young Actors, that we had to develop this sequel! It includes sixty-three more monologs written expressly for teenagers to use for classroom exercises, speech contests, play tryouts or as discussion starters on many educational themes. The book is divided into three sections: monologs for girls – for boys – for girls or boys. These are all “real talk” monologs portraying life’s funny situations and its pathos written as teens are thinking today.
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Audition Monologs For Student Actors
$16.95Add to cartEdited by Roger Ellis. The monologs in this text 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-seven selections are specifically suited to auditioning. The monologs in this collection are for actors 15 to 30 years of age, suitable for competitive auditioning, class or studio work, or general reading. About two-thirds of the selections are for women, and about one-third are specifically for minority actors. These monologs address the major trends and conflicts of today.
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Get In The Act
$18.95Add to cartBy Shirley Ullom. These monologs, dialogs and short skits allow teenage performers a chance to laugh at the system, their teachers, their parents and most importantly, themselves! They create an awareness of the perils of drinking and driving, teenage parties, smoking, alcoholic parents and much more. Sixty superb, short scripts! For speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety shows and classroom use
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Acting And Stage Movement
$14.95Add to cartA complete handbook for amateurs and professionals by Edwin C. White. In one handy volume, a concise course in all phases of acting and stage movement. Speech control, interpretation of a character style – all the essentials of good acting are fully reviewed. Every phase of acting and motion is included: sitting, walking, standing, hand and arm coordination and opposition, the eyes, the head, body movement, exits and entrances, mechanics of emotional range and relaxation and tension. A fully illustrated book.
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Multicultural Theatre 2
$24.95Add to cartContemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American plays edited by Roger Ellis. Teachers nationwide have a great need for good, up-to-date writing on themes related to cultural diversity for literature classes, oral interpretation, and forensics. Roger Ellis’ original multicultural anthology of scenes and monologs has been in popular use for several years. Now, here’s a unique anthology of complete plays from new writers of the multicultural experience. These plays have been gleaned from over 100 playscripts on the basis of the opinions of producers, directors and audiences. Each of these plays contains a significant number of roles capable of being played by young actors. A valuable text for literary, forensics, or theatrical applications
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Playing Scenes From Classic Literature
$24.95Add to cartShort dramatizations from the best of world literature by Joellen Bland. The most fascinating characters from world literature step from behind the printed page into living portrayals for the stage or classroom. Key moments from the classics are seen and heard in dramatic form. Long John Silver, Sydney Carton, Jane Eyre, Huckleberry Finn, Elizabeth Bennett, Jean Valjean, Don Quixote, Jo March, Cyrano deBergerac, and Hester Prynne perform “live” in monologs and short scenes. Each scene in the book is preambled by a short description of the events preceding and surrounding the scene itself. The book’s many scenes may be used for acting classes, literature classes, rehearsal work, and auditions
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Multicultural Theatre 1
$20.95Add to cartScenes and monologs from new Hispanic, Asian and African-American plays edited by Roger Ellis.In our media-saturated society, multicultural writers have discovered the stage as their medium of choice. These scenes and monologs by new writers of the multicultural experience are certain to inspire actors and directors. Some playwrights included are: Akuyoe, Alvarez, Brody, Hazzard, Huie, C.W. Lewis, Mellencamp, Nord, Osborne, Shiomi, Svich, C. Smith and Karen Tei Yamashita. The scene selections offer unusually challenging characterizations for virtually any actor or acting student. All selections are for one or two actors. An excellent collection for expressing cultural diversity while offering an expanding range of new material.
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Theatre And You
$20.95Add to cartAn introductory text on all aspects of theatre by Marsh Cassady. The fascinating world of the theatre is explored in this comprehensive new text by a director/playwright/author of distinction.Fifteen chapters present a complete overview of acting, directing, playwriting, scenery, lighting, costumes, and the history of theatre. Abundant photos and illustrations are used to explain each of the key concepts.Included are several plays and scenes to allow students to “flesh out” characters and gain perspective of various types of dramatic works.Playwrights include Shakespeare, Ibsen, Wilde, and several well-known contemporary writers
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2 Character Plays For Student Actors
$18.95Add to cartA collection of fifteen one-act plays by Robert Mauro. Each of the plays in this book is a complete dramatic work balanced for a two-actor performance. Lengths vary from ten to thirty minutes. Many different types of roles from liberated women to bumbling detectives, from childhood sweethearts to homeless immigrants. Many styles: slapstick comedy, modern drama, satire, character study and tragedy. No royalties required. Especially good for classroom and workshop use. Scripts are excellent for secondary and university-level forensic competitions
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Theatre Games For Young Performers
$18.95Add to cartImprovisations and exercises for developing acting skills by Maria C. Novelly. Written especially for those who coach adolescent actors, this delightfully fresh workbook tells you the how, when, what and why of theatre games for young performers. Anyone working with young actors in schools or recreational centers will find this book exceptionally helpful. The basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, monologs and dialogs are all presented in game formats with exercises and worksheets for easy organization.
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Complete Book Of Speech Communication
$19.95Add to cartA workbook of ideas and activities for students of speech and theatre by Carol Marrs. “Students learn best by doing” is the essence of this lively textbook of creative activities. Ten chapters suitable for a full year’s course in speech communication. Involvement is essential, but these learning experiences are such great fun that students will want to participate. Sample activities include rap, pantomime, charades, a game show, Readers Theatre, TV news, a mock trial, talk show improvisation, and dozens more, including a “grab bag” of extra activities. Assignment instructions and the sign-up sheet may be reproduced. Cartoon illustrations throughout.
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Directing For The Stage
$25.95Add to cartA workshop guide of creative exercises and projects by Terry John Converse. The forty-two exercises detailed in this comprehensive guide provide both the instructor and the student a “user-friendly” workshop structure. It may be used for both beginning and advanced courses of Directing for Theatre. The basic concepts of directing are learned progressively. The approach is totally experimental – the student discovers the demands and problems of directing by actually doing it step-by-step. The student’s own directing style emerges with each exercise. Creativity and confidence building are the central benefits of this excellent workshop text. It is the only text that combines theory with active student participation
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Theatre Audition Book
$20.95Add to cartPlaying monologs from contemporary, modern, period, Shakespeare and classical plays by Gerald Lee Ratliff. The most comprehensive book of monologs ever! With 127 audition pieces, this handbook has a monolog for almost any audition situation. It’s important that the actor be inventive and imaginative in performing a monolog. This book shows students how to investigate dramatic and theatrical elements. The first two chapters provide a blueprint for preparing auditions and selecting audition materials. Each monolog also includes a character analysis. The monologs selected for audition performance are conveniently grouped in historical period from classical to contemporary. All are representative of competitive material found at auditions. A valuable resource.
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Stage Lighting In The Boondocks (Revised)
$16.95Add to cartA stage lighting manual for simplified stagecraft systems by James Hull Miller. This leading authority in small theatre stagecraft shows and tells how professional-quality lighting can be achieved within the limitations of school auditoriums, community theatres and churches. Part I contains a short section on stage lighting in general, plus a number of lighting solutions for specific programs and locations. Part II contains more detailed information on dimmers, lamps, spotlight types, filters, connectors, control boards, homemade equipment and the like. This is a workshop book with many art illustrations.
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Art Of Storytelling
$19.95Add to cartCreative ideas for preparation and performance by Marsh Cassady. Nothing will ever replace the active pleasure of telling and listening to stories. Only a live storyteller can impart to a tale that very human touch that brings a gleam of understanding to the listener’s eye. The wonderful world of storytelling is revealed in this resource manual for beginners and seasoned performers. Many ideas for finding, writing, adapting, and presenting stories are included. Story examples and exercises are given throughout. Each chapter is concluded with discussion questions and activities. A comprehensive textbook for oral interpretation.
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Scenes From Shakespeare
$15.95Add to cartFifteen cuttings for the classroom edited by Michael Wilson. Now students are able to easily study a variety of Shakespeare’s works and come to a more complete understanding of the world’s most famous playwright. Only scenes with small casts are included. Each scene is preceded by character descriptions and plot synopsis so that actors will understand the setting and motivation of the characters.All scenes are between fifteen and twenty-five minutes in length.Ideal for classroom performance or for auditions and acting workshops. Features scenes from Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet.
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Acting Natural
$18.95Add to cartA book of monologs, dialogs and playlets by Peg Kehret. Short-length scripts expressing the honest feelings of teenagers – their joys and their problems. Subjects include the environment, diets, baby-sitting, self-image, drunk driving, teenage sex, and more – all treated with humor, warmth and realism. Most roles may be played by either male or female performers. May be staged with no special sets, props or costumes. Ideal for speech and drama classrooms, variety shows and forensic competitions.
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Forensics
$19.95Add to cartThe winner’s guide to speech contests by Brent C. Oberg.Forensics, more commonly know as speech and debate, is one of the most rewarding and beneficial educational activities available to students. This textbook is designed to introduce students to individual forensic events, giving suggestions and guidelines for their preparation. The text describes each event and the experience of competing. Students are shown how to select and perform winning materials, and how to achieve success. Chapters describe the structure and strategies of original oratory, extemporaneous speaking, humorous, dramatic, poetic, and duet interpretation, as will as prose interpretation, impromptu and expository-speaking required by many national forensics contests.
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Improvisations In Creative Drama
$18.95Add to cartWorkshops and dramatic sketches for student actors by Betty Keller. Students will learn both improvisational and structured drama by using the sequential workshops and plays included in the lesson plans of this book. A two-part book with fourteen dramatic sketches that can be done in the classroom. The workshops cover the basics of sound and music, words and movement, and poetry and imagination. The sketches allow the students to apply the basics they have learned. Many students may participate simultaneously in the workshops and playlets. This book can be the basic text for any acting class.
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Acting Scenes And Monologs For Young Women
$18.95Add to cartNot just another book of scenes but a wide variety of topics by Maya Levy. Situations have been fine-tuned to recreate the day-to-day experiences of young women. This wonderfully diversified collection of monologs, dialogs, trios and quartets deals with subjects of self-discovery, survival in the real world, and daunting decisions both tragic and trivial. These sixty characterizations will make both performers and audience laugh, cry and know themselves better.
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Theatre Games And Beyond
$18.95Add to cartA creative approach for performers by Amiel Schotz. A teacher’s handbook of over 140 theatre games designed to stimulate creativity in students of all ages. The games progress from Orientation (“Face to Face” , “You and Me” ) and Trust (“Catch Me Falling” , “Lead the Blind” ) to more advanced games that develop the senses, coordination and spontaneity. A section on characters and stories builds improvisational acting skills. All of the essential elements are explored. Sample workshops provide a guide for using the games. Anyone working with young (or old) performers in schools, colleges or community theatre will find this book a valuable resource.
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Funny Business
$22.95Add to cartAn introduction to comedy with royalty-free plays and sketches by Marsh Cassady. For big laughs, comedy relies on exaggeration, incongruity, automatism, character inconsistency, surprise and derision. Now a book that defines and demonstrates each of these devices with twenty-two short sketches and one-act plays. This unique overview of high and low comedy defines all comedy genres: absurdism, tragicomedy, farce and melodrama. Following each sketch or play are notes reviewing what must be considered for acting the roles and preparing the total production. The book explains why references to events, places and people, both past and present are so important to each play or sketch. The reader will find many insights along the way about how to write and perform each comedy style successfully.
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Play Directing In The School
$19.95Add to cartA drama director’s survival guide by David Grote. Directing plays in schools requires knowledge and talents far different than directing for community or professional theatre. In ten comprehensive chapters the author explains the “real world” of producing effective theatricals in the school environment. He details the pitfalls and the problems while providing ideas for consistently successful shows. He covers budgeting, scheduling, faculty politics, motivating and disciplining students and many other school-life realities beyond a director or teacher’s job description. Anyone faced with producing a play needs this book as a “bible” for guidance and fulfillment of objectives. A drama director’s survival guide.
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Playing Contemporary Scenes
$26.95Add to cartThirty-one famous scenes and how to play them edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff. The best scenes from leading plays by the most famous contemporary playwrights. An exceptional collection that challenges actors of all ages and experience levels. The scenes offer a wide spectrum of performance styles for vocal and physical interpretation. Scenes are divided into several age groups. Each is preceded by performance hints and exercises. Also included are monologs for audition use. An excellent source book for teachers, students and professionals
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Speechcraft
$19.95Add to cartAn introduction to public speaking by Brent C. Oberg. Many speech texts are either too theoretical or too bland for effective use in the typical classroom. This book provides students with enough theory and information to learn beginning speech, but emphasizes practical exercises and activities. Each unit supports one or two clear specific learning objectives with a number of different activities and assignments. The craft of public speaking is learned by doing it in a hands-on, workshop type of program. This text is the result of extensive research as well as practical experience. The techniques have been proven successful in the author’s own public speaking courses.
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Improve With Improv
$15.95Add to cartA guide to improvisation and character development by Brie Jones. This book is a complete improv curriculum program divided into twenty class-length workshops. Each workshop contains carefully selected exercises designed to help students focus on one aspect of a character’s personality. Students learn how to create characters from their own imaginations through the use of solo and ensemble pantomime, physicalization, vocal techniques, props, and more. Gestures, facial expressions, voice and body language are studied in isolation. Many ensemble sketches are included. Also includes a class syllabus and guidelines, a character outline sheet to duplicate, character examples, and a recommended reading list.
