100 Great Monologs
A versatile collection of monologs, duologs
and triologs for student actors
A unique thing about this monolog book is that the duologs and triologs show two or three perspectives of a situation, each presented as a monolog. More...
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111 Shakespeare Monologues
Part of The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens series
Twenty-nine of Shakespeare's 37 plays are represented, offering a cross-section of work organized by comedies, histories and tragedies. More...
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112 Acting Games
A comprehensive workbook of theatre games for
developing acting skills
This book aims to give theatre teachers the tools they need to not only play a game or teach an exercise, but also to teach an understanding of the reasons and benefits of each exercise. More...
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505 Digital Sound Effects
This five CD set is digitally remastered and ready to use. Each volume contains 101 authentic and exciting sounds so that you can create perfect sound effects for virtually every stage situation. More...
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60 Shakespeare Scenes
Part of The Ultimate Scene Study for Teens series
This collection of scenes is intended to give the student or newcomer to Shakespeare a chance to explore some of the well-known younger characters in his plays. More...
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Accents
A manual for actors
This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, offers exercises for the complete mastery of the accents exhibited. More...
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Acting A to Z
The Young Person's Guide to a Stage or Screen Career
If you have ever wanted to be an actor, either on stage, in films or on television, this is the book for you! More...
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Acting Games
Improvisations and Exercises
This book of acting games and improvisations will assist students in developing their creative abilities. For everyone, all of the essential elements of acting and character development are explored. More...
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Acting Natural
Monologs, Dialogs and Playlets for Teens
Here are short-length scripts which include such important matters as the environment, diets, baby-sitting, self-image, drunk driving, teenage sex and more-all treated with humor, warmth and realism. More...
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Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women
Sixty Dramatic Characterizations
This wonderfully diversified collection of monologs, dialogs, trios and quartets deals with subjects of self-discovery, survival in the real world and daunting decisions from tragic to trivial. More...
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The Art of Storytelling
Creative Ideas for Preparation and Performance
Comprehensive in scope, this text has many ideas for finding, writing, adapting and presenting stories. This book is filled with creative ideas for preparation and performance for oral interpretation. More...
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Audition Monologs for Student Actors
Selections from contemporary plays
Not found in other published texts, the 57 monologs in this book are all from recently produced plays from both established and emerging new writers and are specifically suited for auditioning. More...
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Backstage Forms
These forms have been collected from a wide variety of sources--educational, community, even Broadway theatres. The forms includes sections on props, costuming, makeup, lighting, budgets, and more. More...
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Ben Nye Character Makeup Kits
Create exciting characters with any of our Character Kits. Each kit includes instructions that make it easy to obtain professional results. These creme makeups are washable and non-toxic. More...
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Ben Nye Personal Makeup Kits
Ben Nye's Personal Student Kits provide professional quality and strict hygiene at a great price. Each kit generously provides enough makeup for several applications. More...
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Ben Nye Theatrical Makeup Kits
Theatrical Makeup Kits contain expert components that produce professional results on stage. Ben Nye’s formulas apply velvety smooth, feel light and remain steadfast through the final curtain. More...
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Between Hisses
This is a collection of authentic sing-alongs, theme music for melodrama characters and olio numbers. Also included is a section of illustrated gestures, which have become associated with melodramas. More...
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Blocking a Scene
A video guide to basic staging with actors
Emphasizing script analysis, development of a floorplan and collaboration with actors, this video focuses on two students as they begin their very first directing project. More...
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Childsplay
A Collection of Scenes and Monologues for Children
Scenes and monologues come from such plays and films as The Diary of Anne Frank, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Secret Garden and most appropriately, from writings by children themselves. More...
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Conducting Light
A video guide to stage lighting
This two part video program is ideal for any newcomer to this technical field from middle school to college level. The videos are clear and precise, energetic and reassuring with a sense of humor. More...
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Cool Characters for Kids
71 One-minute monologues for ages 4-12
The characters in this book were created to showcase the talent and personality of the actors performing them. The monologues are one minute and under-perfect for a child's memorization capabilities. More...
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Costuming Made Easy
How to Make Theatrical Costumes from Cast-off Clothing
If your motto is never sew if you don’t have to, you’ll love this book! More...
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Create Your Own Stage Effects
Whether you want to change Cinderella's rags into a ball gown, fly an astronaut up to the ceiling or make a ghost appear, you'll find out how to do so effectively-and without breaking the budget! More...
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Create Your Own Stage Makeup
Highly illustrated and informative, with step-by-step guidelines, photographs and lots of useful lists, hints and tips, this book makes the art of makeup accessible to all, whether novice or expert. More...
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Creative Drama Handbook
A role playing guide
This is a basic step-by-step guide for conducting Creative Drama workshops, including over forty activities to assist a drama leader during the initial stages of developing the program. More...
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Discovering Shakespeare
A CD-ROM interactive journey through Shakespeare's life and times
In this interactive CD-ROM is a colorful and entertaining odyssey, filled with engaging information that will enhance your students' understanding of William Shakespeare. More...
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The Drama Teacher's Companion CD
A CD-Rom resource file for drama teachers
The software contains dozens of fresh scripts, lesson plans and diagrams. It includes warm-ups and games, lesson plans for acting, directing, improvisation and other theatrical subject areas. More...
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Dramatizing Classic Poetry
For middle and high school students
This book, requiring no previous drama experience, is an ideal way to involve students in classic literature and to integrate dramatization with the study of poems as literature. More...
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Dramatizing Myths and Tales
Creating plays for large groups
Explore the richness of five cultures with five scripts. Dramatic illustrations set the scene for each culture, and follow-up questions explore the history and theatrical traditions of each one. More...
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Elegantly Frugal Costumes
The poor man's do-it-yourself costumer maker's guide
This practical book shows how to make costumes for plays and musicals at the lowest possible expense! With over 150 detailed illustrations, the book aids all costumers with its easy-to-follow text. More...
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Encore! More Winning Monologs for Young Actors
More Honest-to-Life Characterizations
Here is a sequel to the popular Winning Monologs for Young Actors! It includes 63 more monologs written expressly for teenagers to use for classroom exercises, speech contests or auditions. More...
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Everything About Theatre
Student Edition / Teacher 's Guide
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. More...
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Face to Face
An Amateur's Video Guide to Performance Makeup
A professional makeup artist utilizes different student faces to demonstrate in detail the vast gamut of makeup, from applying the base to taking the makeup off, and everything in between! More...
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Fight Directing For The Theatre
This book is fully illustrated with over 150 photos and prints. From thrilling swordfights to modern brawls, this unique text analyzes fight directing from pre-production to opening night. More...
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The Flip Side
Sixty-four Point-of-View Monologs for Teens
These monologs are superb for acting exercises, speech and drama contests or auditions. Each monolog characterization focuses on a topic of interest to middle school and high school teens. More...
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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. More...
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Get in the Act!
Sixty monologs, dialogs and skits for teens
There are 60 original short scripts for laughter and scripts for pathos. They create an awareness of the perils of passage as teens reach for adulthood. It's ideal for any school theatre library. More...
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Great Scenes from Minority Playwrights
Seventy-four Scenes of Cultural Diversity
With seventy-four scenes from plays by minority playwrights, this book covers a diverse collection of theatre: Native-American, African-American, Hispanic, Jewish American and Asian-American. More...
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Great Scenes from Women Playwrights
Classic and Contemporary Selections for One to Six Actors
This is a stepping off place in the study of the wide range of drama offered by women playwrights. Each series of scenes is preceded by an introduction and is preceded by discussion questions. More...
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Group Improvisation
The manual of ensemble improv games
This book of games on team-building contains over 40 improv games for developing group chemistry. It helps heighten awareness, break the ice and increase concentration. More...
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Improve With Improv!
A Classroom Guide to Improvisation
This book is a complete improvisational curriculum program divided into workshops. Each workshop contains exercises designed to help students focus on one aspect of a character's personality. More...
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Improvisation Starters
A Collection of 900 improvisation situations for the theatre
The 900 improvisation ideas in this book provide material that will last for years. It includes character conflicts, solo improvisations, lines of dialogue and reactions to environment. More...
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Improvisations in Creative Drama
A program of workshops and dramatic sketches for students
Students will learn both improvisational and structured drama by using sequential workshops and plays. This is a valuable resource for any beginning acting class or as a supplemental resource. More...
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Instant Period Costumes
How to make classic costumes from cast-off clothing
This book includes over 65 ingenious costume designs with photos and diagrams for many periods. From Egyptian, Greek and Roman to the Old West to Renaissance and all the way to Punk. More...
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Introduction to Readers Theatre
A guide to classroom performance
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. More...
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Introduction to Stage Lighting
The fundamentals of theatre lighting design
The focus of this book is on the process of design rather than the latest developments in lighting and control technology. Enhanced with 40 illustrations and photos this is an indispensable reference. More...
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Just Deal With It!
Funny readers theatre for life's not-so-funny moments
This collection of humorous skits takes real-life settings and characters and pokes gentle fun at those annoying, irritating, embarrassing moments that are part of growing up. More...
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Kids Take the Stage
Helping young people discover the creative outlet of theater
Here is a fun guide to help you through the process of putting young people onstage-how to lead them, teach them and direct their plays, even if you have little or no prior knowledge of the stage. More...
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Melodrama: Beyond the Boos and Hisses
or... Never Be Foiled Again! An Amateur's Video Guide to Melodrama
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. More...
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Middle Mania!
Vol. 1 or Vol. 2
These books help you use drama to bring pre-teens together in creative, collaborative ways. They're a great tool for fostering a drama-healthy curriculum. More...
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More One Act Plays for Acting Students
More Complete One-Act Plays for Acting Students
The success of One-Act Plays for Acting Students prompted this follow-up book of twenty-five contemporary short dramas by nationally known playwrights. More...
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More Scenes From Shakespeare
Twenty cuttings for acting and directing practice
These are ideal for contests, auditions and acting workshops. Cuttings are preceded by a list of lead and supporting characters and a detailed description of what has occurred thus far in the play. More...
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Multicultural Theatre
Scenes and Monologs from New Hispanic,
Asian and African-American Plays
These 37 scenes and monologs by writers of the multicultural experience are certain to inspire actors and directors. This is an excellent collection for expressing cultural diversity. More...
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Neil Simon Monologues
Speeches from the works of America's Foremost Playwright
Neil Simon holds the distinction of being the only playwright in history to have four plays running simultaneously on Broadway. More...
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Neil Simon Scenes
Scenes from the Works of America's Foremost Playwright
Everyone loves Neil Simon’s acute sense of humor and characterizations, which are intimately funny, sad, tragic and endearing, often simultaneously. More...
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On Stage—Theater Games and Activities for Kids
The activities range from vocal warm-ups to improvisational scene work. Exercises in puppetry, mask making, costuming, makeup and set design, as well as several short scripts, round out the book. More...
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On Stage! Short Plays for Acting Students
Twenty-four One Act Plays for Performance
These short one-act plays are easily adaptable to classroom or stage performance. With small cast plays, monologs and duologs, here is a versatile source book for many uses. More...
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One-Act Plays for Acting Students
An anthology of short one-act plays
for one, two or three actors
Twenty-three short length plays for a cast of one, two or three actors are included in just one text. With absolutely no cuttings, each play is a complete dramatic work. More...
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Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the '90s
Professional Auditions for Student Actors
Chosen from professional plays, the book reflects trends where small theatre groups proliferate, women and minorities have a growing influence and drama has become an international art form. More...
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Perform It!
A complete guide to young people's theatre
This book is filled with activities that enhance learning in performing arts, whether as an introduction to teaching Shakespeare or as an idea book for bringing the humanities alive for grades K-12. More...
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Period Make-Up for the Stage Step-by-Step
Period make-up is described and illustrated for Caucasian, Hispanic, Chinese, African-American and Asian skin tones. Using color photographs and makeup charts, the book shows how to create each look. More...
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Perspectives
Relevant Scenes for Teens
This book of scenes deals with challenging subject matter. Because the characters are not stereotypical, student actors are required to stretch and reach beyond each characterization. More...
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Places, Please!
How to Structure and Organize Your Theater Program
This text clearly outlines every step in planning and presenting a high school theatrical production. In addition, it details the processes of auditions, rehearsals and productions. More...
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Play Directing in the School
A Drama Director's Survival Kit
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. More...
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Play Director's Survival Kit
This book contains basic information for beginners and veterans. Including over fifty-five reproducible checklists, forms and samples, it will help you direct contemporary, period and musical plays. More...
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Playing Contemporary Scenes
Thirty-one Famous Scenes and How to Play Them
Featured are the best scenes from leading plays by the most famous contemporary playwrights. An exceptional collection that challenges actors of all ages and experience levels. More...
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Plays of America from American Folklore
For young actors grades 7-12
The ten plays in this book, intended for middle and high school students, are drawn from the ever-evolving fountain of American folklore and popular culture. More...
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Reader's Theatre Anthology
A Collection of 28 Readings
This collection of scripts by a nationally known authority on the subject will add a new theatrical look to your drama program. Their ease of performance makes these scripts ideal for classroom use. More...
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The Right Way to Sing
This easy-to-read text exposes many misconceptions about singing and replaces them with a tested, systematic program. More...
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Scene Design
The author gives many tips that will save materials and hours of work: choosing among different kinds of sets, constructing flats, making a realistic model, working with colors and much more. More...
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The Scenebook for Actors
Great monologs and dialogs from
contemporary and classical theatre
Included are short cuttings from some of the very best scenes in theatre yesterday and today. All selections are by leading international playwrights including Pinter, Goldsmith, Mamet and many more. More...
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Scenes from Shakespeare
Fifteen cuttings for the classroom
This is 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. More...
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Scenes That Happen
This text contains thirty-four real-life scenes for boys, girls and mixed casts. They are excellent for contest scripts because student actors portray themselves in situations of teenage existence. More...
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Scenes in Dialect for Young Actors / Monologues in Dialect for Young Actors
These two books—together or separately—represent an essential resource specifically for young actors. More...
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Shakescenes
Shakespeare for Two
A Director's Commentary highlights the acting challenges and opportunities of each scene. Each scene enjoys its own life, requiring only the simplest of stage props and the barest of spaces. More...
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Shakespeare For Dummies
In this guide are summaries and scorecards for every play to help keep track of who's who, who's in love with whom, and who's killed whom-plus fun tips on understanding Elizabethan English. More...
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Shakespeare for Kids
His Life and Times
From his birth to his upbringing through his triumphant achievements in theatre and the literary world to his death, this book illustrates his lasting legacy. More...
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Shakespeare For One: Men and Women
The complete monologues and audition pieces
These two volumes collect virtually all of the monologues from Shakespeare's 37 plays. They are presented with a thumbnail sketch of the story's key developments and a streamlined cast of characters. More...
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Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors
Eleven-to-fourteen-year-olds bring unrivaled energy to the work of making theatre. In this book, captured is the effervescence, awkwardness, complexity, and joy of being a middle schooler. More...
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Show Time!
Music, dance and drama activities for kids
Starting with the history of musical theatre and musical theatre terms, this book has fun activities that guides its readers through musical themes and delves into preparing for a musical. More...
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Simply Shakespeare
Readers Theatre for Young People
While preserving the flavor of Shakespeare's writing, the language has been modernized so that young readers can easily understand and appreciate the plot and characters. More...
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Sketch-O-Frenia
Fifty short and witty satirical sketches
Actors have the chance to perform wildly different character types in off-the-wall situations. Imagine ants, fish and other unlikely creatures satirizing everything we consider normal and acceptable! More...
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Spontaneous Performance
Acting through Improv
Over 300 improvisational exercises and theatre games are offered to develop creative abilities and acting skills. Many different types of improvs are presented, ranging from serious to hilarious. More...
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Spotlight
Solo scenes for student actors
Here is a superb resource for teens that can be utilized for acting exercises, auditions or audience entertainment. These short monologs are warm, funny, current and best of all, real. More...
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Stage Costume Step-by-Step
By breaking a costume down into basic shapes and making a few simple adaptations, you can easily put together a whole range of different styles of dress--from a simple toga to an elegant sari. More...
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Stage Makeup Step-by-Step
Utilizing hundreds of full color photographs, this book guides the user through stylized fantasy work, period makeup and special effects, including extremely life-like cuts, black eyes and bruising. More...
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The Stage Management Handbook
This unique book takes the reader through the numerous phases of mounting and performing a show exclusively from the stage manager's perspective. More...
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Staging Musicals for Young Performers
How to produce a show in 36 sessions or less
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. More...
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Step By Step
An Amateur's Video Guide to Choreography
Viewers will be shown, with on-screen demonstrations, how to teach simple movement to non-dancers, how to adapt that movement to different styles and how to make a show look terrific in the process. More...
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Teatro!
Hispanic plays for young people
Introduce your students to the rich traditions of Hispanic culture. Each play will give young students a glimpse into the heart and soul of the Hispanic culture of the American Southwest! More...
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The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection
These collections, one for young men and the other for young women, include material from both Broadway and movie musicals. They stress the tastes, singing and acting challenges common to performers. More...
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Teens Speak—60 Original Character Monologues
Available for boys or girls, ages 13-15 or 16-18
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The Theatre Audition Book
144 Monologs from Contemporary, Modern,
Period, Shakespeare and Classical Plays
Here's the most comprehensive book of monologs ever compiled, with 144 audition pieces conveniently grouped into historical More...
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Theatre Games and Beyond
A Creative Approach for Performers
With over 140 games, this book stimulates creativity in students of all ages. The games progress from Orientation and Trust to more advanced games that develop senses, coordination and spontaneity. More...
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Theatre Games for Young Performers
Improvisations and exercises for developing acting skills
This book tells the how, when, what and why of theatre games for young performers. All the basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, monologs and dialogs are presented in game formats. More...
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The Theatre Machine
A Resource Manual for Teaching Acting
In lesson plan format, these More...
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Theatre Talk
Every field has a vocabulary all its own, and so it is with theatre. Hundreds of listings will help students of theatre become better acquainted with the language of this very specialized world. More...
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There's Money Where Your Mouth Is
An Insider's Guide to a Career in Voice-Overs
Whether you're a seasoned actor or a non-actor with vocal presence, this outstanding handbook offers an expert's insight into launching a career and find work in voice-overs. More...
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The Ultimate Audition Book For Teens
111 One-minute monologues
Here is a wealth of material written specifically for today's teens. Hilarious situations, heartfelt confessions-full of wit, pain and charm give a beginning actor the chance to discover their range. More...
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The Ultimate Improv Book
A complete guide to comedy improvisation
This text provides the tools you need to start an improvisational team or club at your school. The book presents a complete improv curriculum program divided into valuable class-length units. More...
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Ultimate Monologue Book for Middle School Actors
111 one-minute monologues
The perfect blend of monologs for middle school, this collection deals with that uncomfortable age where students aren't little kids but aren't quite adults yet either. More...
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The Way I See It
Fifty values-oriented monologues for teens
The real-life values of teenagers are explored in this collection of monologs. Each monolog expresses an opinion of a situation, issue or problem and is written as teens talk and think today. More...
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Winning Monologs for Young Actors
65 honest-to-life characterizations to delight
young actors and audiences of all ages
These 65 short, original monologs are a rare treat for auditions, speech contests, acting exercises or audience entertainment in a stage review. More...
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The Young Actor's Book of Improvisation
Dramatic situations from Shakespeare to Spielberg
Students can work in greater depth than creative drama usually requires. The book explores a wide range of dramatic moments, such as climactic discovery, confrontation and relationships. More...
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You're On!
Seven plays in English and Spanish
This bilingual collection contains seven royalty-free plays, each one presented first in English and then in Spanish. Anyone wanting to put on a play in either language will find a gem here. More...
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