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Can teens be taught to write scripts for the movies? Absolutely! This "for teens only" informative theatre text demonstrates how any student can create a salable screenplay idea or script. After telling the reader how to sell their work in Hollywood, this workbook gives nuts and bolts instruction in all basic writing principles for visual media. The activity assignments provided with every chapter may be used in a full classroom or for independent study. Inspirational interviews with successful Hollywood writers of all ages accompany most of the fourteen chapters. This book is helpful for adults as well. Sample chapter topics include: What Kind of Movie Should You Write?, How Do You Write Good Dialog?, Movie Terms (and Career Advice) You Need to Know, and more. Christina Hamlett is a former actress/director and an experienced teacher of screenwriting online, in film camps, and school workshops.(248 pages, 5¿ x 8¿, paperback)

A unique collection of 74 scenes from plays by minority playwrights designed to make students aware of cultural diversity in American Theatre. Providing a stepping stone to the study of minority writing, the book presents a variety of scenes for acting and directing practice. Instead of isolated cuttings from a large number of plays, a number of scenes from single plays are included.

Forensics, otherwise known as speech and debate, is one of the most popular extra-curricular activities among high school students. This informative book is designed to introduce beginning students to individual forensic events and serve as a valuable resource for more advanced students. Each of the seven chapters covers strategies for competitive events, including Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Interpretation of Literature, and Student Congress. Each chapter introduces the event, explains the rules and guidelines, gives tips for preparing for the event, and provides suggestions to help students triumph. This versatile book is easy to read and can be used either for instruction as a textbook or as a comprehensive resource book for individual students. Whether you are just delving into the world of forensics or you are looking for some helpful hints to win that trophy, Forensics is the book you need to succeed!

From the best professionally produced American plays.

This sequel edition contains new works from plays produced in the U.S. and Europe. It offers young actors a broad spectrum of challenges with contemporary styles and relevant topics in a variety of lengths. In addition to the scenes and monologues, the book includes nineteen useful exercises for strengthening acting skills. Many of the pieces require that performers dig deep into their imaginations to use their own emotional resources to create the many unique and fascinating characters included in the work. A short acting preface precedes each selection to help guide the actors'' interpretations. Six sections: Scenes for Two Women, Scenes for Two Men, Scenes for One Man and One Woman, Monologues for Women, Monologues for Men and Additional Resources. Recommended as a text or a supplemental resource for acting classes.

As the famous song goes, this wonderful 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. With great readability and helpful charts, forms, and photos, the text then guides both the novice and the experienced directors through the nuts and bolts of running a typical rehearsal and preparing for the many facets of the production: dialog scenes, song and dance numbers, costumes, makeup, scenery, props, lighting, sound, and more. This comprehensive aid assists the director right up to-and past-the final performance, with chapters on publicity, the final rehearsal, and "beyond the performances." An invaluable guide for teaching acting, singing, and dancing skills, the book focuses on working with musical scripts. Still, many of the ideas and much of the advice presented will be a great help to directors of straight plays as well.

Barb Rogers' creativity rises to new levels in her latest book, which takes her concept of conversion costuming and applies it to accessories, props, and illusion costumes. While still dedicating a complete section to costuming, you'll love learning how to accessorize your show without a scratch: hats and headpieces, masks, wings, jewelry, and much more. The props section covers armor, thrones, dinnerware, Native American props, and more. Finally, you'll love how her simple creativity can allow you to create illusions, such as a head on a platter or a person riding a spider!

Free-standing scenery creates its own theatre - compact, economical, and flexible. It marches right into any stage space, classroom, recreation hall, or outdoor theatre space. This stagecraft book, with over 175 drawings, tells how to construct self-supporting scenery, covering tools, materials, designs, and craft. An excellent theatre reference book, now in its fifth edition, James Hull Miller is a leading designer in the field with over 50 years of experience.

The unique format of this book will get students talking whether they're actors or not! Duologs are not scenes for two people; rather, they are a pair of monologs about the same subject but from different viewpoints. Likewise, triologs offer three perspectives on the same topic, without the actors ever interacting. These can be great tools for opening up subjects for discussion or debate. Even the standard single monologs including in this creative collection touch on issues ripe for discussion for middle and high school students. The subject material of all these monologs, ranging from one to three minutes maximum, is honest and true to life. Best of all, you don't have to worry about inappropriate language or situations. These monologs don't skirt important issues that teens face today, but each situation is handled in a way that allows the actor, not the language, to be center stage. Monologs range from light-hearted topics - blind dates, babysitting blues, and fender benders - to more sensitive ones such as family problems, drunk driving, and suicide.