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The ultimate responsibility for a play falls on the director, who must be a leader and someone who can work cooperatively. Students can read about all the tasks that a director needs to do, and what demands will be placed on a director during the lifetime of the show. There is a sidebar on a person who turned directorial skills into a great career, and a chapter on how directing in theater can translate into many different careers.
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"Alison Green, desperate Valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's her first big mistake. The second is accidentally saying Yes to a date with her oldest friend, Jack, even though she's crushing on Charlotte. Alison manages to stay positive, even when her best friend starts referring to the play as "Ye Olde Shakespearean Disaster." Alison must cope with the misadventures that befall the play...
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You don't need to act to make a valuable contribution to a high school or community theater performance. Music plays a crucial role in many theater productions. This book introduces students to the demands put upon musical directors and performers from preproduction to show time, and outlines how the experience can translate into work in the real world.
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Terry McCabe, himself an accomplished stage director and teacher of theatre arts, here attacks what he calls the growing decadence that plagues contemporary stage directing. He argues for a radical reorganization of the director's view of his role. It has become an article of faith in the theatre, Mr. McCabe observes, that a play is about what the director chooses to have it be about. But what right does a director have to treat a play as a found...
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Henrietta Hen is hit by a falling apple and assumes the worst, rushing to tell Farmer Jones. On the way, she convinces other animals to join her, and even farmyard security can't stop them from entering the forest.
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Princess Elizabeth is cursed by the evil Fairy Esmeralda with a modification by Fairy Lily such that if Elizabeth pricks her finger on a spindle she will sleep until she is wakened by her true love's kiss.
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Queen Patricia invites all the princesses whose names begin with "P" to the palace to find just the right wife for her son Peter, but Peter falls in love with Princess Rose.
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Rapunzel is teased when she has to have a servant carry her yards and yards of golden braids and has to ride to school in a horse-drawn coach rather than on the school bus with all her friends.
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For the potential, as well as the professional, producer and for writers, actors, directors, and investors, this book is for anyone wanting or needing to understand the process of producing Off Broadway plays from start to finish. Written in crisp, clear, nonlegal language that the layman can easily understand, every page reflects the experience and expertise of Farber, a well-known and highly respected theatrical attorney. The book contains detailed...
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for a Thanksgiving-themed play. Maddy adores Thanksgiving--family, Grandpa's mashed potatoes, even a treasure hunt and roasting marshmallows--tradition is everything. But this year, her parents have different plans. Can Maddy learn to love her favorite holiday in a new way?
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Celebrate Earth Day with a play! Mrs. Moreno's class came up with great Earth Day projects. They focused on local foods, natural ingredients, recycling, upcyclcling, and tree planting. But it isn't enough without community. Logan, Zack, Grace, and Ella are ready to share their enthusiasm with their neighbors. Can they bring Earth Day to their community in style? Discover everything you need to put on a readers' theater, advanced readers' theater or...
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Celebrate Halloween with a play! What's the best thing about Halloween? Will and Kyrsten would say candy. But James and Emma would say getting scared! Just in time for the spooky holiday, the old Miller mansion has a new resident. Is it a ghost? or a Ghoul? Or something none of the kids could even imagine? Discover everything you need to put a readers' theatre, advanced readers' theater, or full production with this guide and readers' theater script....
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• Everything a group needs, from first inspiration to closing night
• Makes the complexities of a theatrical production easy for a non-pro to master
• Filled with amusing, enlightening anecdotes from producers, directors, and players.
Stop fussing with bake sales and overpriced gift wrap! The real money in fundraising-and the real fun in fundraising-is in putting on a show. A theatrical show can raise significant sums and, at the same time,...
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When a renowned theater director senses something amiss during his latest production, he calls in Nero Wolfe. Though the corpulent genius wouldn't normally accept a job this vague, a mutual friend dangles the prospect of a very rare orchid in exchange for his services, and Wolfe can't resist. With a mind to suss out useful backstage gossip, Wolfe turns to his faithful assistant, Archie Goodwin, to impersonate a journalist in order to speak to the...
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