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! Marsh Cassady has taught theatre at the high school and college level for many years and is currently a director, playwright and award-winning author whose 20 books are used extensively in schools. Fifteen chapters grouped into five sections present a complete overview of the art of theatre (theatre styles, genres and structures), directing (interpreting a script, casting and rehearsing), design (scenery, lighting, costumes and makeup), acting (imagination, improvisation, body, voice, character analysis) and the history of theatre. The chapters are a good length for student reading, and abundant photos, diagrams and illustrations help explain key concepts. This classroom textbook also includes several plays and scenes to allow students to "flesh out" characters and gain perspective of various types of dramatic works from great playwrights such as Shakespeare, Ibsen and Wilde, as well as several contemporary writers.

The Theatre and You: A Beginning

Cassady Ph.D., Marsh

Children's Books

Meriwether Publishing

Teachers love this four-section book of acting games and improvisations which assist students in developing their creative abilities. Section One includes games for relaxing and focusing. Section Two helps students discover new ways of seeing themselves, others, and the world around them. The third section demonstrates with improvisations how to use space to build scenes and create characters from imagination. Section Four features acting games to analyze and portray original characters as well as ones from existing plays. For everyone, all of the essential elements of acting and character development are explored. This is truly a working textbook for acting students of all ages.

Acting Games-Improvisations and Exercises

Storytelling is a common form of communication that people engage in nearly every day. When elevated to an art, however, a talented storyteller has a spell-binding ability to bring a story to life. Now you too can learn the art and weave your own magic. The wonderful world of storytelling is revealed in this unique resource manual for both beginners and seasoned performers. Comprehensive in scope, it includes many ideas for finding, writing, adapting and presenting stories. The text is divided into three sections: Choosing Stories to Tell, Developing Original Ideas, and Presenting the Story. Story examples and exercises embellish the text throughout and make it very readable. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and activities. This is a quality comprehensive textbook for oral interpretation.

Art of Storytelling

Reference

The Teacher's Guide does not recreate each page of the student text. Rather, it serves as an additional resource for the instructor by including for each chapter an outline of key concepts, additional information, suggestions for further reading, group discussion topics, and a reproducible exam and answer key. Textbook ISBN: 978-1-56608-117-7

An Introduction to the Art of Theatre--Teacher's Guide: A Comprehensive Text -- Past, Present, and Future

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

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The Theatre and You: A Beginning

Acting Games-Improvisations and Exercises

Art of Storytelling

An Introduction to the Art of Theatre--Teacher's Guide: A Comprehensive Text -- Past, Present, and Future