Here is, in an informal conversational format, liberally embellished with photographs, Paul Baker's famous INTEGRATION OF ABILITIES COURSE, is available to the public. This unorthodox experience in learning evolved in four decades of Baker's classroom work. His teaching career earned many accolades including TIME magazine's praise as "one of the most effective college teachers in the country." Here is a highly personal, thought-provoking philosophy of creative work of limitless application to all of the arts - and life itself.

Integration of Abilities: Exercises for Creative Growth

Paul Baker

Anchorage Pr

A fresh attack on the designing assignment, this book is more than a philosophy. It is a plan of action from a world-famous designer who starts with the advantage of an extraordinary talent, but then immerses herself in brick-by-brick labour to achieve her ends; who embraces her existing, often limiting conditions, and uses them to discipline her imagination. This book, written with charm, wit, and humanity, and generously illustrated, is directed to the working theatre artist who seeks to expand his own knowledge, enlarge his own experience, explore his own capabilities, achieve his own individual style. (The price has been discounted due to the age of these books.)

Mask of Reality: An Approach to Design for Theatre

Irene Corey

Humor & Entertainment

A collection of 100 well-loved stories for young people, designed for use in the teaching of creative drama. Prefaced by four chapters of instruction on the use of this material. Stories are grouped according to age level, and each story is introduced by suggestions for its use. The stories have a high potential of dramatic content, which makes them especially enjoyable for reading and telling. Great for use with younger children in the classroom or home setting.

Stories to Dramatize

Literature & Fiction

Winifred Ward

Dramas & Plays

Roots, a sense of where we come from and wings, to set us free. A practical manual for teachers trained in drama or just starting out. Classroom proved material from skilled drama teachers, aimed at the child's creative, social, and intellectual growth. The lesson plans, adaptable to your individual classroom needs from primary through upper grades, cover five areas from beginning movement to advanced story-making. Revised and expanded from Foreword through Appendix, this edition adds a section of drama in curricular areas. Related articles by drama leaders nationwide give valuable perspective. A special chapter is devoted to evaluation. Profits from the sale of this book are dedicated to the Winifred Ward Scholarship Fund and the Children's Theatre Association of America.

Give Them Roots...and Wings! a Guide to Drama in the Elementary Grades

Education & Teaching

Dorothy Thames Schwartz

Dorothy Aldrich

Schools & Teaching

This useful resource, the result of a three year National Theatre Education Project, is based on the practice, research, and expertise of more than 70 highly experienced contributors from across the nation. The Model Curriculum is designed to provide guidance for developing curricular and co-curricular drama/theatre programs based upon the individual needs of learners. It presents a rationale for education students of all ages in the discipline of theatre, and details goals and objectives upon which to build a series of sequential learning experiences. The goals; component skills, attitudes, and understandings; broad objectives and numerous resulting expectancies are organized developmentally K-Grade 12 and presented in chart form.Also included are definitions of terminology and a bibliography.

A Model Drama/Theatre Curriculum: Philosophy, Goals and Objectives

American Alliance for Theatre and Education

An introduction to the field of creative drama for teachers of any age group or population, this text by a nationally known scholar, theatre artist, and educator, has long been anticipated. Professor Kase-Polisini draws from unparalleled research in the field, both here and abroad. She recently directed the International Symposia on Creative Drama for the Children's Theatre Association of America, conducted in Canada and the United States, at five university sites. Her book describes what creative drama is, why it works with any group of people from the very young to the very old, healthy or handicapped, in school, recreational, or theatre art, clarifying why an understanding of theatre is helpful to the teacher. Following an examination of dramatic play, she describes the fundamentals and basic procedures used by creative drama teachers. Her book is unique in its extensive presentation of three distinctive teaching methods, created by masters of the field, with descriptions of specific lessons for each method. Her book is also unique in devoting an entire chapter to the "creative" in creative drama. The bibliography is the most extensive published to date. The Creative Drama Book: Three Approaches is an altogether different kind of book for this field. It is the first of a new generation of textbooks in creative drama. It is a winner of an AATE Distinguished Book Award

The Creative Drama Book: Three Approaches

Judith Kase-Polisini

The plays of Aurand Harris have been produced and applauded in thousands of productions around the world for nearly a half century. Harris was a prodigious dramatist, writing a new published play each season. He was a tireless experimenter of forms, themes, subjects. This modest man of irrepressible imagination and energy carried a vast array of honors and accolades. He was the first recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Children's Theatre. He received an honorary doctorate from a mid-western university, and was introduced into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. He was the first playwright to receive the Medallion of the Children's Theatre Foundation of America. THE THEATRE OF AURAND HARRIS tells of his triple career as playwright, a classroom teacher, as a member of the Hollywood artistic community during its golden age (Mae West was once an honored guest at his birthday party!) For the first time his major thoughts about writing and directing plays for young audiences have been collected for study. The fifteen plays range from 1945 to 1994, including both classics by Harris, and many never before anthologized, including THE PINBALLS, MONKEY MAGIC, and PETER RABBIT AND ME. Illustrations of Harris and notable productions are included.

The Theatre of Aurand Harris

Children's Books

Aurand Harris

Arts, Music & Photography

A how-to book for new directors working with young actors. Written by Michael H. Hibbard, a veteran teacher/director who understands students, parents and school district requirements, this is a practical guide crafted with a sense of humor. He guides the reader from play selection to curtain call, with stops along the way to address the mysteries of rehearsals, play production and evaluationsFor teachers, new directors, veteran directors working with youth for the first time, directors of church, school, or community programs---a good review for anyone working with drama programs for youth.

Curtain Time Is Magic Time: A Step-By-Step Procedure for New Youth Theatre Directors from Conception, to Auditions, to Final Curtain Call

Michael H. Hibbard

Moses Goldberg has been a witness to, and in an important leader of, much of the development of theatre for young audiences (TYA). In this collection of essays, he reveals his personal insights and passions, drawing on his years of experience in the changing field especially his twenty-five years as producing director of Louisville's Stage One. The essays divide into three sections, examining the Politics, the Art, and the Business of TYA (and include such provocative concepts as The Actor/Priest, The 60-Minute Myth, and Stage, by Stages.) This book is for practitioners of the field and also parents, educators, and political leaders who want to understand the link between a child's profound arts experience - a frequent occurence, and the real world of politics, funding, and school bus schedules.

TYA: Essays on the Theatre for Young Audiences

Moses Goldberg

History & Criticism

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Integration of Abilities: Exercises for Creative Growth

Mask of Reality: An Approach to Design for Theatre

Stories to Dramatize

Stories to Dramatize

Give Them Roots...and Wings! a Guide to Drama in the Elementary Grades

A Model Drama/Theatre Curriculum: Philosophy, Goals and Objectives

The Creative Drama Book: Three Approaches

The Theatre of Aurand Harris

Curtain Time Is Magic Time: A Step-By-Step Procedure for New Youth Theatre Directors from Conception, to Auditions, to Final Curtain Call

TYA: Essays on the Theatre for Young Audiences