The first step forward in working with today's youth is to create a dialogue, and that is exactly what this exciting new book does. It helps you provide opportunities for young people to open up and explore their feelings through theatre, offering a safe place for them to air their views with dignity, respect, and freedom. 
The purpose of this manual is to provide a clear look at the process and specifics involved in the Hope Is Vital interactive theatre techniques. The organization is sequential, providing a blueprint for creating a workable plan. Beginning with warm-up exercises and bridging activities, the process moves forward to improvisational scenework, where students actually replace characters in the stories. It is at this point that young people engage in their own mini-theatre and look at choices, strategies, and communication. 
 Teachers will want to read this book. Counselors will want to read this book. Community leaders will want to read this book. It is useful in any group setting or as a tool for outreach.

Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual

Medical Books

Rohd, Michael

Medicine

Heinemann Drama

This book is essential reading for anyone interested in producing or understanding Hamlet as it was first presented.

The Play Behind the Play

Literature & Fiction

Foster, Maxwell

Shiras, Anne

History & Criticism

For the actor looking for classical material for scene study, monologue work, or auditions, this volume is the most extensive guide available to the repertoire of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

A Guide to Scenes & Monologues from Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Daw, Kurt

Matthews, Julia

Humor & Entertainment

When Philip Taylor arrived in New York City to begin work as a middle school social studies teacher, he encountered students whose learning potential was stifled by the rigid demands of a traditional, textbook-driven curriculum.Redcoats and Patriots describes how he challenged that curriculum, kindled his students' interest, and ultimately transformed their learning experience - and how he accomplished this through the use of process drama.
Drawing from a unique blend of narrative reflection and classroom-based research, Taylor illustrates how he introduced drama into the social studies curriculum, inviting his students to become participants in history rather than mere observers of it. As his students investigate primary source documents, maintain journals, write letters, reconstruct events through role play, and create scenes and tableaux, they engage with the subject and with each other in ways previously unimaginable. Their curiosity and creativity are aroused as they and their teacher generate a curriculum that reflects their potential and celebrates their strengths.
But Taylor offers more than an innovative approach to teaching social studies;Redcoats and Patriots is also the story of a teacher engaged in classroom-based inquiry, critically examining his pedagogical beliefs and practices in response to the realities of his classroom. As the book progresses, we see Taylor become empowered as he responds to, and learns from, the questions and challenges posed by his students. Taylor and his students will inspire teachers of all disciplines who are looking to invigorate the curriculum . . . and their own teaching.

Redcoats and Patriots: Reflective Practice in Drama and Social Studies (Dimensions of Drama Series)

TAYLOR, Philip

With more than two hundred dramatic situations, this is by far the most extensive sourcebook available for nurturing the creative process in the young actor. The range of material is vast.

The Young Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations from Shakespeare to Spielberg

Children's Books

Kosoff, Susan

Caruso, Sandra

Arts, Music & Photography

This book is a valuable catalyst for imagination and exploration of interesting terrains and unexpected territories.

Our students spend a large part of each day studying content that seems unconnected to the stories in their lives. J. Lea Smith and J. Daniel Herring have discovered that drama is the perfect medium for making that connection. By integrating the dramatization of children's literature into content studies, we allow students to show their interpretation of the characters, plot, and setting. Literature dramatizations then become the lens through which the content is viewed, enabling students to live the curriculum firsthand. 
 Smith and Herring begin Dramatic Literacy by explaining the several different roles drama can play in the classroom as well as the essentials of the art form. Two different approaches for structuring the dramatic experience are presented, followed by lots of helpful examples of both approaches in dramatizing a story in language arts, social studies, science, math, and second language instruction. The examples are soundly presented with objectives and focus questions organizing each lesson, clear descriptions of classroom procedures, and suggestions for final evaluation of the work.

Dramatic Literacy: Using Drama and Literature to Teach Middle-Level Content

Education & Teaching

Herring, J Daniel

Smith, J Lea

Schools & Teaching

Solving Your Script is a hardheaded approach to solving technical problems in scripts. In down-to-earth chapters, award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jeffrey Sweet introduces tools enabling writers to: <ul>
<li>write exposition using the future tense </li>
<li>make characters vivid even before they appear </li>
<li>find the idiosyncrasies in a character that will generate story </li>
</ul> Each chapter includes a discussion of a particular technique, followed by an assignment from Sweet's workshop and scenes written by his colleagues and students. There are also detailed discussions of what works in the scenes, what is problematic, and why.

Solving Your Script: Tools and Techniques for the Playwright

Sweet, Jeffrey

Acting in a play written by Shakespeare or his contemporaries can offer students special insight into the text that they are not likely to obtain otherwise. But it comes with its own unique challenges. This clear and helpful guide was written to assist students in the process, offering: 
<ul>
<li>the fundamentals of preparing poetic texts, including a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand guide to scansion </li>
<li>suggestions for choosing the best, most helpful editions for study and performance </li>
<li>essential background material on Shakespeare </li>
<li>acting exercises on everything from learning to speak the verse of a sonnet to performing leading roles.</li>
</ul>

Acting Shakespeare & His Contemporaries

This unique new book will open people's eyes to the power of live theatre in museum settings - its capacity to touch the heart and mind, challenge understanding, and provoke new ways of thinking about exhibits. Catherine Hughes' aim is simple: to prove that there is no more vital a tool for making a subject, period, or people come to life than drama. 
 This solid introduction proposes a rationale and definition for museum theatre, explores its foundations, and provides a glimpse into its future. It is supported by lots of examples of existing programs - including Boston's Museum of Science - as well as numerous frameworks for structure and style. There are helpful discussions of physical plant requirements, what to expect when using actors, and even whether one has to use actors. Most important, Hughes looks at the pros and cons of many of the issues teachers and museum workers will face: Should they use a script or improvise? Should they use real characters or fictional ones? Should they involve the audience in an interactive way or conduct a straightforward, dramatic presentation? 
 Hughes writes, "No one is immune to learning in a museum." Armed with this book, students and practitioners of both drama and museum studies will create a museum experience that visitors are unlikely to forget.

Museum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through Drama

Hughes, Catherine

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Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual

The Play Behind the Play

A Guide to Scenes & Monologues from Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

Redcoats and Patriots: Reflective Practice in Drama and Social Studies (Dimensions of Drama Series)

The Young Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations from Shakespeare to Spielberg

The Young Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations from Shakespeare to Spielberg

Dramatic Literacy: Using Drama and Literature to Teach Middle-Level Content

Solving Your Script: Tools and Techniques for the Playwright

Acting Shakespeare & His Contemporaries

Museum Theatre: Communicating with Visitors Through Drama