A Theatre of the Imagination: Reflections on Children and the Theatre

Product Code: TK2000

A Theatre of the Imagination has become a standard text in children's theater classes in colleges across the country and a well-thumbed treasure on the bookshelves of many a playwright and director. Now comes the long-awaited second edition, adding three provocative new essays.

A Lunch Line: Contemporary Scenes for Contemporary Teens

Product Code: LE9000

Approx. Run Time: 95 min.

A collection of short contemporary plays, scenes and monologues inspired by the format of A Chorus Line. A moving spotlight provides center-stage moments for every student in your class or club.

Teaching about the Holocaust Through Drama

Product Code: TJ9000

Out of the horrors of the Holocaust can come an understanding of our own humanity. Your commitment to your students in this endeavor speaks directly to your belief in their potential to learn from the past and to make the world a better place." The book covers many aspects of the Holocaust, ranging from the historical background, ghettos and camps, hiding and rescuers, perpetrators, resistors, to survivors and displaced persons.

Theatre on a Tabletop: Puppetry for Small Spaces

Product Code: TK3000

Theatre on a Tabletop teaches you how to do a number of things—put on a performance using a salt and pepper shaker and a banana, make a theater out of a cardboard box, disassemble a broken umbrella into dozens of parts for puppet building, play with shadows on the overhead projector, and put on a series of workshops that go from planning sessions to performance. It encompasses a philosophy of theatre and education and a look at the origins and history of this specialized art form and its connections to art and society. It shares the personal journeys of two extraordinary artisteachers and some of their award-winning professional puppet scripts for the company they founded and continue to lead: Chinese Theatre Works.

Bringing the Word Alive - Children's Writings: Process to Performance

Product Code: BD6000

This book is about developing that art form and bringing together the voices of many children to achieve a collective dramatic work for the stage or the classroom. The authors share their extensive experience in helping bring these achievements about—initiating the writing, creating the collage, and bringing the children's words alive on stage.