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The Essentials of Theater

Author : Lisa Mulcahy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621536475
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Essentials of Theater written by Lisa Mulcahy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to the World of Theater A friendly and practical guide to the stage, The Essentials of Theater will prepare actors and crew for their next show. Perfect for college students in theater programs, as well as community theater troupes, this book covers all the bases—from a brief history on theater over the centuries and basic terminology to tips on interpreting scripts, developing characters, and utilizing props. Lisa Mulcahy’s helpful explanations and examples take readers on a backstage tour, introducing the tasks and responsibilities of every participant: stage hands, sound designers, prop managers, and more. Special sections include: A simple guide to completing your first production project Worksheets and checklists to practice new skills Interviews with theater critics, playwrights, and sound designers Appendices with suggested readings, viewings, and resources for theater students Through real-world examples and engaging activities, readers will explore every facet of the world of theater: acting, directing, playwriting, production, technical design, and more. Mulcahy even includes a chapter on innovative ways to use one’s theater education off-stage. A great resource for college theater programs and acting classes in general, The Essentials of Theater is an excellent introduction to the stage and all of its moving parts.

The Essential Theatre

Author : Oscar Gross Brockett
Publisher : Holt McDougal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Theatre written by Oscar Gross Brockett and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1976 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A textbook for either an introductory course for theater majors, or a course on theater appreciation for non majors. Undergraduate level. Latest edition, 1988; first published 1976. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Essentials of Stage Management

Author : Peter Maccoy
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408149699
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Stage Management written by Peter Maccoy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good stage management is key to the smooth running of any theatrical production and, as technology continues to develop and regulations tighten, the responsibilities of the stage manager have never been greater. In this essential guide, Peter Maccoy examines the qualities and skills necessary for effective management, stressing the importance of understanding both the creative and the technical processes involved in theatre. From negotiating contracts through to rehearsals, performance and post-production, Essentials of Stage Management is packed with invaluable advice on every aspect of the job and every type of theatre.

The Essential Theatre

Author : Oscar G. Brockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780534579463
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Theatre written by Oscar G. Brockett and published by . This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Essential Theatre

Author : Oscar Gross Brockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781285080604
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Theatre written by Oscar Gross Brockett and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engage your students and get them excited about theatre with the Enhanced Tenth Edition of THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE, International Edition. The combined authorship of an authoritative theatre historian and his former student—an active theatre practitioner and historian himself—makes this book ideal for an introductory theatre course. THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE has established a reputation as one of the most comprehensive, authoritative surveys of the theatre in academia. With vibrant and numerous representations of current and classic performances, this text encourages students to become active theatergoers and fans.

Undesirable Elements

Author : Ping Chong
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
ISBN 13 : 1559366532
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Undesirable Elements written by Ping Chong and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The cumulative power of these shared stories is nothing short of astonishing. Ping Chong creates a tremendous tapestry of lives."—Twin Cities Reader This three-piece volume of Undesirable Elements, the community-specific theater works series, examines the lives of those born into one culture but living in another. Each production grows out of an extended residency, during which Ping Chong and his collaborators conduct interviews of community members and then create a script that explores both historical and personal narratives. Ping Chong is a theater director, playwright, choreographer, and video and installation artist. The recipient of two OBIE awards, two Bessie awards, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has created more than fifty works for the stage, including twenty-five in his Undesirable Elements series.

Ie-the Essential Theatre

Author : Oscar Gross Brockett
Publisher : Arden Shakespeare
ISBN 13 : 9780495095972
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Ie-the Essential Theatre written by Oscar Gross Brockett and published by Arden Shakespeare. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Essential Theatre

Author : Oscar G. Brockett
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781305411074
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Theatre written by Oscar G. Brockett and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted as one of the most comprehensive, authoritative surveys of the theatre in academia, THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE, 11th Edition, engages readers and gets them excited about theatre. Drawing from the expertise of the authors as dedicated teachers, published scholars, and practicing artists, this text is ideal for an introductory theatre course. It's vibrant and numerous representations of current and classic performances encourage students to become active theatergoers and fans. The Eleventh Edition includes an all-new chapter devoted to musical theatre, while the thoroughly revised chapter on acting covers the diversity of contemporary approaches. The text also includes numerous new photos, new Then and Now boxes, and expanded use of dates to provide context for artists' major works. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The Art of Theatrical Design

Author : Kaoiṁe E. Malloy
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317694279
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Theatrical Design written by Kaoiṁe E. Malloy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Theatrical Design: Elements of Visual Composition, Methods, and Practice addresses the core principles that develop the student designer into a true artist, providing a foundation that ensures success with each production design. This text concentrates on the skills necessary to create effective, evocative, and engaging theatrical designs that support the play contextually, thematically, and visually. It gives students the grounding in core design principles they need to approach design challenges and make design decisions in both assigned class projects and realized productions. This book features: In-depth discussions of design elements and principles for costume, set, lighting, sound, and projection designs Coverage of key concepts such as content, context, genre, style, play structure and format, and the demands and limitations of various theatrical spaces Essential principles, including collaboration, inspiration, conceptualization, script analysis, conducting effective research, building a visual library, developing an individual design process, and the role of the critique in collaboration Information on recent digital drawing tool technology, such as the Wacom® Inkling pen, Wacom® Intuos digitizing tablets and digital sketching, and rendering programs such as Autodesk® Sketchbook Pro and Adobe® Photoshop® Chapter exercises and key terms designed to provide an engaging experience with the material and to facilitate student understanding

The Necessity of Theater

Author : Paul Woodruff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199715750
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Necessity of Theater written by Paul Woodruff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is unique and essential about theater? What separates it from other arts? Do we need "theater" in some fundamental way? The art of theater, as Paul Woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itself. Defining theater broadly, including sporting events and social rituals, he treats traditional theater as only one possibility in an art that - at its most powerful - can change lives and (as some peoples believe) bring a divine presence to earth. The Necessity of Theater analyzes the unique power of theater by separating it into the twin arts of watching and being watched, practiced together in harmony by watchers and the watched. Whereas performers practice the art of being watched - making their actions worth watching, and paying attention to action, choice, plot, character, mimesis, and the sacredness of performance space - audiences practice the art of watching: paying close attention. A good audience is emotionally engaged as spectators; their engagement takes a form of empathy that can lead to a special kind of human wisdom. As Plato implied, theater cannot teach us transcendent truths, but it can teach us about ourselves. Characteristically thoughtful, probing, and original, Paul Woodruff makes the case for theater as a unique form of expression connected to our most human instincts. The Necessity of Theater should appeal to anyone seriously interested or involved in theater or performance more broadly.

Impro

Author : Keith Johnstone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136610456
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Impro written by Keith Johnstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers, called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills', and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is both an ideas book and a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.

Theater Games for the Classroom

Author : Viola Spolin
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810140042
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Theater Games for the Classroom written by Viola Spolin and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.

Theater and Film

Author : Robert Knopf
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300128703
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Theater and Film written by Robert Knopf and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in more than twenty-five years to examine the complex historical, cultural, and aesthetic relationship between theater and film, and the effect that each has had on the other’s development.Robert Knopf here assembles essays from performers, directors, writers, and critics that illuminate this ongoing inquiry. The book is divided into five parts—historical influence, comparisons and contrasts, writing, directing, and acting—with interludes by major artists whose work and words have shaped the development of theater and film. A comprehensive bibliography and filmography support further work in this area.The book contains contributions from Susan Sontag, Stanley Kauffmann, Sarah Bey-Cheng, Bertolt Brecht, Ingmar Bergman, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Julia Taymor, Judi Dench, Sam Waterston, Orson Welles, Antonin Artaud, and Milos Forman, among others.

Theatre as Human Action

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442261099
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Theatre as Human Action written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most introductory theatre textbooks are written for theatre majors and assume the student already has a considerable amount of knowledge on the subject. However, such textbooks may be counterproductive, because they reference several works that may be unfamiliar to students with limited exposure to theatre. Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Second Edition is designed for the college student who may be unacquainted with many plays and has seen a limited number of theatre productions. Focusing primarily on four plays, this textbook aims to inform the student about theatre arts, stimulate interest in the art form, lead to critical thinking about theatre, and prepare the student to be a more informed and critical theatregoer. In addition to looking at both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre arts—from the nature of theatre and drama to how it reflects society—the author also explains the processes that playwrights, actors, designers, directors, producers, and critics go through. The four plays central to this book are the tragedy Macbeth, the landmark African American drama A Raisin in the Sun, the contemporary rock musical Rent, and—new to this edition—the American comedy classic You Can’t Take It with You. At the beginning of the text, each play is described with plot synopses (and suggested video versions), and then these four representative works are referred to throughout the book. This second edition also features revised chapters throughout, including expanded and updated material on the technical aspects of theatre, the role of the audience and critic,and the diversity of theatre today. Structured into nine chapters, each looking at a major area or artist—and concluding with the audience and the students themselves—the unique approach of Theatre as Human Action thoroughly addresses all of the major topics to be found in an introduction to theatre text.

The Essential Theatre, Enhanced

Author : Oscar G. Brockett
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781133307280
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Theatre, Enhanced written by Oscar G. Brockett and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a theatre major looking forward to a career in the arts, or a non major interested in an overview to help you better appreciate theatre as an audience member, THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE Enhanced 10E is a welcome and helpful resource. Written by highly respected theatre historians, the text has earned its reputation as one of the most comprehensive, authoritative surveys of the theatre. Its vibrant treatment of theatre practice--past and present--catalogs the origins of theatre through postmodernism and performance art. THE ESSENTIAL THEATRE will encourage you and get you excited about becoming an active theatergoer, while providing the insight and understanding that will enrich your theatre experience throughout your life. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Teaching Drama: the Essential Handbook

Author : Denver Casado
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781496093387
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Drama: the Essential Handbook written by Denver Casado and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "16 ready-to-go lessons plans to build better actors."

The Elements of Playwriting

Author : Louis E. Catron
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478636882
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Playwriting written by Louis E. Catron and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Catron imbued experienced and fledgling playwrights with inspiration, guidance, and a passport to maximizing their writing skills as well as their overall ability to transform written words into a stage production. He understood that being a playwright is more than putting pen to paper. It involves expressing a personal point of view, bringing a vision to life, developing dimensional characters, structuring a play’s action, and finding producers, directors, and actors to bring the work to life. In the second edition Norman Bert infuses the enduring merits of Catron’s original work with examples, technological developments, and trends geared to today’s readers. Bert’s play references are familiar to contemporary students, including examples from plays written since 2000. He includes useful information on web-based research and the electronic submission process. A new chapter focuses on the playwright’s responsibility to lay the groundwork for production elements like casting, design, theatre architecture as it impacts audience–performer relationships, staging modes, and the uses and expectations of stage directions. Also new to this edition are reading resources for delving deeper into topics discussed.