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         <Summary>A few words about improvisation. Drama Books and websites to look at!</Summary>
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                   <Title>Gander Academy Readers Theatre</Title>

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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"&gt;We recommend the following sites 
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                   <Title>Seattle Childrens Theatre</Title>

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                   <Title>Musicals for Childrens Theater </Title>

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                   <Title>Pioneer Drama Service "Play Search"</Title>

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         <Summary>Just released... a dynamic variety of texts and aids for your stage.</Summary>
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drama teacher or an experienced drama teacher, theatre text books are an 
excellent asset to have in a&amp;nbsp;classroom. Pioneer Drama Service offers an 
extensive selection of material. We invite you to explore our texts and aids. 
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                   <Title>Acting for Young Actors</Title>

                   <Synopsis>f you want to learn about both the craft and the business of acting, this is the book for you!</Synopsis>

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                   <Title>Dramatizing Aesop's Fables</Title>

                   <Synopsis>This well-written book on dramatizing literature through the narrative-mime approach is directed at teachers of children grades preschool through six.</Synopsis>

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                   <Title>Great Scenes &amp; Monologues for Children 7-14</Title>

                   <Synopsis>This collection offers scenes and monologues from children?s novels and fairy tales as well as an eclectic mix of older drama and short story.</Synopsis>

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                   <Title>Improvisation for the Theatre</Title>

                   <Synopsis>This well-done educational video is a great starting point for introducing your middle or high school students to the art of improvisation.</Synopsis>

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                   <Synopsis>This hilarious musical spoof turns Shakespeare upside down and shakes things up with a stage full of zany modern-day characters.</Synopsis>

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productions of all sizes that will fit your budget! You'll find Pioneer Drama 
Service's play descriptions with musicals that have sample music! Not only that, 
Pioneer carries the highest in quality of drama classroom theatre textbooks. We 
are full-service! This means that we have the highest variety of theatrical 
material on the drama market. This includes:&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;CHILDREN'S 
THEATRE PLAYS: These children's shows are the highest in quality of children's 
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community theatre, our&amp;nbsp;children's playscripts are the most respected great 
plays on the market.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;CHILDREN'S 
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scripts for young audiences, these musicals are the highest quality musical 
plays for young people's theatre. These children's shows offer the highest 
quality CDs that can be used for auditions, rehearsals and of course your 
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&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;FULL LENGTH 
THEATRE PLAYS:&amp;nbsp;Whether it is a comedy play or a drama play, our selection 
is filled with dramatic material that offer comedic plays, dramatic plays and 
many shows that deal with social issues such as drug abuse and suicide. Pioneer 
Drama Service for plays and musicals has just the right main stage play that you 
would want.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;FULL LENGTH 
MUSICAL PLAYS: Pioneer Drama Service for Plays and Musicals&amp;nbsp;is one of the 
leading&amp;nbsp;publishers in providing quality musicals ideally suited to almost 
any theatre. Our musicals are designed for success and ease of production, 
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manageable roles to demonstrate their talents. You'll find a vast selection of 
wholesome musicals to delight young audiences, family audiences and all 
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;ONE ACT PLAYS: Whether 
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classroom drama, we at Pioneer Drama Service believe our selection of one act 
plays is hard to beat.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;MELODRAMAS: Are you 
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middle school theatre or high school theatre? Pioneer is considered one of the 
best resources.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;CHRISTMAS PLAYS AND 
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professional theatre, church or school are proven audience pleasers. They have 
dozens of Christmas plays and musicals that carry the Christmas spirit as well 
as religious plays and musicals.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;THEATRE TEXTS AND 
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choreography? Set design? Our theatre books offer the finest use for student 
actors, drama directors, producers and stage directors. They come complete with 
books on reader's theatre, classroom skits, stage makeup, non-royalty plays, 
monologs, dialogs, theatre lighting, improvisation theatre and Shakespeare for 
classroom theatre. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif size=2&gt;Visit our websites below 
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Delegate!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The local senior center is full of women (and men)&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;who sew and would love to help the kids.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Lumberyards toss a whole lot of imperfect lumber.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Paint and hardware stores are always mis-mixing paint.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ll bet you could get some free IF YOU ASK!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It might be funny colors but you could work with it.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Build an advertising curtain to hang somewhere.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You can hang it in the hall, in the auditorium, or cafeteria, somewhere near where you&amp;rsquo;re going to be having plays or even just a prominent spot that gets noticed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Make it a big one.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Each advertisement could be 2 feet square and painted with love by your art department AND those wonderful volunteers. Don&amp;rsquo;t forget your drama students.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They can and will help too.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Sell the big ones for $50 (a year) and half that for $25. A forever reminder of just who it is that supports your infant program.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When they don&amp;rsquo;t choose to continue their support, paint them out and add someone new.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t be afraid to talk it up with parents as well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They&amp;rsquo;re proud of their kids they just might support your curtain.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Many of them own businesses or at least wouldn&amp;rsquo;t mind proposing the advertising donation to their boss.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Offer receipts always.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Merchants like receipts. You could use sheets, but they&amp;rsquo;re a little thin, I suggest a painter&amp;rsquo;s tarp or two.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I&amp;rsquo;d bet a local homebuilder might help you with tarps and lumber and nails and whatever you need.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;With coaxing, they might even offer a little labor after their business hours.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s amazing what you can come up with if you just ask.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There are always car washes, bake sales, yard sales, and carnivals to raise money as well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;PTA?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s what they&amp;rsquo;re for too.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;To help where and when needed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What ever you try, don&amp;rsquo;t give up.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Get parents on the list of volunteer adult supervisors.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t try to do it alone.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If it&amp;rsquo;s not a roaring success, do it again another time.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Your determination and belief in your students and their fledgling drama department is what&amp;rsquo;s going to make it work.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Always, always get your Principal&amp;rsquo;s permission to undertake any task on behalf of the school.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Your programs for your plays and musicals should always have that extra page or two for supporters.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Proud parents, merchants, interested people who just want to say congratulations and well done to a hard working drama department.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Charge a minimal fee to have their advertising or message included in that program.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It raises money.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Again, if your school will allow it and you don&amp;rsquo;t charge admission, there needs to be a large container, preferably glass or clear plastic just inside the door labeled donations.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll be amazed how much you&amp;rsquo;ll collect if you just take that simple step. And everyone there will see how money can grow.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;If your school will allow you to charge admission, that&amp;rsquo;s all the better.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Keep it very reasonable so the parent or grandparent that really can&amp;rsquo;t afford it can also attend. Many schools don&amp;rsquo;t charge.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Your Principal can and will be a great help.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Let him/her be your guide.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Are you excited yet?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Be ready to be creative.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Of course you can be creative!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ve got to compete with sports programs in every direction.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Their competitions and practices and other events are going to be a constant challenge to work around.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s not an easy road to the building of Pastors and Presidents.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I&amp;rsquo;d guess that nearly every successful business executive, politician, and church leader has a bit of a background in theatre. Standing in front of a gathering or a TV camera to pray for peace or declare war or expound on the success of a business venture to stockholders requires stage presence.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Where does that come from?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It comes from theatre and public speaking and of course your wonderful drama class.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It enhances every aspect of education and day-to-day life.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You might even end up with a student who makes it big in theatre.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What a thrill that would be.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s worth being worthy when competing with sports.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t be intimidated.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;You have a little money, you have a space dedicated to a production, and you have great volunteers to work with the nuts and bolts of putting a play on stage.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Now it&amp;rsquo;s up to you to pick your very first script.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Just read, read, read.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Children&amp;rsquo;s plays?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Children&amp;rsquo;s Musicals?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Christmas scripts?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;High school drama?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Plays for young audiences? Whatever your committee chooses.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Absolutely never place a production order without first reading the script.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It could cost you precious dollars to make that mistake.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s suitable for a public school or community theatre might not be suitable for a private school. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Purchase several single scripts and allow your committee to help you choose.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What committee?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It should first be students who show interest.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Or if you have class time, use the class or drama club to assist in the selection that perfect script.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Never ever copy a script.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Nearly all theatrical materials from publishers are copyrighted.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll need enough for your cast and crew without copying.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Royalties will have to be paid as well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I guess it&amp;rsquo;s easy to forget that the money you pay for scripts and royalties are the salaries that the authors receive for their hard work.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Who among us would like to do without our salary?&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" size="3"&gt;I could go on, but I won&amp;rsquo;t.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What I&amp;rsquo;ve given you is the recipe, its up to you to embellish it with the ideas that sprout from your brain and from the brains of those that you&amp;rsquo;re wise enough to involve. 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                   <Synopsis>Dedicated to the Proposition that Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare</Synopsis>

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color=#000000 size=3&gt;The popularity of television shows like &amp;ldquo;Who&amp;rsquo;s Line is it 
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color=#000000 size=3&gt;First of all, there&amp;rsquo;s no substitute for scene study as the 
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color=#000000 size=3&gt;As a director, I&amp;rsquo;ve used three types of audition 
techniques: cold readings from the script, having the actors present prepared 
monologues, and using improvisation to see how free and flexible the actors are. 
Watching the cast play together in improv reveals a lot about the likely 
dynamics of their interaction onstage and behind the scenes. Is a person shy and 
inhibited? Is another person hogging all the attention? Who is generous and 
willing to share the spotlight? Who knows how to move the improv along, and who 
is just going for cheap laughs? This kind of information is as good as gold to a 
director, and improv instantly reveals it. This is especially important for 
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color=#000000 size=3&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve also used improv to help actors develop character 
relationships. If two actors are playing characters with a history, I might have 
them improvise a scene from their &amp;ldquo;past.&amp;rdquo; Then, when they play the written 
scene, they&amp;rsquo;ll have a &amp;ldquo;memory&amp;rdquo; of what came before. If there is a significant 
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develop scripts. My play &amp;ldquo;Dr. Goose&amp;rdquo; (published by Encore Performance 
Publishing) was almost entirely developed in a workshop setting, where I 
presented characters and a situation, and the actors brought them to life. I 
recorded and transcribed the sessions, then edited and shaped it all into a 
polished script. It was a wonderful experience of collaboration, and the actors 
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during a performance. If something unexpected happens, whether it&amp;rsquo;s a missed 
entrance, a dropped line or a wardrobe malfunction, an actor trained in improv, 
who can think on his or her feet, can get the audience through the disruption 
without the whole thing falling apart. And if the show requires audience 
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         <Summary>PART ONE--By Patrick Rainville Dorn</Summary>
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