<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><opml version="1.0"><!--MySmartChannels Channel Feed--><!--MySmartChannels is a service of MyST Technology Partners.--><!--See http://myst-technology.com for more information, including standard terms of service.--><head><title>Newsletter | Pioneer Drama</title><dateCreated>2005-08-20 20:21:07 EDT</dateCreated><dateModified>2006-08-03 13:28:57 EDT</dateModified></head><body><outline text="Newsletter | Pioneer Drama"><outline text="Full Length Plays, Musical Theatre Plays, Children's Theatre Plays and Children's Theater Musicals, One Act Playscripts, Melodramas and Christmas Plays and Christmas Musicals. We invite you to get to know the company that has the best in theater products!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Begin with Theater Games" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/203200?itemLink=open"><outline text="Icebreakers for First Rehearsals" isComment="true"/><outline text="112 Acting Games" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=112ACTINGG&amp;id=0"/><outline text="A comprehensive workbook of theatre games for developing acting skills" isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting Games" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGGAME&amp;id=4"/><outline text="Improvisations and Exercises" isComment="true"/><outline text="Drama Games and Improvs" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DRAMAGAMES&amp;id=9"/><outline text="Games for the classroom and beyond" isComment="true"/><outline text="KMR Scripts" type="link" url="http://kmrscripts.com/links.html"/><outline text="We want you to find what you're looking for." isComment="true"/><outline text="Drama and Computer Links" type="link" url="http://www.corlog.com/drama80379/website/links.htm"/><outline text="A great source for drama games." isComment="true"/><outline text="Arts Publisher and Licensing Links" type="link" url="http://www.theatrelinks.com/publishers.htm"/><outline text="Justin's Theatre Links" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Old Schoolhouse Magazine - Homeschool Product Reviews" type="link" url="http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/Homeschool_Reviews/1820.php"/><outline text="Shakespeare for Kids: His Life and Times" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Don’t Believe the Type!" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/202202?itemLink=open"><outline text="A director can easily alter the subtle messages in a play by avoiding typecasting, another way of breaking stereotypes." isComment="true"/><outline text="Cinderella! Cinderella!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=CINDERCIND&amp;id=21"/><outline text="Throw out your fairy-tale ideas of a Cinderella with dainty glass slippers and hideous stepsisters?this unique and hilarious adaptation has a new twist!" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Smartest Woman in the Kingdom" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=SMARTESTWO&amp;id=110"/><outline text="A not-too-bright prince has to marry the smartest woman in the kingdom or the throne reverts to his evil cousin. This comedy is filled with secret passages, bad puns and more." isComment="true"/><outline text="New Clothes for the Emperor" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=NEWEMPEROR&amp;id=80"/><outline text="As dazzling as the emperor?s extravagant clothing, this charming adaptation will make your stage come alive with laughter and an important lesson?it?s the heart that makes the man, not the clothing." isComment="true"/><outline text="Red Vs. the Wolf" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=REDVSTHEWO&amp;id=99"/><outline text="The kind, sensitive wolf gentleman from the Little Red Riding Hood story is upset, He has been maligned by society because of a story that has been repeated to generations of children." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Frog Princess" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=FROGCESS%20%20&amp;id=40"/><outline text="A queen wants to turn over the throne to one of her sons. When she sends them off to find wives, one son is lead to a brave warrior. Another finds a vain woman. However, one son finds a frog!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Children’s Theatre – Not Just Child’s Play" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/201857?itemLink=open"><outline text="Cinderella! Cinderella! touches the hearts and funny bones of all ages" isComment="true"/><outline text="Cinderella! Cinderella!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=CINDERCIND&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Throw out your fairy-tale ideas of a Cinderella with dainty glass slippers and hideous stepsisters?this unique and hilarious adaptation has a new twist!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Edith Weiss, Meet the Playwright" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=WEISSEDITH"/><outline text="Edith was educated with a B.A. in Political Science from Millersville University, and a M.A. in Theater from New York University, with one semester at Bretton Hall College in England." isComment="true"/><outline text="Backstage Theatre Performance of Hyronomous A. Frog" type="link" url="http://www.backstagetheatre.org/pages/photos_Frog_thumb.htm"/><outline text="One of Edith's most popular childrens plays" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Physical Comedy Handbook" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PHYSICALCO&amp;id=8"/><outline text="This is a one-of-a-kind resource for students, actors, teachers and directors interested in physical comedy?from slapstick pratfalls to the theatre of the absurd." isComment="true"/><outline text="Town Hall Children's Theatre in Littleton, Colorado" type="link" url="http://www.townhallartscenter.com/cultural-classroom-season.asp"/><outline text="Theatre where CINDERELLA! CINDERELLA! had its World Premiere!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Rehearsals:  Going from Chaos to Constructive" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/201623?itemLink=open"><outline text="The first time I directed teenagers, I was all open heart, friendship, and good intentions. Rehearsals were going to be fun, and we were all going to be best friends forever… or at least until the show closed. Surprise, it didn’t work out that way!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Anyone Can Produce Plays with Kids" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANYONECANP&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This easy-to-read text opens the door to play production with children for teachers and parents who have little or no drama training." isComment="true"/><outline text="On With the Show!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ONWITHTHES&amp;id=7"/><outline text="This straight-forward guide?which is really three books in one?gives you the tools to work more effectively and efficiently toward the final production." isComment="true"/><outline text="Play Directing in the School" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PLAYSCHOOL&amp;id=10"/><outline text="This text details the world of producing plays in schools. Whether it's budgeting, scheduling or the motivating and management of students, this is a must for anyone in an educational institution." isComment="true"/><outline text="Film Directing Tips From a Pro: Movie Directing Made Easy" type="link" url="http://www.dealingwithactors.com/?hop=clickzone"/><outline text="NYU Film School grad shows you the easy way to directing actors. Whether film directing or directing a play you can learn a better way to dealing with actors that will improve your scenes instantly. Directing a movie can be a fun experience if you only know how to deal with actors." isComment="true"/><outline text="Children's Theater Links" type="link" url="http://childrenstheaterlinks.org/"/><outline text="Hi! My name is Debra Woods Hamilton.  I live in Utah, and I created this links page for my own needs as a drama teacher, but now it is a popular, well indexed page on the internet.  I hope you will find it useful." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="HUMBLING THE PLAYWRIGHT" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/200930?itemLink=open"><outline text="Never Hesitate to Drop a Line to the Playwright!" isComment="true"/><outline text="How to Write a Letter" type="link" url="http://www.ehow.com/how_3349_write-fan-letter.html"/><outline text="Do you want to write a letter to a playwright?" isComment="true"/><outline text="Edith Weiss' Web Site" type="link" url="http://www.edithweiss.com/quotes-reviews.htm"/><outline text="My Children's Plays: Quotes, Reviews and Stuff I Want You to Know" isComment="true"/><outline text="Edith's plays published by Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=WEISSEDITH"/><outline text="One of our many popular children's playwrights" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="USING COSTUMES TO HELP CREATE CHARACTER" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/199893?itemLink=open"><outline text="Insights to Costuming Young Actors by Edith Weiss--Professional Director" isComment="true"/><outline text="Costumes, Accessories, Props and Stage Illusions Made Easy" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COSTUMESAC&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This text takes the concept of conversion costuming and also applies it to accessories, props and illusion costumes. You?ll love how simple creativity can allow you to create illusions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Costuming Made Easy" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COSTUMINGM&amp;id=1"/><outline text="How to Make Theatrical Costumes from Cast-off Clothing" isComment="true"/><outline text="Elegantly Frugal Costumes" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ELEGANTLYF&amp;id=3"/><outline text="TThis practical book shows how to make costumes for plays and musicals at the lowest possible expense! With over 150 detailed illustrations, the book aids all costumers with its easy-to-follow text." isComment="true"/><outline text="Meet Edith Weiss" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=WEISSEDITH"/><outline text="Edith was educated with a B.A. in Political Science from Millersville University, and a M.A. in Theater from New York University, with one semester at Bretton Hall College in England." isComment="true"/><outline text="National Costumes of the Mongolian People's Republic" type="link" url="http://www.skiouros.net/varia/ncmpr/ncmpr.htm"/><outline text="The national dress of the Mongols has a rich history and an artistic tradition of many centuries. It is closely connected with the way of life of the Mongolian people, with the specific features of their economic system and with the natural conditions of the country." isComment="true"/><outline text="Baum's" type="link" url="http://www.baumsdancewear.com/"/><outline text="Baum?s is a 4th Generation Family owned business, dedicated to dance and outfitting dancers for over a century." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Tricks for the Director’s Pocket" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/199121?itemLink=open"><outline text="Have fun coming up with your own ideas for how to use pockets and other details of costume design to enhance your play’s characters, and break a leg!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Dress Rehearsal For Murder" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DRESSREHEA"/><outline text="When Riviera?s fiancé, Bernard the Mime, turns up dead and his body then disappears, the list of suspects is long?seems like there isn?t a man in the place who?s not vying for Riviera?s affection." isComment="true"/><outline text="Costumes, Accessories, Props and Stage Illusions Made Easy" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COSTUMESAC&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This text takes the concept of conversion costuming and also applies it to accessories, props and illusion costumes. You?ll love how simple creativity can allow you to create illusions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Costume Designer Career Advice" type="link" url="http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile915/"/><outline text="Costume designers are responsible for the overall look of the clothes and costumes in theatre, film or television productions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Definition of 'Costume Designer' From American Association of Community Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.aact.org/people/costumedesigner.html"/><outline text="The American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) is the national voice of community theatre, representing the interests of community theatres across the U.S. and with the armed forces overseas--and the individuals who support them. AACT also offers a wide range of member benefits and services." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="BREAKING THROUGH THE COOL, GETTING TO COMEDY" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/198641?itemLink=open"><outline text="You’ve heard the saying: “Dying is hard. Comedy is harder.”" isComment="true"/><outline text="Edith was educated with a B.A. in Political Science from Millersville University, and a M.A. in Theater from New York University, with one semester at Bretton Hall College in England." type="link" url="http://www.edithweiss.com/"/><outline text="Visit Edith's website to see more about her." isComment="true"/><outline text="Backstage Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.backstagetheatre.org/pages/photos_Frog_thumb.htm"/><outline text="Presents Edith's HYRONOMOUS A. FROG" isComment="true"/><outline text="Frog Prince of Spamalot" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=SPAMALOT"/><outline text="Hyronomous A. Frog doesn't quite fit in among the other frogs in the bog. He?s incredibly large compared to the others and hates the taste of flies!" isComment="true"/><outline text="All American Talent &amp; Celebrity Network" type="link" url="http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/Edith-Weiss/6766"/><outline text="Edith's extensive background in improvisational comedy combined with her customized writing skills, have enabled Edith to win over crowds in even the most difficult environments." isComment="true"/><outline text="Tugboat Children's Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.renegadecomedy.org/"/><outline text="Theatre will present HYRONOMOUS this year" isComment="true"/><outline text="Edith performs in THE FOURTH WALL" type="link" url="http://westword.com/2004-09-23/culture/a-room-with-a-viewpoint/"/><outline text="Nomad's The Fourth Wall opens to multiple levels." isComment="true"/><outline text="Excerpt from DANCING WITH THE JIHAD by Edith Weiss" type="link" url="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2007/1011/20071011_062152_Sputniksampler.pdf"/><outline text="Performed at the THEATRE COMPANY of LAFAYETTE" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Budgeting a Musical" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/197885?itemLink=open"><outline text="It is possible to stage an enjoyable musical, whether you are working on the tiniest of budgets or with buckets of money." isComment="true"/><outline text="Staging Musicals for Young Performers" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=STAGINGMUS&amp;id=128"/><outline text="This step-by-step guidebook starts at the very beginning-selecting a musical, planning your rehearsal schedule, teaching theatrical basics and introducing your chosen musical to the group." isComment="true"/><outline text="Adele Firth" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=FIRTHADELE"/><outline text="Co-Author of Staging Musicals for Young Performers" isComment="true"/><outline text="Maria C. Novelly" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=NOVELLYMAR"/><outline text="Co-Author of Staging Musicals for Young Performers" isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre Games for Young Performers" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=THEATREGAM"/><outline text="Improvisations and exercises for developing acting skills" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Texts and Aids" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-aids.asp"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service maintains an exceptional collection of quality theater resource materials, which will take the mystery out of theatrical techniques and enhance your productions. These theatre textbooks and theater aids are ideal for any individual thespian or for any theatre department in need of drama educational resources." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Musicals vs. Broadway Musicals" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/194333?itemLink=open"><outline text="We have heard countless customers rave about how much they love us for their musical needs." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Full Length Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-full.asp"/><outline text="These musicals are designed for success and ease of production, providing actors with challenging yet manageable roles to demonstrate their talents." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Children's Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-child.asp"/><outline text="When you pair the wonder and magic of children's theatre with the fun and excitement of quality music, you have the perfect hybrid of children's musicals, sometimes referred to as children's theater musicals." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service One Act Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-one.asp"/><outline text="When there are time constraints, whether it's rehearsal time, production time or both, these shows are designed to give directors the opportunity to put on a the perfect musical." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Musical Melodramas" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-melodrama.asp"/><outline text="Your audiences will not only be cheering the hero, but they will also be applauding your choice of one of these musicals!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Christmas Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-christmas.asp"/><outline text="What better way to bring families together than to enjoy a production of a quality holiday musical." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="The Life Cycle of an Order" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/194082?itemLink=open"><outline text="Many companies have automated systems for answering the phone, processing orders, running credit cards, etc. Not Pioneer Drama." isComment="true"/><outline text="Dramatic Publishing of Plays From Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/"/><outline text="As one of the largest full-service play publishing and licensing companies operating in the United States, we carry the exclusive rights to over 700 plays and musicals!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Chicago Dramatists" type="link" url="http://www.chicagodramatists.org/catalogue/pwdetail.html?command=search&amp;db=/databases/pwdb.db&amp;eqpwiddatarq=9006&amp;titlesort=1&amp;titlesdir=as"/><outline text="Chicago Dramatists is a professional theatre, dedicated to the development and advancement of playwrights and new plays." isComment="true"/><outline text="AKIR DRAMATIC PUBLISHING" type="link" url="http://www.akirpublishing.com/"/><outline text="AKIR currently provides one full-length production and several smaller productions and their performance rights." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Got stage action? -- Submitting a play for publication" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/193035?itemLink=open"><outline text="An editor gives an inside scoop on what she looks for!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Submitting a Play To Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/submit.asp"/><outline text="We're Always Interested in Publishing New Material" isComment="true"/><outline text="Young Playwrights 101" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=YOUNGPLAYW"/><outline text="This clear and crisply written practical text will guide you through the playwriting process, from initial idea to production and submission." isComment="true"/><outline text="Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/playwrights/contest.asp"/><outline text="In tribute to him, the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest is held annually to encourage the development of quality theatrical material for educational and community theatres." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Plays for Black History Month" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/192863?itemLink=open"><outline text="Now as ever, it is important to keep the impetus of Dr. Woodson in mind while looking for tools to enlighten our youth and keep the vision intact for all of us" isComment="true"/><outline text="Anansi the Spider and the Middle Passage" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANANSITHES&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Anansi, the celebrated spider from African folklore, tells the story of an African mother and daughter who are kidnapped and sold into slavery." isComment="true"/><outline text="Peanutman" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PEANUTMAN%20&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This entertaining biography emphasizes George Washington Carver's determination and curiosity while utilizing outstanding audience participation." isComment="true"/><outline text="Tale of the Mouse" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=TALEOFTHEM&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This play introduces young audiences to a series of classic African folk tales, narrated and performed by actors using only masks to create a variety of characterizations." isComment="true"/><outline text="A Land Beyond the River" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=LANDBEYOND&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Based on the true story of the integration movement in education, this play offers a look at the African-American's struggle for freedom in America." isComment="true"/><outline text="Additional Texts" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-scenes.asp"/><outline text="We recommend that you take a look at a number of texts that would be excellent for Black History Month" isComment="true"/><outline text="Sheila Williams Speech in WKU Libraries" type="link" url="http://www.sokybookfest.org/podcasts/bhm/sheilawilliams07.mp3"/><outline text="On February 1-2 Sheila Williams spoke at Western Kentucky University Libraries and Bowling Green Public Library. This is the recording of her speech in the WKU Helm Library on the morning of February 2, 2007." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Incorporating Theatre Into the Elementary School Classroom" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/189833?itemLink=open"><outline text="It spices up your curriculum while being interactive, multidisciplinary and just plain fun!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Shakespeare and classic literature" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/189842"/><outline text="Textbooks on Shakespeare and other classic literature For Elementary Schools" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Study of Literature" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/100513"/><outline text="Textbooks to adding a spark to your classroom studies!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Fun Monologue Books" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/189832"/><outline text="A delightful trio of fun monologue books specifically for elementary students!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Reader's Theatre" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/189841"/><outline text="Elementary educators across the country attest to the unbelievable joy that comes about when readers theatre is introduced into a library or classroom  experience." isComment="true"/><outline text="Producing Plays With Elementary School Students" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/189856"/><outline text="Your students will undoubtedly beg for the opportunity to put on a ?real play.?" isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre Games and Activities For Elementary School Students" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/189857"/><outline text="Three texts we carry that suggest many games, often including song and dance." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Ordering a school musical from Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/187250?itemLink=open"><outline text="Ordering a school musical from Pioneer Drama Service is a completely different—and hopefully far better—experience than ordering a name show from one of those big New York companies." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchresults.asp"/><outline text="The finest children's theatre musicals, community theater musicals and high school musicals" isComment="true"/><outline text="SHOW TIME!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=SHOWTIME%20%20&amp;id=31"/><outline text="Starting with the history of musical theatre and musical theatre terms, this book has fun activities that guides its readers through musical themes and delves into preparing for a musical." isComment="true"/><outline text="Duets Musical Theatre Anthology for Teens" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DUETSMUSIC&amp;id=3"/><outline text="This collection of 30 songs has enough variety to keep any pair of teens singing for months. With almost all of the selections being for one male and one female, you?ll find songs from classic shows." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Right Way to Sing" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=RIGHTWAYTO&amp;id=5"/><outline text="This easy-to-read text exposes many misconceptions about singing and replaces them with a tested, systematic program." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Teen's Musical Theatre Collection" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=TEENSMUSIC&amp;id=8"/><outline text="These collections, one for young men and the other for young women, include material from both Broadway and movie musicals. They stress the tastes, singing and acting challenges common to performers." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Many elementary school teachers face the challenge of having Spanish speaking students in their class and are always looking for tools to help these eager learners develop their English skills." type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/186203?itemLink=open"><outline text="If this sounds like your situation, Pioneer Drama Service can help you!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Mother Goose Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=MOTHERREAD&amp;id=7"/><outline text="Written for children reading at first and second grade levels, this readers theatre book uses the endearing Mother Goose rhymes as its basis, making it especially valuable to teachers and librarians." isComment="true"/><outline text="Don Quijote in America" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DONQUIJOTE&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Tested in both inner-city and suburban schools, these plays dramatically improve both reading and speaking skills." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service is proud to carry five commedia dell’arte adaptations" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/185211?itemLink=open"><outline text=" All written by the renowned, award-winning children’s playwright, Lane Riosley" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Commedia Cinderella" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COMMCINDER&amp;id=21"/><outline text="The players love the story of Cinderella so much they try to improve upon it whenever possible." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Commedia Pinocchio" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COMMPINOCC&amp;id=22"/><outline text="The Pinocchio story told here by Columbine, Arlequin, Punchin, Rosetta and Pantalone follows the events of the original Collodi tale, which is more worldly than later adaptations." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Commedia Princess and the Pea" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COMMPRINCE&amp;id=23"/><outline text="Arlequin is afraid he?ll be stuck playing the role of the pea, but he ends up getting to play the prince." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Commedia Puss In Boots" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COMMPUSSIN&amp;id=24"/><outline text="Puss in Boots is the story of the foolish youngest son of a miller, who follows the advice of a clever cat in extraordinary footwear to achieve nobility and a fine marriage." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Commedia Robin Hood" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COMMROBINH&amp;id=25"/><outline text="The merry troupe?Columbine, Arlequin, Punchin and Rosetta?tackle, tumble, trick and trip their way through the tale of Robin Hood with fantastic abandon." isComment="true"/><outline text="Lane Riosley's Website" type="link" url="http://www.laneriosley.com/author.html"/><outline text="LANE RIOSLEY is a writer living and working in Houston, Texas." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="It’s not too early to think about bringing the spirit of the holiday season into your school this December!" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/184274?itemLink=open"><outline text="Now is the time to buy single reading copies of Christmas scripts so you can select a show and plan your December productions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Christmas Plays and Christmas Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchresults.asp"/><outline text="A complete list of all Pioneer Drama Service Christmas Plays and Christmas Musicals" isComment="true"/><outline text="Christmas Theatre Texts" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchresults.asp"/><outline text="Quality drama textbooks for Christmas" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Two Classic Shows Released By Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/183612?itemLink=open"><outline text="Anne of Green Gables and Little Women Now Available!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Anne of Green Gables" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANNEOFGREE&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Share the adventures of Anne Shirley and her ?best friend for life,? Diana Barry, as they travel from childhood to maturity in this heartwarming adaptation which captures the highlights of the novel." isComment="true"/><outline text="Little Women" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=LITTLEWOME&amp;id=1"/><outline text="Share this timeless and enduring classic about the March sisters? journey from childhood to maturity during the American Civil War." isComment="true"/><outline text="About Jody Davidson" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=DAVIDSONJO"/><outline text="Playwright Jody Davidson is also a director and arts administrator whose career and accomplishments in the field of theatre for young audiences spans 30 years." isComment="true"/><outline text="About Scott Davidson" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=DAVIDSONSC"/><outline text="He is the founding Artistic Director for both the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre and the Serendipity Theatre Company." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Theatre Communications Group Pleased to Announce New Executive Director" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/153994?itemLink=open"><outline text="Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the American not-for-profit theatre, is pleased to announce the appointment of Teresa Eyring as its new executive director" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Show Business Weekly Reviews New Theater Textbook" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/143172?itemLink=open"><outline text="If you want to learn about both the craft and the business of acting, this is the book for you!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting For Young Actors" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGFORY&amp;id=3"/><outline text="If you want to learn about both the craft and the business of acting, this is the book for you!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Biography of Mary Lou Belli" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=BELLIMARYL"/><outline text="An Emmy® Award winner producer, writer, and director, she is currently directing her 6th consecutive season of Girlfriends on the new CW network. Last season she directed Living With Fran starring Fran Drescher, Misconceptions starring Jane Leeves, and Eve starring hip-hop artist Eve." isComment="true"/><outline text="Biography of Dinah Lenney" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=LENNEYDINA"/><outline text="Honored by the Screen Actors Guild as a member of the Best Ensemble of Actors in 1997." isComment="true"/><outline text="Directory of Acting Schools in the United States" type="link" url="http://www.actingschools.com/"/><outline text="Acting schools in the United States are famous for turning out some of the most well-respected actors in the world." isComment="true"/><outline text="SHOW BUSINESS WEEKLY" type="link" url="http://www.showbusinessweekly.com/news/ink.shtml"/><outline text="The original casting weekly for Stage and Screen" isComment="true"/><outline text="AWOL's Thousaneds of Acting Links" type="link" url="http://www.redbirdstudio.com/AWOL/acting1.html"/><outline text="The sites listed below are great resources to learn, ask questions and get answers." isComment="true"/><outline text="CastingAudition.com" type="link" url="http://www.castingaudition.com/?gclid=CLKe3df70ocCFQMVIgodDH-QVQ"/><outline text="Casting service for those who are actors, models and extras." isComment="true"/><outline text="New York Film Academy" type="link" url="http://www.nyfa.com/acting/index.html"/><outline text="Each year hundreds of students of all occupations, races, ethnicities, and ages from around the world benefit from the extraordinary education offered at the New York Film Academy." isComment="true"/><outline text="The New School For Drama" type="link" url="http://www.newschool.edu/academic/drama/"/><outline text="The New School for Drama trains serious actors, directors, and playwrights like you for a professional career in the theater." isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting School for Kids and Teens" type="link" url="http://www.tvistudios.com/youngactors/default.asp?gclid=CMLDqb_80ocCFS2YIgodDhHZWA"/><outline text="Acting classes for children, teens and young adults for ages 5-17." isComment="true"/><outline text="Young Actors Camp" type="link" url="http://www.youngactorscamp.com/inside.htm"/><outline text="This dynamic acting camp serves its campers in several ways...educate those preparing to enter into the acting business, introduce the young stage actor to the art of acting for the camera, and offer the most FUN and dynamic camp experience for any young actor captivated by the movie screen." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="JANET S. TIGER NAMED AS PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE FOR SWEDENBORG HALL" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/142293?itemLink=open"><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Playwright Receives Honor" isComment="true"/><outline text="BLIND WOMAN'S BLUFF by Janet S. Tiger" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=BLINDWOMAN&amp;id=0"/><outline text="A young thief arrives at the home of a blind woman who lives on an isolated bluff, ostensibly answering an ad about a chair for sale." isComment="true"/><outline text="About Janet S. Tiger" type="link" url="http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsT/TigerJanetS.htm"/><outline text="Biography and Notes" isComment="true"/><outline text="Plays By Janet S. Tiger" type="link" url="http://www.playsbyjanetstiger.com/"/><outline text="This website contains monologues, one-act plays and full-length plays" isComment="true"/><outline text="Poems by Janet S. Tiger" type="link" url="http://www.mothersgardenofverses.com/"/><outline text="This is the website for A MOTHER'S GARDEN OF VERSES by Janet S. Tiger" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Open For Discussion" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/141246?itemLink=open"><outline text="Chicago Sun-Times Review of Musical Works---What Do You Think?" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Article" type="link" url="http://www.suntimes.com/output/weiss/cst-ftr-stages16.html"/><outline text="Stages' eight musicals show serious flaws" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Response From the Dramatists Guild of America" type="link" url="http://www.dramaguild.com/weiss_letters.htm"/><outline text="On August 16, 2006 The Chicago Sun-Times ran a review of Stages 2006, a three-day musical theater festival that had presented eight works-in-progress at the Theater Building from August 11th through August 13th." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Response From Hedy Weiss--Theatre Critic" type="link" url="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060831/ai_n16698523"/><outline text="The facts regarding my review of Stages 2006, the festival of new musicals produced earlier this month at Theatre Building Chicago, are clear and simple and of crucial importance." isComment="true"/><outline text="An Editorial From the Chicago Reader" type="link" url="http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/hedyweiss/"/><outline text="The Sun-Times theater critic turns a workshop festival into The Gong Show and the Dramatists Guild mounts a lynching party." isComment="true"/><outline text="To see or not to see: Was review of musicals fair?" type="link" url="http://www.suntimes.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox31x.html"/><outline text="No. To be fair, wait until shows are ready." isComment="true"/><outline text="Chicago Sun-Times" type="link" url="http://www.chicagoredstreak.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox06a.html"/><outline text="Letters to the Editor concerning Review" isComment="true"/><outline text="Cues--A Back Stage Theatre Weblog" type="link" url="http://backstage.blogs.com/cues/2006/08/hedy_strikes_ag.html"/><outline text="Interesting remarks from writers..." isComment="true"/><outline text="Playwrights and critic clash" type="link" url="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2006/08/playwrights_and.html"/><outline text="Orlando Sentinel Blog" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Theatre Journals, Magazines and Publications" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/139426?itemLink=open"><outline text="Artslynx International Arts Resources" isComment="true"/><outline text="Alternative Theater" type="link" url="http://www.alternativetheater.com/intro.html"/><outline text="AlternativeTheater.com will be an internationally oriented, multilingual resource for theater practitioners, producers, students and professors. On the most practical level, the site will provide information on funding, job opportunities, and gatherings for scholars and artists." isComment="true"/><outline text="Asian Theatre Journal" type="link" url="http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/atj/?db_name=uhpress"/><outline text="Asian Theatre Journal is dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms." isComment="true"/><outline text="Shakespeare Bulletin" type="link" url="http://www.shakespeare-bulletin.org/"/><outline text="Shakespeare Bulletin, a peer-reviewed journal of performance criticism and scholarship, provides commentary on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama through feature articles, theatre and film reviews, and book reviews." isComment="true"/><outline text="Showmusic Magazine" type="link" url="http://www.goodspeed.org/showmusic/"/><outline text="Internationally acclaimed by professionals and fans as the premier magazine covering musical theatre around the world," isComment="true"/><outline text="Swedish Theatre Journal" type="link" url="http://www.nummer.se/area/a2.asp"/><outline text="FESTIVALNYTT. Nummers redaktion är tillbaka efter sommaruppehållet och ger sig genast ut i festivalvimlet." isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre Survey" type="link" url="http://www.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?historylinks=alpha&amp;mnemonic=tsy"/><outline text="Theatre Survey is chartered by the American Society for Theatre Research as a theatre history journal." isComment="true"/><outline text="Stage Directions Magazine" type="link" url="http://www.stage-directions.com/"/><outline text="Whether you're a producer, house manager, lighting technician or set designer ? if you're involved in theater, Stage Directions® is the one magazine you shouldn't be without." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Looking for technical theatre terms?" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/138416?itemLink=open"><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service offers a complete selection of texts and aids for use in the technical field of theatre." isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre Technical Books and Drama Materials for Theatres" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-technical.asp"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service offers a complete selection of texts and aids for use in the technical field of theatre." isComment="true"/><outline text="Introduction to Stage Lighting" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=INTROLIGHT&amp;id=4"/><outline text="The focus of this book is on the process of design rather than the latest developments in lighting and control technology. Enhanced with 40 illustrations and photos this is an indispensable reference." isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatrecrafts.com" type="link" url="http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/glossary.shtml"/><outline text="The aim of theatrecrafts.com is to eventually be the best resource for practical information and advice about technical theatre techniques for theatre folk at any level." isComment="true"/><outline text="Technical Theatre Handbook" type="link" url="http://www.gweep.net/~prefect/pubs/iqp/"/><outline text="Welcome to the web pages of Steve Richardson (aka Prefect). Here you'll find links to the many projects that I have been working on, samples of my music, writings, pictures, etc. These pages have been evolving since 1993 when they were first started on the WPI web server. They've been hosted on GweepNet since 1994." isComment="true"/><outline text="Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms" type="link" url="http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/glossary.shtml"/><outline text="With over 800 Technical Theatre terms listed, it's the biggest glossary on the web." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="A Yankee Trader" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/137519?itemLink=open"><outline text="The 2005 PEN IS A MIGHTY SWORD winner is Kato McNickle" isComment="true"/><outline text="Virtual Theatre Project" type="link" url="http://www.virtualtheatreproject.com/index.htm"/><outline text="" isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre Mania" type="link" url="http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/121544"/><outline text="" isComment="true"/><outline text="Ovation Awards" type="link" url="http://www.lastagealliance.com/ovationaward.asp"/><outline text="The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="NEWS RELEASE: SEEKING WRITERS/DIRECTORS FOR &quot;INSTIGATED&quot; SHOWCASE:" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/135494?itemLink=open"><outline text="From Ben Cox... Utopian Productions" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Center Stage Theatre" type="link" url="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thecenterstagetheatre/"/><outline text="The Center Stage Theatre is looking forward to opening Spring of 2007! We will be located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, just 20 minutes south of Tampa. Classes will include acting, dancing, musical theatre, and much more for ages 5 and up! Also included will be several productions that the whole community can participate in!" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Planning Stage" type="link" url="http://members.aol.com/theplanningstage/index.htm"/><outline text="The Planning Stage is a new play development project focussing on works by playwrights living in Southeastern Connecticut." isComment="true"/><outline text="The O'Neill National Theater Institute" type="link" url="http://nti.conncoll.edu/nti0100.htm"/><outline text="NTI offers a rigorous, conservatory-based approach to theater training. Students are immersed in a diverse curriculum of theater specialties and disciplines taught by working professionals and master teaching artists." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Casting Notices Posted Every Weekday..." type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/135421?itemLink=open"><outline text="Are you an actor looking for a casting notice?" isComment="true"/><outline text="There's Money Where Your Mouth Is" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=MONEY&amp;id=2"/><outline text="Whether you're a seasoned actor or a non-actor with vocal presence, this outstanding handbook offers an expert's insight into launching a career and find work in voice-overs." isComment="true"/><outline text="Vocal Warm-Ups" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=VOCALWARMU&amp;id=3"/><outline text="Vocal Warm-Ups: On the Way has established itself as the easiest and most enjoyable vocal warm-up CD in existence, used by thousands of vocalists." isComment="true"/><outline text="BACKSTAGE .COM" type="link" url="http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/bulletins/bulletins_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002652389"/><outline text="The Actor's Resource!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Show Business Weekly" type="link" url="http://www.showbusinessweekly.com/"/><outline text="Show Business Weekly is a trade paper for the performing arts in New York City. Founded it 1941, the paper's editorial mission is to help actors find jobs by running hundreds of casting and audition notices every week." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Boston's AYTB Theatre announces auditions for their first production of the 2006-2007" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/135419?itemLink=open"><outline text="" isComment="true"/><outline text="Audition Contact: Karen Weeks" type="link" url="http://auditions@aytb.org"/><outline text="Send: Headshot /Resume" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Links to Theaters" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/135416?itemLink=open"><outline text="Interested in auditioning for a play? Seeing a play? Directing a play?" isComment="true"/><outline text="Audition Monologs for Student Actors" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=AUDITIONMO&amp;id=2"/><outline text="Not found in other published texts, the 57 monologs in this book are all from recently produced plays from both established and emerging new writers and are specifically suited for auditioning." isComment="true"/><outline text="THE IVORYTON PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION, INC." type="link" url="http://ivorytonplayhouse.org/"/><outline text="In-house theater compnay presenting a variety of work year-round in historic building." isComment="true"/><outline text="THE RIVER REP" type="link" url="http://riverrep.com/"/><outline text="A professional summer repertory company." isComment="true"/><outline text="FLOCK THEATRE" type="link" url="http://www.flocktheatre.org/"/><outline text="A semi-professional resident company that utilizes masks and puppets in performance." isComment="true"/><outline text="KITCHEN DOG THEATER" type="link" url="http://www.kitchendogtheater.org/index.html"/><outline text="To provide a place where questions of justice, morality, and human freedom can be explored." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="DIRECTING SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN ONSTAGE" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/129939?itemLink=open"><outline text="Many directors prefer to cast seasoned, experienced actors rather than train up &quot;new blood,&quot; especially if the play they are directing is difficult, or if they have limited time." isComment="true"/><outline text="ANYONE CAN PRODUCE PLAYS WITH KIDS" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANYONECANP&amp;id=0"/><outline text="The basics of staging a play!" isComment="true"/><outline text="ON WITH THE SHOW!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ONWITHTHES&amp;id=6"/><outline text="A guide for directors and actors" isComment="true"/><outline text="PLAY DIRECTING IN THE SCHOOL" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PLAYSCHOOL&amp;id=8"/><outline text="A Drama Director's Survival Guide" isComment="true"/><outline text="PLAY DIRECTOR'S SURVIVAL KIT" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PLAYDIRECT&amp;id=9"/><outline text="Basic information for beginners and veterans." isComment="true"/><outline text="Directing a Play" type="link" url="http://www.danillitphil.com/base.html"/><outline text="An artical by Debra Bruch" isComment="true"/><outline text="NOTES ON DIRECTING" type="link" url="http://www.notesondirecting.com/"/><outline text="The classic guidebook to the director's craft." isComment="true"/><outline text="Places, Please!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PLACESPLEA&amp;id=8"/><outline text="This text clearly outlines every step in planning and presenting a high school theatrical production. In addition, it details the processes of auditions, rehearsals and productions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Directing Your Own Play" type="link" url="http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/playwriting/18626"/><outline text="The director is the one totally in charge of all aspects of a production." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Putting Classic Literature on Stage: Cliffs Notes or Cliffhanger?" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/128212?itemLink=open"><outline text="“I never read the book but I saw the movie&quot;" isComment="true"/><outline text="Meet Thomas Hischak..." type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/authordetail.asp?ac=HISCHAKTHO"/><outline text="Professor of Theatre at the State University of New York College at Cortland" isComment="true"/><outline text="The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia" type="link" url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313307377/104-1687635-0347914?v=glance&amp;n=283155"/><outline text="Available From Amazon" isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre As Human Action" type="link" url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810856867/qid=1148310152/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1687635-0347914?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155"/><outline text="Available From Amazon" isComment="true"/><outline text="Oxford Compaion to American Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810856867/qid=1148310152/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1687635-0347914?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155"/><outline text="Available From Amazon" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Act your age! ... Then again, don't!" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/126744?itemLink=open"><outline text="Put a bunch of rambunctious extroverts onstage, and you're sure to have plenty of playful hijinks." isComment="true"/><outline text="Anyone Can Produce Plays with Kids" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANYONECANP&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This easy-to-read text opens the door to play production with children for teachers and parents who have little or no drama training." isComment="true"/><outline text="On With the Show!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ONWITHTHES&amp;id=6"/><outline text="This straight-forward guide?which is really three books in one?gives you the tools to work more effectively and efficiently toward the final production." isComment="true"/><outline text="Staging Musicals for Young Performers" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=STAGINGMUS&amp;id=12"/><outline text="This step-by-step guidebook starts at the very beginning-selecting a musical, planning your rehearsal schedule, teaching theatrical basics and introducing your chosen musical to the group." isComment="true"/><outline text="League of American Theatres and Producers" type="link" url="http://www.livebroadway.com/"/><outline text="The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. is the national trade association for the commercial theatre industry in North America, representing theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and suppliers of goods and services to the Broadway theatre community." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Do's and Don'ts in Rehearsal" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/124714?itemLink=open"><outline text="Here’s a list of “DO’S” and “DON’TS” when you are rehearsing a play." isComment="true"/><outline text="Blocking a Scene" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=BLOCKINGAS&amp;id=2"/><outline text="Here is an excellent instructional video guide to learn the basics of blocking a scene. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Places, Please!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PLACESPLEA&amp;id=1"/><outline text="This text clearly outlines every step in planning and presenting a high school theatrical production. In addition, it details the processes of auditions, rehearsals and productions." isComment="true"/><outline text="Funny Business" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=FUNNYBUSIN&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This overview of high and low comedy defines all comedy genres: absurdism, tragicomedy, farce and melodrama. A discussion precedes each type of comedy illustrated, explaining the comic devices used. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Vocal Warm-Ups" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=VOCALWARMU&amp;id=3"/><outline text="Vocal Warm-Ups: On the Way has established itself as the easiest and most enjoyable vocal warm-up CD in existence, used by thousands of vocalists." isComment="true"/><outline text="112 Acting Games" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=112ACTINGG&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This book aims to give theatre teachers the tools they need to not only play a game or teach an exercise, but also to teach an understanding of the reasons and benefits of each exercise." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Warming Up Your Cold Reading Skills" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/115445?itemLink=open"><outline text="Part Two--By Patrick Rainville Dorn" isComment="true"/><outline text="American Dance &amp; Drama Studio" type="link" url="http://www.americandanceanddramastudio.com/drama.html"/><outline text="The American Dance and Drama Studio, the original neighborhood school, established over 30 years at the same location." isComment="true"/><outline text="COLD READINGS MADE EASY--Text" type="link" url="https://www.evndirect.com/shopping/product_details.php/id=870"/><outline text="This program shows how to analyze any reading for the keys to a character portrayal that could mean the difference in landing a role." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Warming Up Your Cold Reading Skills" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/113291?itemLink=open"><outline text="PART ONE--By Patrick Rainville Dorn" isComment="true"/><outline text="Scenes and Monologues To Polish Your Cold Reading Skills" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-scenes.asp"/><outline text="Here are a number of texts that can help you!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Careers In Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-careers.asp"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service offers a complete selection of texts on careers in theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Keep Left Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.theatre.keep-left.org/tips5.html"/><outline text="Tips For Actors--Cold reading, it's enough to make you scream. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Cold Readings, Cold Feet" type="link" url="http://www.spiritplay.org/coldreadcoldfeet.htm"/><outline text="Welcome to &quot;Ask Blair,&quot; a weekly online column of practical advice for actors, written by Blair Glaser." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Unusual Costume Accessories By Patrick Rainville Dorn" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/112904?itemLink=open"><outline text="When you see a play performed by youth, chances are you’ll notice some unusual and incongruous costume accessories." isComment="true"/><outline text="Costuming Texts and Aids" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-costuming.asp"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service offers a complete selection of texts on making costumes as well as books on teaching the art of costuming a play." isComment="true"/><outline text="Performing Arts Supply Company" type="link" url="http://www.performingartssupply.com"/><outline text="Performing Arts Supply Company offers a vast collection of stage costumes collected over the last thirty years." isComment="true"/><outline text="Satin Stitches LTD." type="link" url="http://www.satinstitches.com/"/><outline text="Satin Stitches® designs and manufactures the FINEST and most ORIGINAL custom performance apparel available in the USA." isComment="true"/><outline text="Pierre's Costumes" type="link" url="http://www.costumers.com/home.html"/><outline text="During the last five decades Pierre has maintained a complete full service professional costume house, designing and manufacturing on the premises." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Improvisation in High Schools, Middle Schools, Junior High Schools and Community Theatres" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/112201?itemLink=open"><outline text="Why is improvisation important to the actor in schools?" isComment="true"/><outline text="Group Improvisation" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=GROUPIMPRO&amp;id=1"/><outline text="This book of games on team-building contains over 40 improv games for developing group chemistry. It helps heighten awareness, break the ice and increase concentration." isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisation Starters" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVISAT&amp;id=3"/><outline text="The 900 improvisation ideas in this book provide material that will last for years. It includes character conflicts, solo improvisations, lines of dialogue and reactions to environment." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Ultimate Improv Book " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ULTIMATEIM&amp;id=7"/><outline text="This text provides the tools you need to start an improvisational team or club at your school. The book presents a complete improv curriculum program divided into valuable class-length units. " isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Teaching Shakespeare in schools" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/105415?itemLink=open"><outline text="Some pointers on how to teach Shakespeare to Drama Students by Patrick Dorn" isComment="true"/><outline text="Shakespeare Texts and Aids" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-shakespeare.asp"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service offers a complete selection of resources that are ideal for teaching Shakespeare in the classroom, performing classic Shakespeare scenes and monologs or for use in acting workshops." isComment="true"/><outline text="Notes On How To Teach Shakespeare In School " type="link" url="http://www.teachersfirst.com/shakespr.shtml"/><outline text="A general lesson on allusion in Shakespeare's plays." isComment="true"/><outline text="Teachers need Shakespeare Lessons!" type="link" url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/870101.stm"/><outline text="Pupils are being put off Shakespeare because the government is failing to invest in training teachers to teach it properly, it has been claimed. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Mrs. Donn's FREE Literature " type="link" url="http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/3Literature.html"/><outline text="Lesson Plans For Teaching Shakespeare" isComment="true"/><outline text="Mr. William Shakespeare" type="link" url="http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/"/><outline text="To help and stimulate others in Shakespeare studies, and especially those who might contribute their work to the Internet." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Shakespeare Authorship Page" type="link" url="http://shakespeareauthorship.com/"/><outline text="Dedicated to the Proposition that Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare" isComment="true"/><outline text="Shakespeare Magazine" type="link" url="http://www.shakespearemag.com/"/><outline text="A Magazine For Teachers and Enthusiasts" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" type="link" url="http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html"/><outline text="This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. " isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Dr. Heimlich’s Guide to Using Food Onstage, Part I:" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/104668?itemLink=open"><outline text="Beverages on Stage" isComment="true"/><outline text="Sir Nose the Burger Rat" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=SIRNOSETHE&amp;id=0"/><outline text="They drink beverages on stage." isComment="true"/><outline text="Apple Tree Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.appletreetheatre.com/paw/paw.html"/><outline text="Peforming Arts Workshop" isComment="true"/><outline text="Summer Theater Academy" type="link" url="http://www.goepac.com/summer.html"/><outline text="Eichelberger Performing Arts Center" isComment="true"/><outline text="Create Your Own Stage Effects" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=CREATEEFFE"/><outline text="A Text that shows that skillfully executed special effects will give every stage production you do an extra excitement, as illusions are created and vivid staging, makeup, costumes, lighting and sound enhance the dramatic values of the play. " isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 3" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/92837?itemLink=open"><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church, or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 1" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/92834"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church, or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 2" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/92836"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church, or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Search Engine" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/search.asp"/><outline text="Find the best play for you!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 2" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/92836?itemLink=open"><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 1" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/92834"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 3" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/92837"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Search Engine" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/search.asp"/><outline text="Find the best play for you!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 1" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/92834?itemLink=open"><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 2" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/92836"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="PUTTING ON A PLAY--Part 3" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/blog/92837"/><outline text="Putting on a play at your school, church or community theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Search Engine" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/search.asp"/><outline text="Find the best play for you!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Look to the Educational Theatre Association for information on high school theater" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/59037?itemLink=open"><outline text="ETA, publisher of Dramatics Magazine, has a treasure of drama resources" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service Home Page" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/default.asp"/><outline text="Over 700 Plays, Musicals and Theatrical Texts For Schools, Community Theatres and Churches" isComment="true"/><outline text="Educational Theatre Association" type="link" url="http://www.edta.org/"/><outline text="Well known for its Thespian Festival and Dramatics Magazine" isComment="true"/><outline text="Dramatics Magazine" type="link" url="http://www.edta.org/publications/dramatics.asp"/><outline text="Dramatics Magazine is the voice of the Educational Theatre Association" isComment="true"/><outline text="American Alliance for Theatre Education" type="link" url="http://www.aate.com/"/><outline text="The American Alliance for Theatre &amp; 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The games progress from Orientation and Trust to more advanced games that develop senses, coordination and spontaneity. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Creative Drama and Resource Site" type="link" url="http://www.creativedrama.com/theatre.htm"/><outline text="Games are incredibly useful in a theatre classroom; and not just acting or warm-up games ? all kinds of games can be played to increase performance or creative skills. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisational Theater Games" type="link" url="http://www.fuzzyco.com/improv/games.html"/><outline text="There are several lists of short-form improv games on the web." isComment="true"/><outline text="112 Acting Games" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=112ACTINGG&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This book aims to give theatre teachers the tools they need to not only play a game or teach an exercise, but also to teach an understanding of the reasons and benefits of each exercise." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Why should you choose stageplays for young audiences, children, families and schools from Pioneer Drama?" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/24544?itemLink=open"><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service's plays and musicals are the highest in quality for teachers, directors, and producers!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Full Length Playscripts" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-full.asp"/><outline text="Used as a junior high school play, community theatre play, middle school play or high school play, we have the best selecton!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Full Length Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-full.asp"/><outline text="These quality shows are the finest for school musicals and community theatre musicals!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Children's Theatre Plays" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/headings/plays_young.html"/><outline text="Great children's playscripts for young performers and young audiences!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Children's Theatre Musicals" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-child.asp"/><outline text="Great musical plays for kids, families, touring!" isComment="true"/><outline text="One Act Plays " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-one.asp"/><outline text="Come on in and choose a comedy play, drama play or a social awareness play! Over fifty playscripts to choose from that are perfect for a school one-act play, church one-act play or community theatre one-act play!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Melodramas" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-melodrama.asp"/><outline text="These include community theatre melodrama and school melodrama and professional theatre melodrama!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Christmas Plays" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-christmas.asp"/><outline text="These holiday plays are ideal for a church theatre group, school drama club, or community theatre holiday play or holiday musical!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Theatre text books and theatre aids!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-aids.asp"/><outline text="Classroom theatre classes, play directors and drama students will find everything they need here!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="New Comedy Playscripts, Drama Playscripts and Musical Playscripts for Spring 2007" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/24213?itemLink=open"><outline text="Watch for these quality playscripts for community theatre, high school and middle school drama" isComment="true"/><outline text="A Pirate's Life For Me" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=PIRATESLIF&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Get your peg leg tappin? to this eclectic score of rollicking sea shanties and contemporary styles?a surefire audience-pleaser!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Romeo and Harriet" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ROMEOANDHA&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This hilarious musical spoof turns Shakespeare upside down and shakes things up with a stage full of zany modern-day characters." isComment="true"/><outline text="Anchors Aweigh" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ANCHORSAWE&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Your audience will be awash with tides of laughter as they get swept away with mistaken identities, lively chase scenes and a storm that almost sets the entire cruise aground!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Imperfect Proposal" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPERFECT&amp;id=0"/><outline text="A young man in love, has invited his girlfriend to a romantic picnic to pop the question. But as soon as she arrives, his hopes of happily ever after are dashed when everything seems to go wrong!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Doc, Doc... GOOSE!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DOCDOCGOOS&amp;id=0"/><outline text="Just think about those old-fashioned nursery rhymes and it?s easy to see why Mother Goose went to medical school and opened up a clinic in Nurseryland." isComment="true"/><outline text="Dress Rehearsal for Murder" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DRESSREHEA&amp;id=0"/><outline text="When Riviera?s fiancé, Bernard the Mime, turns up dead and his body then disappears, the list of suspects is long?seems like there isn?t a man in the place who?s not vying for Riviera?s affection." isComment="true"/><outline text="LOOKING FOR MORE?" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/search.asp"/><outline text="Our SEARCH ENGINE will help you find the perfect play for your group!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Childrens Theatre Plays and Childrens Musical stage plays" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/22258?itemLink=open"><outline text="Here are some of our very best childrens playscripts for all theatre groups!" isComment="true"/><outline text="ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ALICESADVE"/><outline text="A classic tale for all ages!wcomfairy tale " isComment="true"/><outline text="WONDERLAND!" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=WONDERLAND"/><outline text="Our top-selling children's musical" isComment="true"/><outline text="JACK AND THE MAGIC BEANS" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=JACKMAGICB"/><outline text="Climb with Jack up the beanstalk!" isComment="true"/><outline text="HYRONOMOUS A. FROG" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=HYRONOMOUS"/><outline text="A special show by Edith Weiss" isComment="true"/><outline text="CINDERELLA'S GLASS SLIPPER " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=CINDERGLAS"/><outline text="Come and listen to incredible music by the esteemed composer Bill Francoeur" isComment="true"/><outline text="ENCHANTMENT OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ENCHANTMEN"/><outline text="One of the publisher's favorites! A beautiful story with beautiful music!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Christmas Musicals and Christmas Plays based on THE CHRISTMAS CAROL" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/14261?itemLink=open"><outline text="The perfect Christmas Carol plays and Christmas Musicals based on the classic" isComment="true"/><outline text="Bah, Humbug" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=BAHHUMBUG"/><outline text="Bill Francoeur and R.J. Ryland team up to bring you our most popular Christmas musical" isComment="true"/><outline text="The Christmas Carol" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=XMASCAROL"/><outline text="Another popular version" isComment="true"/><outline text="Cowhand's Christmas Carol" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=COWHANDSCH"/><outline text="Melodramas can have the Christmas Spirit" isComment="true"/><outline text="Mr. Scrooge's Christmas" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=MRSCROOGES"/><outline text="A non-musical version of Christmas Carol" isComment="true"/><outline text="Modern Christmas Carol" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=MODERNCHRI"/><outline text="Title says it all" isComment="true"/><outline text="Tiny Tim's Christmas" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=TINYTIMSCH"/><outline text="A Sequel to Charles Dickens' &quot;A Christmas Carol&quot;" isComment="true"/><outline text="Christmas Carol: A Christian look at the show " type="link" url="http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2002/dec20.html"/><outline text="From Christianity Today.com" isComment="true"/><outline text="Dickens and Christmas" type="link" url="http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/christmas.html"/><outline text="A look at all of Dickens' Christmas work" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Looking For Theatre Textbooks?" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/13554?itemLink=open"><outline text="Just released... a dynamic variety of texts and aids for your stage." isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting For Life" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGFORL&amp;id=2"/><outline text="This comprehensive textbook is aimed at high school and college level drama students with its exploration of human characters and relationships." isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting for Young Actors" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGFORY&amp;id=3"/><outline text="f you want to learn about both the craft and the business of acting, this is the book for you!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Dramatizing Aesop's Fables" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=DRAMAPOETR&amp;id=9"/><outline text="This well-written book on dramatizing literature through the narrative-mime approach is directed at teachers of children grades preschool through six." isComment="true"/><outline text="Great Scenes &amp; Monologues for Children 7-14" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=GREATCHILD&amp;id=13"/><outline text="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." isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisation for the Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVTHEA&amp;id=4"/><outline text="This well-done educational video is a great starting point for introducing your middle or high school students to the art of improvisation." isComment="true"/><outline text="Wild and Wacky" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=WILDANDWAC&amp;id=1"/><outline text="These 60 monologues focus on the magical moments of delights and discovery that make being a kid one of the best things anyone ever does in life." isComment="true"/><outline text="All Texts and Aids From Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/text-aids.asp"/><outline text="We constantly receive a standing ovation for our collection of theater textbooks!" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Childrens Theatre -- Plays, Scripts and Shows for Young People" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/13347?itemLink=open"><outline text="Children's Theatre Plays and Children's Theatre Musicals" isComment="true"/><outline text="Childrens Plays From Pioneer Drama Service" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/plays-child.asp"/><outline text="Children's Plays which will delight audiences both young and old" isComment="true"/><outline text="Seattle Childrens Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.sct.org/"/><outline text="One of the most respected in the United States" isComment="true"/><outline text="Childrens Theatre Company" type="link" url="http://www.childrenstheatre.org/"/><outline text="North America's flagship theatre for young people and families " isComment="true"/><outline text="Missoula Childrens Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.mctinc.org/"/><outline text="Has provided entertainment and enrichment for close to 30 years" isComment="true"/><outline text="New York Children's Theatres " type="link" url="http://faculty-web.at.nwu.edu/theater/tya/ct/ny.html"/><outline text="A list and many links to the Big Apple's Children's Theatres." isComment="true"/><outline text="Musicals for Childrens Theater " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/musical-child.asp"/><outline text="When you pair the wonder and magic of Children's Theatre with the fun and excitement of a Broadway Musical you have the hybrid known as Children's Musicals" isComment="true"/><outline text="Pioneer Drama Service &quot;Play Search&quot;" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/search.asp"/><outline text="An excellent SEARCH ENGINE to help you find the perfect play to perform with or for children!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Children's Theater" type="link" url="http://www.childdrama.com/def.html"/><outline text="Children's theater is theater of any type performed by children or specifically for children by professionals or amateurs. Also called youth theater." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Readers Theatre plays for middle school classrooms, high school classrooms and churches." type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/13340?itemLink=open"><outline text="Reader's Theater Playscripts in classroom education and for the stage: The Theatrical Impulse!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Readers Theatre Anthology" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=READERSTHE&amp;id=71"/><outline text="A collection of 28 Readings" isComment="true"/><outline text="Introduction to Readers Theater" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=INTRODUCTI&amp;id=46"/><outline text="A guide to classroom performance" isComment="true"/><outline text="Readers Theatre Scripts and Plays" type="link" url="http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm"/><outline text="Plays and scripts to print and read" isComment="true"/><outline text="Gander Academy Readers Theatre" type="link" url="http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm"/><outline text="Excellent guide for the teacher looking into Readers Theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Aaron Shepard's Readers Theater Page" type="link" url="http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/"/><outline text="Scripts and tips for Readers Theatre" isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Improvisation for high schools, middle schools and community theatres" type="link" url="http://playsandmusicalsnewsletter.pioneerdrama.com/public/item/12719?itemLink=open"><outline text="A few words about improvisation. Drama Books and websites to look at!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Group Improvisation" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=GROUPIMPRO"/><outline text="This book of games on team-building contains over 40 improv games for developing group chemistry. It helps heighten awareness, break the ice and increase concentration. " isComment="true"/><outline text="Improve With Improv! " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVEWIT"/><outline text="This book is a complete improvisational curriculum program divided into workshops. Each workshop contains exercises designed to help students focus on one aspect of a character's personality." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Improv Encyclopedia" type="link" url="http://www.humanpingpongball.com/"/><outline text="Tons of stuff relating to Improvisational Theatre" isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvland" type="link" url="http://www.improvland.com/"/><outline text="The latest in Improv News spiced up with articles written by experts" isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisation Starters" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVISAT"/><outline text="The 900 improvisation ideas in this book provide material that will last for years. It includes character conflicts, solo improvisations, lines of dialogue and reactions to environment." isComment="true"/><outline text="Yes and..." type="link" url="http://www.yesand.com/"/><outline text="The Improviational information source that cannot be denied!" isComment="true"/><outline text="Acting Games" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=ACTINGGAME&amp;id=0"/><outline text="This book of acting games and improvisations will assist students in developing their creative abilities. For everyone, all of the essential elements of acting and character development are explored." isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisations in Creative Drama" type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/catalog/improvcreativedrama_t.html"/><outline text="An excellent text which provides 23 workshops in creative drama." isComment="true"/><outline text="Improvisations in Creative Drama " type="link" url="http://www.pioneerdrama.com/searchdetail.asp?pc=IMPROVCREA"/><outline text="Students will learn both improvisational and structured drama by using sequential workshops and plays. This is a valuable resource for any beginning acting class or as a supplemental resource." isComment="true"/></outline></outline></body></opml>