A Model Drama/Theatre Curriculum: Philosophy, Goals, and Objectives

Product Code: MK6000

This book is designed to provide guidance for developing curricular and co-curricular drama and theatre programs based upon the individual needs of learners.

Stories to Dramatize

Product Code: SW5000

A collection of one hundred well-loved stories for young people, designed for use by teachers, recreation leaders, children's theatre directors and others in the teaching of creative drama through improvisation.

The Wolf and Its Shadows

Product Code: WD8000

Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

In the forest at night, Wolf and Dog encounter stories from around the world contrasting wolf images in legend and nature. By dawn, she and Dog understand the high price of freedom. With respect for one another, they choose their separate ways.

Nerds

Product Code: N62000

Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

Sixteen-year-old Gillian is a nerd, a misfit, totally uncool who sees herself as fat, ugly and a social cripple. Throughout this play, Gillian takes us on a funny, excruciating journey through the world of adolescent anguish and awkwardness. She finds it hard to cope with her bright gung-ho sister, her gossipy girlfriends, her addiction to chocolate, and her desperate quest to be beautiful and popular. So when she develops a crush on the school heartthrob and finds herself on a blind date with a mega-nerd, Gillian feels pushed to the edge. But in a surprise ending, Gillian triumphs with an exhilarating moment of self-awareness and confidence.

Adjudicating Theatre Performance: Responding to Competitions and Festivals

Product Code: AD1000

Veteran educator Dean Slusser brings his insight and experience to the purpose and philosophy of theatre adjudication, addressing the difference between competitions and festivals, the adjudicator's role in each and the evolution of "professional" adjudication. In this handbook for adjudicators at every level of experience, he offers a comprehensive discussion of approaches used in a variety of professional organizations such as the American Association for Community Theatre, the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, the Texas Educational Theatre Association and others.