playS and MuSicalS - Contemporary Drama Service
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Grammar Wars<br />
by TOM READY<br />
179 games <strong>and</strong> improvs<br />
for learning language arts<br />
Paperback: $17.95<br />
(184 pages)<br />
Order #R-B241<br />
Improv is a fun way to learn language arts as well as<br />
acting <strong>and</strong> theatrical skills. The author, a leading<br />
California language arts <strong>and</strong> theatre educator, years<br />
ago discovered improv exercises <strong>and</strong> games that blur<br />
the lines between performance <strong>and</strong> language practice.<br />
Since then, he’s used improvisation to teach English,<br />
<strong>and</strong> English to teach rehearsal <strong>and</strong> acting skills. The<br />
exercises <strong>and</strong> games in this book can be used to help<br />
students learn punctuation, grammar <strong>and</strong> parts of<br />
speech as well as performance skills. Categories<br />
include: Phonics, Vocabulary, Parts of Speech,<br />
Punctuation, Sentences, Reading Comprehension,<br />
Storytelling, Writing, Acting <strong>and</strong> more. The games are<br />
divided into three levels of difficulty — easy, moderate <strong>and</strong><br />
difficult — to suit individual students. An excellent<br />
supplemental text for English <strong>and</strong> drama classes.<br />
Outst<strong>and</strong>ing Stage<br />
Monologs <strong>and</strong><br />
Scenes from<br />
the ’90s<br />
edited by STEVEN H. GALE<br />
Professional auditions<br />
for student actors<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(208 pages)<br />
Order #R-B236<br />
A collection of forty-three selections from some of the<br />
most important contemporary plays <strong>and</strong> playwrights of<br />
the 1990s. These selections reflect actors’ <strong>and</strong> student<br />
actors’ desires for new <strong>and</strong> fresh scenes <strong>and</strong> monologs,<br />
pieces that are challenging <strong>and</strong> exciting to perform. The<br />
book reflects current trends where small theatre groups<br />
proliferate, women <strong>and</strong> minorities have a growing<br />
influence, <strong>and</strong> drama has become a truly international art<br />
form. Includes monologs for male <strong>and</strong> female actors, duet<br />
scenes for two male <strong>and</strong> two female actors, <strong>and</strong> scenes<br />
for combinations of male <strong>and</strong> female actors. Thirty-nine<br />
playwrights are represented including Pinter, Stoppard,<br />
Albee, Fratti, Kushner, Horowitz, Wilder, Norman,<br />
Dresser, Gurney, Rivera, Cruz, Friel <strong>and</strong> more. A few<br />
selections contain strong language <strong>and</strong> adult situations<br />
that might be objectionable to some.<br />
The Flip Side<br />
by HEATHER H. HENDERSON<br />
64 point-of-view<br />
monologs for teens<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(152 pages)<br />
Order #R-B221<br />
Short, breezy, provocative — these monologs are<br />
superb for acting exercises, speech <strong>and</strong> drama contests<br />
or for auditions. Each monolog characterization<br />
focuses on a topic of interest to middle school or high<br />
school teens. The book is divided into three sections:<br />
Ladies …, And Gentleman … <strong>and</strong> All Together<br />
Now! Sample titles include: Mirror, Mirror; Couch<br />
Potato; Mrs. Spit <strong>and</strong> I’m a Virgin, So Sue Me.<br />
Within each section the monologs are paired to permit<br />
a presentation of a different opinion of the same topic.<br />
The two-minute length of most of these monologs<br />
makes memorization easy. Suitable for classroom or<br />
performance activities.<br />
Theatre Books<br />
Grammar Wars II<br />
by TOM READY<br />
How to integrate improvisation<br />
<strong>and</strong> language arts<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(208 pages)<br />
Order #R-B252<br />
The original <strong>and</strong> very popular Grammar Wars text has<br />
been workshopped in classrooms throughout the U.S.<br />
Now a new text to answer questions about this unique <strong>and</strong><br />
valuable technique for learning language <strong>and</strong> theatre arts.<br />
In addition to over 115 new games, the author explains<br />
productive <strong>and</strong> defensive behaviors that students<br />
exhibit in the performance of the exercises. By<br />
encouraging productive behavior teachers can help<br />
students learn performance skills as well as punctuation,<br />
grammar <strong>and</strong> parts of speech. An excellent supplement<br />
text. Sample chapters include: Tricking the World,<br />
Performance Learning Isn’t Desk Learning, Is It<br />
Really Competitive?, Activities for Basic Skills, New<br />
Games, Maximizing Student Involvement, Mime,<br />
Sample Lessons, Appendices <strong>and</strong> more.<br />
Special Offer!<br />
Buy both Grammar Wars books for $28.75 –<br />
save 15%! Order#R–B455<br />
The Scenebook<br />
for Actors<br />
edited by NORMAN A. BERT<br />
Great monologs <strong>and</strong><br />
dialogs from contemporary<br />
<strong>and</strong> classical theatre<br />
Paperback: $16.95<br />
(256 pages)<br />
Order #R-B177<br />
Somewhere in this book is the perfect monolog or dialog<br />
for your audition. Selections are by many of the world’s<br />
leading playwrights. Sample scenes included are from<br />
Family Voices — Pinter, The Hat — Mamet,<br />
Doonesbury — Trudeau, Man with Bags — Ionesco<br />
<strong>and</strong> She Stoops to Conquer — Goldsmith. Powerful<br />
moments. Some soft <strong>and</strong> quiet. Others strident <strong>and</strong><br />
comm<strong>and</strong>ing. The choices are many. The book<br />
explains how to find the right audition monolog for<br />
your voice, your face, your style, your stage persona.<br />
Valuable tips on how to develop your audition monolog<br />
for performance <strong>and</strong> how to build a systematic file of<br />
scenes for your personal working repertoire.<br />
The Flip Side II<br />
by HEATHER H. HENDERSON<br />
60 more point-of-view<br />
monologs for teens<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(136 pages)<br />
Order #R-B247<br />
A new collection of tough <strong>and</strong> timely monolog pairs with<br />
opposing views on many topics. These monologs are<br />
superb for acting exercises, auditions <strong>and</strong> speech<br />
contests. Each monolog characterization focuses on a<br />
topic of interest to young people today. The book is<br />
divided into three sections: Who We Are, Who We<br />
Were <strong>and</strong> Who We Pretend to Be. For each topic, the<br />
monologs are paired to allow the presentation of two<br />
differing opinions. The two-minute length of most of<br />
these monologs makes memorization easy. Suitable for<br />
classroom or performance activities. Sample title pairs<br />
include: Health Nut/C<strong>and</strong>y Lover, Country<br />
Boy/City Slicker, Smarty Pants/Alvin B. Dunce,<br />
Benchwarmer/A Piece of the Action, Goldi vs. The<br />
Bears.<br />
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