playS and MuSicalS - Contemporary Drama Service
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Teens Have<br />
Feelings, Too!<br />
by DEBORAH KARCZEWSKI<br />
100 monologs for<br />
young performers<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(136 pages)<br />
Order #R-B238<br />
A collection of original monologs for young people<br />
from eleven to fifteen years of age. The book offers<br />
characters that talk like, think like <strong>and</strong> feel like real-life<br />
teens. Each monolog runs from one to three minutes in<br />
length. The individual monologs are perfect for acting<br />
exercises or audition pieces. Mixed <strong>and</strong> matched, they<br />
may be combined to make a show filled with moments<br />
both humorous <strong>and</strong> profound. Any young person will<br />
relate to the topics of these monologs. The monologs<br />
are divided into four sections: Girls Humorous,<br />
Boys Humorous, Girls Serious <strong>and</strong> Boys<br />
Serious. Sample titles include: Braces, Ditz,<br />
Gross Habits, Romeo, Two-Faced, Report Card<br />
<strong>and</strong> Con Artist.<br />
Improvisations in<br />
Creative <strong>Drama</strong><br />
by BETTY KELLER<br />
<strong>Drama</strong>tic sketches<br />
for student actors<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(192 pages)<br />
Order #R-B138<br />
Your students will learn both improvisational <strong>and</strong><br />
structured drama by using the sequential workshops <strong>and</strong><br />
plays included in the lesson plans of this book. A two-part<br />
book with fourteen dramatic sketches that can be done in<br />
the classroom. The creative drama workshops include:<br />
“No Audience” Activities, Sound Patterns: Rhythm<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Drama</strong>, Group Poetry Production, Group<br />
Activities <strong>and</strong> Improvisations with Large Groups.<br />
The sketches allow the students to apply the basics they<br />
have learned. A class of 25 to 30 students can all<br />
participate simultaneously. A basic text for any class or<br />
may be used as a supplemental acting resource.<br />
Get in the Act!<br />
by SHIRLEY ULLOM<br />
Monologs, dialogs<br />
<strong>and</strong> skits for teens<br />
Paperback: $15.95<br />
(184 pages)<br />
Order #R-B104<br />
Laughter is the most effective technique for teenage<br />
survival. These monologs, dialogs <strong>and</strong> short skits allow<br />
teenage performers a chance to laugh at the system,<br />
their teachers, their parents <strong>and</strong> most importantly,<br />
themselves! These are scripts for laughter <strong>and</strong> pathos.<br />
They create an awareness of the perils of drinking <strong>and</strong><br />
driving, teenage parties, smoking, alcoholic parents<br />
<strong>and</strong> much more. Sixty superb, short scripts! For<br />
speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety<br />
shows <strong>and</strong> classroom use. Sample titles include:<br />
What’s Wrong with Teenage Girls?, Designated<br />
Driver <strong>and</strong> Parting Is “Just” Sorrow.<br />
The Best in Theatre Books<br />
Comedy<br />
Improvisation<br />
by DELTON T. HORN<br />
A program of improv<br />
structures <strong>and</strong> exercises<br />
for young actors<br />
Paperback: $14.95<br />
(144 pages)<br />
Order #R-B175<br />
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Students will learn the basics of improvisation — characters,<br />
setting, conflict <strong>and</strong> action. Over thirty-five tried <strong>and</strong> true<br />
improv structures are included in this book. Also includes<br />
advanced acting exercises such as voiceless acting, faceless<br />
acting <strong>and</strong> creating scripts through improvisation. The basic<br />
structures can be performed in the classroom or on stage. A<br />
basic text for acting students <strong>and</strong> professionals. The nine<br />
chapters include: Basics of Improvisation <strong>and</strong> Comedy,<br />
Improvisation in the Classroom, Simple Improv<br />
Structures, Character Improv Structures, Advanced<br />
Improv Structures, Advanced Acting Exercises,<br />
Forming a Comedy/Improv Show, Putting on an<br />
Improv Show <strong>and</strong> Protecting Yourself <strong>and</strong> Your Work.<br />
Acting Games for<br />
Individual Performers<br />
by GAVIN LEVY<br />
A comprehensive workbook<br />
of 110 acting exercises<br />
Paperback (248 pages): $17.95<br />
Order #R-B297<br />
A student actor or professional performer will use this<br />
book again <strong>and</strong> again for self-discovery exercises<br />
designed to enhance acting skills. It is a “doing” book<br />
which challenges the actor with every exercise. The<br />
book is divided into twenty-one sections: 1. Creative<br />
State, 2. Imagination, 3. Observation, 4. Balance<br />
<strong>and</strong> Neutrality, 5. Concentration <strong>and</strong> Focus,<br />
6. Nonverbal Communication, 7. Voice, 8. Sensory<br />
Awareness, 9. Body Awareness, 10. Physical<br />
Attention, 11. Unlimited Possibilities, 12. Act <strong>and</strong><br />
React, 13. Underst<strong>and</strong>ing Your Objective,<br />
14. Think Outside the Box, 15. Characterization,<br />
16. Improvisation, 17. Prop Exploration,<br />
18. Retention <strong>and</strong> Underst<strong>and</strong>ing, 19. Research,<br />
20. Auditions <strong>and</strong> Casting, 21. Performance.<br />
50 Great Monologs<br />
for Student Actors<br />
by BILL MAJESKI<br />
A workbook of comedy<br />
characterizations<br />
for students<br />
Paperback: $14.95<br />
(144 pages)<br />
Order #R-B197<br />
These are professional-level comedy monologs, but<br />
they can be easily performed by talented high school<br />
actors. Most of the characterizations can be effectively<br />
performed by either sex. The emphasis is on comedy<br />
<strong>and</strong> social satire. Nothing is sacred, yet all monologs<br />
are within the boundaries of good taste. In most<br />
instances, the monologist is making fun of his/her own<br />
dilemmas of everyday living. Sample monologs<br />
include: History of New York City, The Fanatical<br />
Spectator, Mr. Know-It-All <strong>and</strong> Miss Weirdo.<br />
Good contest material. Excellent for classroom use.<br />
Each monolog is three to five minutes long.