SYNOPSIS: The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Makarova, including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher, scholar, or student of the dance can afford to miss. “A serious, indeed indispensable, textbook.” –Clive Barnes

SYNOPSIS: Thirteen plays by the Oscar-winning author of Moonstruck. Includes: “The Big Funk,” “Savage in Limbo,” “Danny & The Deep Blue Sea,” “Welcome to the Moon,” “The Red Coat,” “Down & Out,” “Let Us Go Out Into the Starry Night,” “Out West,” “A Lonely Impulse of Delight,” “Women of Manhattan,” “The Dreamer Examines His Pillow,”... Read More

SYNOPSIS: The games and exercises in this book are designed to be used as warm-ups at the beginning of a theatre class. They have been used successfully with middle school students and they can easily be adapted for use with younger children, older teens and adults in various settings. The games are divided into 13 sections: Easy... Read More

SYNOPSIS: With almost 300 performance-tested acting games, this is the largest collection published to date compiled from numerous workshops and study sessions. The book includes a wide variety of proven activities for learning, acting and theatre-industry skills. The book is divided into 33 sections including: Audition, Concentration... Read More

SYNOPSIS: A workbook of comedy characterizations for students. These are professional-level comedy monologues three to five minutes long easily performed by high school actors. Most all of the characterizations can be effectively performed by either sex. The emphasis is on comedy and social satire. Nothing is sacred, yet all... Read More

SYNOPSIS: This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive guide to accents available, now increased by a third in this revised printing. As before, the accents range from regional U.S. and British dialects to... Read More

SYNOPSIS: Actors who want to get inside the script and make it come alive now have a step-by-step guide from a Broadway director and renowned acting teacher. Honed by the author's 35 years of teaching, this advanced book offers different warm-up exercises concentrating on the actorís sense of smell, sound, sight, and touch; sensory tools... Read More

SYNOPSIS: Of all the arts, drama - with its exploration of human characters and relationships - is closest to everyday life. This theatre textbook emphasizes this connection, presenting the fundamentals of drama and acting techniques in the context of ordinary experiences and interaction. The material is arranged sequentially especially... Read More

SYNOPSIS: A four-section book of acting games and improvisations to assist students in developing their creative abilities. Section one includes games for relaxing and focusing. Section two helps students discover new ways of seeing themselves, others and the world around them. The third section demonstrates the usage of space to... Read More

SYNOPSIS: A student actor or professional performer will use this drama book again and again for exercises designed to enhance acting skills. It is a “doing” book which challenges the actor with every exercise. Twenty-one chapters: 1. Creative State, 2. Imagination, 3. Observation, 4. Balance and Neutrality, 5. Concentration and... Read More