Stresses the importance of teaching acting students how to audition. Describes course content and activities, including a trip to New York City to make audition rounds. (PD)

Describes an integrated approach to teaching broad-based theatre skills, including script analysis, research, design, directing, and acting. (PD)

This report is the result of a six-week study in which the voice training offerings at four schools of drama in London were examined using interviews of teachers and directors, observation of voice classes, and attendance at studio presentations and public performances. The report covers such topics as: textbooks and references being used; courses…

Describes the drama program at Wykeham Rise School, Washington, Connecticut, which provides three hours of class time each day. The instructor describes her use of improvisation in preparing the students and developing the characters in the productions. Comments by two students are included. (JMF)

The theatre curriculum at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland teaches acting techniques used in film and television in order to take students into the world of performance via the media they appreciate first. While a large number of students do not attend the theatre and have learned little about the cultural heritage of the theatre in their…

This guide contains activities developed by experienced secondary school theatre teachers to fit the goals they set up for theatre education. The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate concepts in theatre that may be used for study in the art under varying circumstances. The material is designed to be a basis for action--starting points for…

Intended for use by elementary and secondary school drama teachers, this book stresses students participating in dramatic activities with a sense of purpose and contains practical activities based on student learning objectives. The first half of the book contains a statement of philosophy, a brief discussion of educational accountability and…