Continues a discussion of script analysis for actors. Focuses on specific scenes and how an eventual scene-by-scene analysis will help students determine a "throughline" of a play's action. Uses a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" to illustrate scene analysis. Gives 13 script questions for students to answer. Presents six tips for…

Conducts an informal inquiry into the early influences on the careers of various theatre professionals. Suggests the role of those in secondary school theatre education is to honor all students' dreams and passions. (NH)

Describes an effective scene study class including the sequential tasks of: analyzing the script independently; collaborating with a scene partner and finding common ground; developing the throughline of action; and working the moments, the beats, and the overall scene until each moment flows into the next. Considers ways to set up classroom…

Suggests that stories are a survival mechanism--they are the way people make sense of their lives. Notes the author has made it her personal mission to encourage people to tell their own stories, the stories that will die with people if they do not pass them on. Includes excerpts from the author's readers theater scripts to illustrate the…

Suggests that improvisation is an excellent catalyst for getting a scene jump-started or back on track. Presents two specific examples of how the author used improv in his own scene study classes. Notes the fundamental task teachers must master prior to improv work is how to isolate the essential dynamics of the scene. (RS)

A description of the ERIC system for secondary level theatre arts educators. (CH)

Based on experience gained from helping secondary students produce numerous puppet shows for children, this paper provides a step-by-step guide to the production of puppet plays by secondary students. Following sections that tell about puppeteering and about different kinds of puppets, separate sections of the paper offer suggestions in the…

Created to assist teachers and administrators in updating drama programs and to provide a foundation for establishing new educational theatre programs, this guide provides practical procedures for developing language and communication abilities, social awareness, and problem solving skills through the theatre arts. The introductory sections of the…

This course is designed to introduce the high school student to straight and stylized make-up techniques for thrust, proscenium, and arena staging. The student is expected to attain a number of performance objectives. He must be able to (1) trace the use of theatrical make-up from primitive times to the present, (2) identify make-up materials, (3)…

Presents an annotated bibliography of eight items, entered into the ERIC system in 1977, of potential interest to the secondary school teacher/director in the area of theater arts, including rehearsal interaction, stage movement, costume design, theatrical style, Black theatre, and the use of creative drama. (JMF)

Offers some techniques useful for helping students overcome tension-producing expectations about acting. (MH)

Proposes three theatrical games by which elements of literary experience may be made dramatic. (DD)

Reviews six recent reports on high school reform. Concludes that theatre educators must consider change and create a stronger, more vital theatre curriculum to meet the needs of all adolescents. (PD)

Describes the design elements and functions of a new creative and performing arts building in a private preparatory school in Michigan. (MD)