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  • Boy Swallows Universe Playscript

    The bestselling novel, which has taken Australia and the world by storm, now comes alive onstage.Brisbane, 1985: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli Bell's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart and learn what it takes to be a good man, but life keeps throwing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Los tres usos del cuchillo

    by David Mamet ...
    Translated by Maria Faidella ...
    ¿Qué hace que una obra dramática sea buena? ¿Cómo se relaciona una obra dramática con la vida cotidiana? Para David Mamet, uno de los ideólogos contemporáneos más carismáticos y comprometidos con la creación artística, el teatro con mayúsculas satisface la necesidad humana de ordenar el mundo. Una buena obra dramática lleva al protagonista a invocar frente al público, en el escenario y a través ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Jack in the Box

    or, How to Goddamn Direct

    by Jack O'Brien ...
    The Tony Award–winning director gathers memories of people, productions, and problems surmounted from his fifty-year career in this one-of-a-kind how-to handbook.What do directors do? Jack O’Brien, the winner of Tony and Drama Desk Awards and the former artistic director of San Diego’s historic Old Globe theatre, describes it like this: “You stand before a situation in which something is presented ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • (L'Etranger) The Outsider

    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    Camus' sparse parable about the human condition is one of the great stories of the 20th Century, here adapted for the stage by Booker prize winner Ben Okri.A faceless man who can no longer pretend, Mersault commits a senseless murder under the glare of the Algerian sun. On trial he feels distanced from proceedings, he is castigated for not expressing remorse, for not crying at his mother's funeral ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Modern Theatres 1950–2020

    Edited by David Staples ...
    Modern Theatres 1950–2020 is an investigation of theatres, concert halls and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America.The book explores in detail 30 of the most significant theatres, concert halls, opera houses and dance spaces that opened between 1950 and 2010. Each theatre is reviewed and assessed by experts in theatre buildings, such as architects, acousticians, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Performance Theory

    Series series Routledge Classics
    Few have had quite as much impact in both the academy and in the world of theatre production as Richard Schechner. For more than four decades his work has challenged conventional definitions of theatre, ritual and performance. When this seminal collection first appeared, Schechner's approach was not only novel, it was revolutionary: drama is not just something that occurs on stage, but something ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Dramaturgy in the Making

    A User's Guide for Theatre Practitioners

    Series series Performance Books
    Dramaturgy in the Making maps contemporary dramaturgical practices in various settings of theatre-making and dance to reveal the different ways that dramaturgs work today. It provides a thorough survey of three major areas of practice - institutional dramaturgy, production dramaturgy and dance dramaturgy - with each illustrated through a range of case studies that illuminate methodology and which ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Great Producers

    Visionaries of American Theater

    by Iris Dorbian ...
    Up close and personal with Broadway’s brightest lights of the past, present, and future.* Firsthand accounts, rare interviews, backstage anecdotes* Insider ideas from Disney, Jujamcyn, Mackintosh, Weissler, Papp, Merrick, Ziegfeld, more!Broadway’s most esteemed visionaries tell all-how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Punchdrunk Encyclopaedia

    The Punchdrunk Encyclopaediais the definitive book on the company’s work to date, marking eighteen years of Punchdrunk’s existence. It provides the first full-scale, historical account of one of the world’s foremost immersive theatre companies, drawn from unrivalled access to the collective memory and archives of their core creative team.The playful encyclopaedic format, much like a Punchdrunk ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Careers in Technical Theater

    by Mike Lawler ...
    Want to make it big on Broadway-as a techie? Or how about working in smaller regional theater? Careers in Technical Theater explains more than twenty different careers from the perspective of successful theater artists. Included are specialties that have been around for decades, as well as those still emerging in the field. Concise information is provided on job duties, estimated earnings, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A lezione di regia teatrale - Quaderno n. 1

    by Nadia Palazzo ...
    Il panorama della regia nell’ambito dello spettacolo dal vivo del terzo millennio è quanto mai articolato per numero di proposte, soluzioni espressive, modalità di produzione. È molto difficile, dunque, classificare i fenomeni spettacolari entro i limiti del teatro di regia tradizionale.Ecco, allora, l’idea di proporre una serie di esercizi di lettura di spettacoli che, in modo diverso, hanno ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • La obra de teatro

    Manual técnico de artes escénicas

    El estudio de las artes escénicas engloba todo lo que interviene en el espectáculo, desde el trabajo del texto hasta el estreno, pasando por la dramaturgia y dirección, la producción, el diseño y la interpretación. Este libro intenta analizar el proceso de producción de una obra de teatro identificando y describiendo los equipos que intervienen en una puesta en escena. También enumera los ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Theory for Theatre Studies: Space

    Series series Theory for Theatre Studies
    Space: it's everywhere, all around, a given. It's abstract and yet not abstract at all, because it governs all human relations, shapes the way we understand our place on the planet, and orients us toward others (for better and for worse). How do theatre scholars understand space and place in performance? What tools do they use to theorize the political work space does on – and beyond – the stage? ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Stage Lighting

    Design Applications and More

    Stage Lighting: Design Applications and More builds upon the information introduced in Stage Lighting: The Fundamentals to provide an in-depth reference to a number of specialty areas of lighting design, from traditional applications such as drama, dance, and designing for different venues, to more advanced applications such as concert, corporate, film and video, virtual, architectural/landscape, ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • One-Hour Shakespeare

    The Tragedies

    Series series One-Hour Shakespeare
    The One-Hour Shakespeare series is a collection of abridged versions of Shakespeare’s plays, designed specifically to accommodate both small and large casts.This volume, The Tragedies, includes the following plays:HamletJulius CaesarMacbethOthelloRomeo and Juliet... ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Much Ado

    A Summer with a Repertory Theater Company

    “Engaging and insightful.” —BooklistMuch Ado, written by award-winning journalist Michael Lenehan, gives readers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the lauded American Players Theatre’s 2014 production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout has called the APT-based in the unassuming town of Spring Green, Wisconsin-"the best classical ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Rob Drummond Plays with Participation

    Bullet Catch; Wallace; The Majority; Top Table; Eulogy; Rolls in Their Pockets

    by Rob Drummond ...
    Written (and occasionally performed) by Rob Drummond in collaboration with director David Overend, these scripts are a record of a long-term artistic partnership. From the award-winning magic of Bullet Catch (the Arches, 2012), to the audience votes of The Majority (National Theatre of Great Britain, 2017), these six plays open up a space for improvisation and participation, and a range of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Ten Rules to Build a Successful After School Theater Program

    Has your district cut funding for your school drama program? Do you want to step in and provide your kids with a valuable theater experience? Here are ten rules you can follow that we discovered when building a middle school theater program from the ground up. We did it and you can too! ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Rehearse a Play

    A Practical Guide for Directors

    by Damon Kiely ...
    Based on interviews with over forty award-winning artists, How to Rehearse a Play offers multiple solutions to the challenges that directors face from first rehearsal to opening night.The book provides a wealth of information on how to run a rehearsal room, suggesting different paths and encouraging directors to shape their own process. It is divided into four sections:lessons from the past: a ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Building the Successful Theater Company

    by Lisa Mulcahy ...
    The second edition of Building the Successful Theater Company takes readers even deeper into the world of theatrical production, examining in great depth the financial realities of establishing--and maintaining--a successful organization. This indispensable reference is updated to include more theater company profiles with expert advice to better reveal the pitfalls, passions, and practicalities ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Theatre and War

    Notes from the Field

    Nandita Dinesh places Kipling’s "six honest serving-men" (who, what, when, where, why, how) in productive conversation with her own experiences in conflict zones across the world to offer a theoretical and practical reflection on making theatre in times of war. This timely and important book weaves together Dinesh’s personal narrative with the public story of modern conflict, illustrating as it ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Touring Theatrical Productions

    An International Guide

    by Dinesh Yadav ...
    Touring Theatrical Productions: An International Guide is a practical and comprehensive overview of planning, staging and closing international touring productions.This book offers a step-by-step chronological journal of preparing a company for international touring, from applying for international visas to returning home after a tour. It includes discussions of invitations, contracts, scheduling, ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Das Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrum in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    Begegnungsforum. Austauschplattform. Diskursort

    Series Book 16 - Kinder-, Schul- und Jugendtheater - Beitraege zu Theorie und Praxis
    Das Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrum in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland fördert die Vielfalt der Darstellenden Künste, die sich an ein junges Publikum wenden. Zum 25-jährigen Bestehen beschreiben Experten aus Theorie und Praxis Modellprojekte zur Autorenförderung, zum nationalen und internationalen Austausch sowie zur Kulturellen Bildung, erörtern Entwicklungen in der Theaterlandschaft und ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Directing Shakespeare in America

    Current Practices

    by Charles Ney ...
    In this first substantive study of directing Shakespeare in the USA, Charles Ney compares and contrasts directors working at major companies across the country. Because of the complexities of directing Shakespeare for audiences today, a director's methods, values and biases are more readily perceptible in their work on Shakespeare than in more contemporary work. Directors disclose their ... Read more

    $29.99 USD