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  • Whenever You’re Ready

    Nora Polley on Life as a Stratford Festival Stage Manager

    Backstage with one of Canada’s greatest stage managersWhenever You’re Ready is an intimate account of the career of Nora Polley, who — in her 52 years at the Stratford Festival — has learned from, worked with, and cared for some of the greatest directors, actors, stage managers, and productions in Canadian theatrical history. In so doing, Nora became one of the greatest stage managers this country ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy

    Edited by Magda Romanska ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    Dramaturgy, in its many forms, is a fundamental and indispensable element of contemporary theatre. In its earliest definition, the word itself means a comprehensive theory of "play making." Although it initially grew out of theatre, contemporary dramaturgy has made enormous advances in recent years, and it now permeates all kinds of narrative forms and structures: from opera to performance art; ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Jack Be Nimble

    The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director

    by Jack O'Brien ...
    A warm, witty tell-all and history of American regional theater, from one of our best-loved directorsFor Jack O'Brien, there's nothing like a first encounter with a great performer, nothing like the sound of an audience bursting into applause. In short, there's nothing like the theater.Following a fairly normal Midwestern childhood, O'Brien hoped to make his mark by writing lyrics for Broadway but ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Rise Up!

    Broadway and American Society from 'Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton’

    Penned by one of America's best-known daily theatre critics and organized chronologically, this lively and readable book tells the story of Broadway's renaissance from the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, via the disaster that was Spiderman: Turn off the Dark through the unparalleled financial, artistic and political success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton.It is the story of the embrace of risk ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Director Prepares

    Seven Essays on Art and Theatre

    by Anne Bogart ...
    A Director Prepares is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly and with wisdom of the courage required to create 'art with great presence'.Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas Bogart has identified as both potential partner and potential obstacle to art-making. They are Violence; Memory; Terror; Eroticism; Stereotype; ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Script Analysis for Theatre

    Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production

    Script Analysis for Theatre: Tools for Interpretation, Collaboration and Production provides theatre students and emerging theatre artists with the tools, skills and a shared language to analyze play scripts, communicate about them, and collaborate with others on stage productions. Based largely on concepts derived from Stanislavski's system of acting and method acting, the book focuses on action ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Human Voice

    by Jean Cocteau ...
    Translated by Daniel Raggett ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Plays
    'I'm whispering into your ear - and we couldn't be further apart.' A woman, a phone call, a final conversation. In this extraordinary and prophetic monologue a woman fights for the person she loves. Jean Cocteau's iconic play explores our desperate need for human relationships - and the machine that has changed them forever. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • To the Actor

    On the Technique of Acting

    Michael Chekhov's classic work To the Actor has been revised and expanded by Mala Powers to explain, clearly and concisely, the essential techniques for every actor from developing a character to strengthen awareness.Chekhov's simple and practical method – successfully used by professional actors all over the world – trains the actor's imagination and body to fulfill its potential.To the Actor ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • The Crafty Art of Playmaking

    In The Crafty Art of Playmaking, this seminal guide from renowned playwright Alan Ayckbourn shares his tricks of the trade.From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing, this book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher for those with more experience. Written in Ayckbourn's signature style that combines humor, seriousness, and a heady air of sophistication, The Crafty Art ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Letters from Backstage

    The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor

    Ever wonder what it’s like to be a real working actor? Wonder no more! Michael Kostroff is here to reveal, in hilarious detail, just what it’s like to travel with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables. His firsthand account of the exciting, funny, and sometimes bizarre highlights of his journey includes working at a temp job when his agent calls to say, You got the part!”; singing ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand - mise en scène Denis Podalydès - 2006)

    Les Fiches Spectacle d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand, un spectacle mis en scène par Denis Podalydès.Le 28 décembre 1897, Cyrano de Bergerac était créé à Paris, au théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. Auteur déjà, à vingt-neuf ans, de deux pièces oubliées aujourd'hui – Princesse lointaine et La Samaritaine –, Edmond Rostand pensait courir à la catastrophe. À peine la repr...Un ouvrage conçu ... Read more

    $4.49 USD

  • Cabaret Secrets: How to Create Your Own Show, Travel the World and Get Paid to Do What You Love

    by Gary Williams ...
    Star of the West End's 'Rat Pack' and cabaret stalwart, Gary Williams, shares the secrets of his success in Cabaret Secrets – a practical guide with everything you need to create your own show, travel the world and get paid to do what you love.Written for singers who want to create their own cabaret show, or improve the one they already have, Cabaret Secrets covers everything from finding a theme, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Staging Shakespeare

    A Director's Guide to Preparing a Production

    by Brian Kulick ...
    This book begins with a phone call. You answer it and learn that you got the job. Several months from now you're going to stage a Shakespeare play. Now … what do you do? I mean, what do you do after that initial burst of adrenalin has passed through your body and you realize you haven't a clue as to what the play is really about, or what you might want to do with it? How exactly do you preparefor ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Lovely Bones

    Series series Modern Plays
    Susie Salmon is just like any other young American girl. She wants to be beautiful, adores her charm bracelet and has a crush on a boy from school. There's one big difference though – Susie is dead.Add: Now she can only observe while her family manage their grief in their different ways. Susie is desperate to help them and there might be a way of reaching them…Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 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

  • Contemporary Women Stage Directors

    Conversations on Craft

    Series series Theatre Makers
    Contemporary Women Stage Directors opens the door into the minds of 27 prolific female theatre directors, allowing you to explore their experience, wisdom and knowledge.Directors give insight into their diverse approaches to the key challenges of directing theatre, including choosing projects, engaging with scripts, conceptualizing visual and acoustic production elements, collaborating with actors ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Productivity Through Wellness for Live Entertainment and Theatre Technicians

    Increasing Productivity, Avoiding Burnout, and Maximizing the Value of An Hour

    Productivity Through Wellness for Live Entertainment and Theatre Technicians provides the tools for individuals and organizations to achieve a healthy work–life balance and increase productivity in the production process of live entertainment.Through examination of the limits of the human body, the fundamentals of motivation, and best practices of project management, the reader will develop ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Leadership in the Performing Arts

    What does it mean to be a performing arts leader? Leadership in the Performing Arts addresses and analyzes this question by presenting the wisdom and expertise of eleven men and women with experience leading nonprofit performing arts institutions in the United States. These successful leaders provide many real-world examples of business practices that may be generally applied by practitioners in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Business of Theatrical Design, Second Edition

    by James Moody ...
    Written by a leading design consultant and carefully updated with the latest information on the industry, this is the essential guide to earning a living, marketing skills, furthering a design career, and operating a business. With more than thirty years of backstage and behind-the-scenes experience in theater, film, television, concerts, and special events, James Moody shares his success secrets ... Read more

    $13.99 USD