Marilyn Reid helps readers run theatre and dance workshops in the nursery, school, community theatre, or anywhere else, and points them in the correct direction to find funding.

This title tells the wonderful history and mythology behind your favourite flowers. 40 of the most well known flowers in our gardens are collected here and their origins, myths and legends are told.

With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for wouldbe playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues. Chronicling three seasons at Chicago's award-winning Congo Square Theatre, this journey behind the curtain reveals the nitty-gritty details--such as managing rent, parking, and safety issues; determining tax status and calculating budgets; and finding flexible day jobs--that are often overlooked amid the zeal of artistic pursuit. Inspired by Congo Square's own unique inception, the valuable how-to also speaks directly to the many underserved audiences who want to create their own companies, including African American, Asian American, Latino, physically challenged, and GLBT communities. With lists of Equity offices, legal advisers, and important organizations, this complete resource is sure to help ambitious theater lovers establish and maintain their own successful companies.

The GCSE Drama Coursebook is firmly based on practical explorations of how to make, perform and respond to drama. The resources used to stimulate drama are exciting and varied, ranging from photo-love stories and poems to fine art and contemporary plays.

"Every theatre director should have this valuable guide on their bookshelf." - John Lee Welton, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus Of Theatre, Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, Tennessee Jump-start your drama troupe, class, or next theatrical production with this fun, hands-on, interactive workshop to train your actors. The workshop covers the essential acting lessons that every actor needs to be at ease on stage. Easy to lead and implement, Drama Workshop will: Serve as basic training for your actors. Even if you have team members with previous experience in theatre, the workshop will get everybody on the same page. Give you an opportunity to establish the rules of the stage and rehearsal, and define the roles of the actor and the director. Allow you to scope the talent in your group and can serve as informal audition. Promote team-building. The very experience of being together for a day/week of intense training will accomplish much in unifying your team and building trust among the members. Drama Workshop is the training that Chuck Neighbors has conducted for theater companies, schools, and church drama groups in 18 countries on 6 continents over the past 45 years. The workshop has helped train hundreds of actors, from beginners just starting out, to professional performers working in stage and film. It is a great resource drama teachers and directors, theater troupes, schools, churches and homeschool groups. Note: this book is an updated version of Drama Now! (Lillenas Publishing 2005).