Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, is cast in her class play.

The expansion of the press in Victorian Britain meant more pages to be filled, and more stories to be found. Life on the Victorian Stage: Theatrical Gossip looks at how the everyday lives of Victorian performers and managers were used for such a purpose, with the British newspapers covering the good, the bad and the ugly side of life on the stage during the nineteenth century. Viewed through the prism of Victorian newspapers, and in particular through...

Dracula stalks the stage in this two-act thriller freely adapted from the Bram Stoker novel. Perfect for any company or community looking for a Halloween play requiring a large ensemble cast. (8 Male, 6 female, and 2 children - casting can be flexible) This version of the classic vampre tale focuses on Mina Murray, a suffragette and proto-feminist fighting social mores and facing an encroaching force for evil.Suspenseful, smart, and surprising.Includes...

Los montes son tuyos reúne dos piezas del director de escena, dramaturgo y performer Alberto Cortés: El Ardor (2021) y One night at the golden bar (2022). En palabras de Rodrigo García Marina, autor del epílogo: «En el teatro de Alberto Cortés no aparecen animales drogados o muertos, nadie se hiere gratuitamente, los efectos especiales de la sangre y los fluidos son innecesarios. No está pensado para un presupuesto millonario, ni participan...

Cet ouvrage offre un récit inédit de Toronto, ville d'art et de culture traversée par la diversité linguistique. Le contact entre les langues laisse des traces, des documents et des souvenirs, notamment dans le domaine du théâtre auquel l'autrice porte ici toute son attention. En se penchant sur la dynamique matérielle du « voisinage linguistique » qui anime le devant et le derrière de la scène théâtrale, elle décrit le virage médiatique...

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Terence.

"A struggling playwright--Holly Sherwin--her musician girlfriend, and a few friends find a creepy old mansion on an isolated hill from which to rehearse Holly's most ambitious play. Ignoring the red flags about the house and setting, the friends soon find themselves fighting each other--and the house itself."--

The origin, philosophy and work of Roy Hart Theatre is profound, in particular its research into the extended 'human voice', and it has been the subject of many books and serious disertations. Yet the story of Roy Hart Theatre at Malérargues has been equally dramatic, tragic, comic, touching, thrilling and entertaining as anything they have ever done on stage. In 1974 forty-seven members of Roy Hart Theatre began their move from the gentile Hampstead...

Shaker Heights Middle School is putting on "Guys and Dolls" and best friends Jack and Lou are hoping to get lead roles. But a mysterious new director soon arrives in town and threatens to meddle with their dreams. Is Shaker Heights big enough for two Broadway legends?

In 10-Minute Plays for Kids, young thespians will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwrights – such as Sharyn Rothstein, Alex Broun, Jenny Lyn Bader, Claudia I. Haas, and Mark Harvey Levine, and by others less well known but equally terrific such as Sharai Bohannon, Suzanne Bailie, and Shirley King. The characters and situations portrayed are perfect for the kid actor. Some of the plays explore relatable tales of friendship and...