Drama 10, 20, 30
CR30.2
Examine the purpose of theatre in societies.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) | Interview a member of a professional or community-based theatre company about their vision, focus and process (e.g., How do you determine your season? How do you promote your work? How do you get funding? How do you develop a budget? How do you recoup costs?). |
| (b) | Create a vision and focus for an imagined theatre company. |
| (c) | Develop an outline to describe an imagined theatre company (e.g., name, company members, season schedule, budget and location). |
| (d) | Create a proposal, including sponsorship and funding plan (e.g., social media, PR and publicity, logo). |
| (e) | Pitch a proposal for a production, season or grant and defend the proposal to a panel of peers. |
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R007542
Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen: Making and Applying Prosthetics(3rd ed.)
This is a comprehensive guide which focuses on prosthetic creation and application for stage, film and television. The resource provides technical instructions and images to achieve the desired effects.
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Book
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$69.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
June 9, 2021
R014628
Theatre Brief(12th ed.)
This is a comprehensive text with chapters that include: What Is Theatre?; Why Study Theatre?; The Actor; The Playwright; Designers and Technicians; The Director; Theatre Traditions; Modern Theatre; Musical Theatre; Theatre Today; and The Audience. This textbook facilitates the investigation of drama and the theatre arts by providing brief overviews with pictures, diagrams, charts, and interviews with professionals.
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Book
Price :
$99.95
Record posted/updated:
June 9, 2021
R100669
The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors
This book is a compilation of 20 interviews with acclaimed television directors of popular programs. The interviews provide insight into the television industry and what it takes to be a director.
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Book
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$44.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
June 9, 2021
R013771
Theatre. The Lively Art(10th ed.)
This is an introductory resource about the world of live theatre. While covering world theatre traditions both past and present, the resource also delves into the process of creating theatre from the standpoint of personnel and technical components. Roles of personnel are explained at length including playwrights, actors, producers, as well as technical departments and designers of costumes, hair, lights, sound, and set. The resource sets itself apart from other resources in that it discusses the process of experiencing live theatre, the role of the audience and how theatre etiquette has evolved over time.
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$97.33
Record posted/updated:
June 11, 2021
R052042
Theatre. Collaborative Acts(4th ed.)
This professional resource provides an extensive overview of almost all aspects of the Theatre. It explores topics such as the history of theatre, notable names, scene work, gender equality, basic lighting techniques and offers a connection to real-world theatre practices. It also provides ideas for students that extend beyond performance-based activities.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$111.60
Record posted/updated:
May 31, 2021
R007484
Introduction to Production: Creating Theatre Onstage, Backstage, & Offstage
This book offers an overview of the collaborative processes associated with realizing a theatrical production. It provides a backstage and offstage overview of professional roles and how they work together. Many exercises and quizzes are provided in each chapter as well as web links.
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Book
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$48.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
July 12, 2021
R030453
How to Teach a Play: Essential Exercises for Popular Plays
This book contains activities to develop students’ performative imagination using commonly taught plays from countries such as the United States of America, Great Britain, Germany, Norway, Japan, South Africa and Mexico. The activities are applicable to all levels of high school drama classrooms or rehearsals.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R013388
Drama Workshop: Teaching Drama to Beginning Actors
This book is a workshop for new actors. It explores the rules for stage and rehearsal, the roles of the actor and the director, and it promotes team building. It includes lessons that are easy to implement, regardless of one’s experience as a drama teacher.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R007134
ArtsAlive.ca
This website contains resources from the National Center of Arts. It provides useful resources for Dance, Drama and Music and Visual Arts in the form of research, photos, videos, audio and games supporting the arts. There are interviews with various Canadian artists, instructional videos, some short activities, glossaries, as well as links to various publications and other websites. Material from this site should be previewed to ensure suitability for the intended audience.
Links :
Website
Media and Formats :
Website
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
July 12, 2021
R012343
The Technical Director's Toolkit: Process, Forms, and Philosophies for Successful Technical Direction
This book provides the reader with detailed information about the role and function of the technical director. It describes the step-by-step processes of technical direction and the responsibilities of the technical director in the mounting of a theatrical production. Leadership, management, relationship building and problem solving are traits found in efficient and effective technical directors. There is a companion website available with tools and instructional videos.
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Book
Price :
$42.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
June 9, 2021
R015519
The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays, 2019
This is a collection of approximately 100 monologues, written as male characters, that come from both well-known playwrights and future stars.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015520
The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2019
This is a collection of monologues for women that are direct and raw in their examination of human behaviour. The language and content of this book present characters experiencing the complexities of life.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R008405
Acting in TV and Film
This book provides a detailed look at television and movie acting. It explores what it is like to be an actor during preproduction, filming, and postproduction, and offers information on how to develop acting skills. It provides information on how to train for and break into acting as a career, what it is like to be an actor, and how developing acting skills can lead to other career opportunities. This resource also includes references to websites and videos, a glossary and an index.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$42.79 USD
Record posted/updated:
June 1, 2021
R022023
Treasure Island
This book features the play Treasure Island. The book begins with the play’s script and is followed by activities that explore the skills required to perform it, interviews with the director and playwright and a glossary of theatrical terms. This resource provides students with an informative presentation of a contemporary dramatic production. The performers’ lines are printed in black and stage directions are in blue.
Media and Formats :
Book
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See publisher.
Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015790
Teaching Improv. The Essential Handbook: Your Step-by-step Guide to Teaching Short-form Improv
This book provides 16 sequential lessons plans that teach the basics of short-form improv including warm-ups, exercises, games and structuring a show.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015193
Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre and Performance: Indigenous Spaces
This resource of Indigenous artists, plays, and theatres, provides a historical and cultural context for reading Indigenous drama. It provides overviews of Indigenous plays and theatre from the past century and discusses how these artists continue to create works that advocate for human rights through performance.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015518
Contemporary Monologues for Twentysomethings
This is a book of monologues with characters facing real world issues. The story lines are direct and honest, and will challenge actors in their interpretation of the monologues.
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Book
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See publisher.
Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R001308
Two Plays About Residential School(20th anniversary ed.)
This book contains two plays written about the experiences of the authors in residential schools, portraying first-hand experiences as well as the far-reaching effects on those who attended.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R027868
Mime the Gap: Techniques in Mime and Movement
This book offers exercises for solo and group mime expression. It provides step-by-step instructions for simple to more complex mime illusions and outlines the principles of physical articulation used in this performance art.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R021820
Emil and the Detectives
This book features the play Emil and the Detectives, which is about a boy who is robbed by a mysterious stranger on the train to Berlin. The book begins with the play’s script and is followed by activities that explore the skills required to perform it, interviews with the director and playwright and a glossary of theatrical terms. This resource provides students with an informative presentation of a contemporary dramatic production. The performers’ lines are printed in black and stage directions are in blue.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R013567
FREE
This DVD highlights the innovative expression of youth power and the ability to motivate positive social change through dance and theatre. Set in Oakland, California, this video is the story of five inner city teens whose lives are transformed through the power of collaborative art.
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CD/DVD
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Record posted/updated:
February 29, 2024
R021383
Home
The play Home is about homelessness amongst young people. The book begins with the play’s script and is followed by activities that explore the skills required to perform it, interviews with the writer/director and cast member and a glossary of theatrical terms. This resource provides students with a unique presentation of a contemporary dramatic production. The performers’ lines are printed in black and stage directions are in blue.
Media and Formats :
Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015897
Rock in the Musical Theatre: A Guide for Singers
This book provides the history and the techniques of the rock musical genre in theatre. It is both theoretical and practical offering theatre singers and drama teachers a source of information on rock styles, their origins and their performance practices.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015933
War Horse
Set in World War I, this play is about a young man who searches to bring home his horse that was sold to the cavalry. The book begins with the play’s script and is followed by activities that explore the skills required to perform it, interviews with the co-director, puppetry director and the author of the original novel and a glossary of theatrical terms. This resource provides students with an informative presentation of a contemporary dramatic production. The performers’ lines are printed in black and stage directions are in blue.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R015325
Migration Plays: Four Large Cast Ensemble Stories for Teenagers
This resource is a collection of four, large cast, ensemble plays on the topic of migration as viewed by young people. Created in collaboration with groups of secondary students, the stories are interesting and diverse.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022
R014630
Popcorn Elder
This play is about a father and son, filled with anger, guilt and pain, seeking connection and reconciliation. As a condition of release from prison, Darren must live with his father on the rez and the two must begin to deal with their fraught history. Through flashbacks, a combination of Cree and English, and a cast of characters, this play tells the story of one family’s journey toward hope.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 27, 2022