
Acting Out: The Workbook
A Guide To The Development And Presentation Of Issue-Oriented, Audience- interactive, improvisational theatre
Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-56032-534-5 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook offers a compilation of background information, techniques and scenarios based on the Acting Out programme that offers theatre skills/counselling for groups of adolescents, free of charge. AO teens become performers, creating issues-oriented, audience-interactive, improvizational scenes with a variety of audiences.; Written for leaders who are familiar with improvizational theatre and working with groups, Part 1 discusses the importance of leader training, experience and intention. Psychodrama, sociodrama and theatre scenework are explained in some detail, with references offered for those who wish to learn more about these areas before proceeding. Information about group selection criteria, procedures and techniques for using the scenarios complete this section.; Part Two offers a set of eight topics each with its own list of scenarios. Each scenario begins with information about characters, settings and situations, and offerrs acting notes as well as age- appropriaeteness. A list of resources appears at the beginning of each thematic set of scenarios.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56032-534-5 (9781560325345)
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Mario Cossa | Sally Ember | Lauren Glass
Acting Out: The Workbook
A Guide To The Development And Presentation Of Issue-Oriented, Audience- interactive, improvisational theatre
Book
01/2017
1st Edition
CRC Press
€200.56
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Mario Cossa | Sally Ember | Lauren Glass
Acting Out: The Workbook
A Guide To The Development And Presentation Of Issue-Oriented, Audience- interactive, improvisational theatre
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€52.49
Available for download

Mario Cossa | Sally Ember | Lauren Glass
Acting Out: The Workbook
A Guide To The Development And Presentation Of Issue-Oriented, Audience- interactive, improvisational theatre
E-Book
08/2013
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€52.49
Available for download
Persons
Mario Cossa, Sally S. Fleischmann Ember, Lauren Grover, Jennifer L. Hazelwood
Content
Part 1 Basic Information; Chapter 1 Improvisation and Acting Out; Chapter 2 Limitations and Cautions; Chapter 3 Leader and Part icipant Information; Chapter 4 How to Use this Workbook; Part 2 Issue-Oriented Scenarios; Chapter 5 Drugs/Alcohol; Chapter 6 HIV and Other STDs; Chapter 7 Family Problems and Situations; Chapter 8 School Problems and Situations; Chapter 9 Community Problems and Situations; Chapter 10 Death/Suicide; Chapter 11 Violence/Abuse; Chapter 12 Sexuality/Pregnancy/RelationshipsPart 3 General References and Resources;