A Complete Manual for Community Theatre & Schools. (Parts 1 to 5)
How to put on a Complete Stage Production : Step-by-Step
• From your first read of the Script, through stage design, rehearsal planning, auditions, stage direction & blocking,'Load-In' & Set Up,Running the Show, right up to final Take Down & Load-Out.
This Book is a collection of All 5 volumes in the Series.
• Together they cover the full range of activities required to put any Production on the Stage, step-by-Step..
• This Step-by-Step process works for any genre of Stage Production –– Musicals, Drama, Comedy, Dance, Opera, and everything in between.
These Books are "Instruction Manuals".
• NO anecdotes, NO technical jargon, NO academic theory.
• Just straight forward, Step-by-Step Instructions in plain language.
• For Schools these books can be the foundation for your Lesson Plans
• NO Previous Experience is Assumed.
You Will Learn; Step by Step
• How to dissect a Script, to find the real 'story'.
• How to adapt the delivery of that Story fit Your Performance Space, with Your Actors and Crew and with your Resources.
• How to create a Stage Setting for the Story to unfold.
• How the Actors can develop their Characters and deliver that Story.
• How the Stage Crew can support the Actors in presenting the Story.
• And how the Stage Manager organizes, and supervises the entire process from Auditions, through Rehearsals to Performance.
Theatre Production requires a lot of Time and Effort
• Follow this Step-by-Step process to avoid wasting anyof that precious time and effort.
• This process is based on decades of first hand experience working with amateurs, volunteers, and School Teachers who bring energy and enthusiasm, but little or no skills or experience.
• The Step-by-Step structure Ensures that nothing gets left 'too late' or missed completely
• This Process is the result of 50 Years of Experience; Tested and Refined time and agin, with Proven Results and a solid Track Record.