Title: Kids Take the Stage: Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater
Publisher: Back Stage Books
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 082307742X
ISBN 13: 9780823077427
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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"The classic Kids Take the Stage" is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books of all time. Now Back Stage is proud to present the completely revised and updated second edition of this indispensable guide to getting young people on stage and helping them create their own shows. For teachers, for parents, for budding actors, emerging crew, and incipient directors - this is the book that shows how to get a production up and running...and have fun in the process. Clear and accessible, "Kids Take the Stage" outlines a systematic approach to staging, complete with basic lessons in acting, relaxation and trust-building exercises, and improvisations. From first read-through to opening night, from butterflies to bravos, this is the perfect book to help young people realize their creative potential. It includes a foreword by Paul Newman. It replaces "Kids Take the Stage", ISBN 0-8230-7742-X. It is a clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running.

From the Author

How to put kids on a stage and off the streets

Kids Take the Stage is written for teachers, parents, camp counselors, drama students, grandparents, church leaders -- anyone who wants to start a dramatics group or simply do shows with children and teens. No theatre training or experience is required, but even professional theatre people will find the book very helpful as they learn how to convey their own expertise in easy terms that young people will readily understand.

The book contains a foreword by Paul Newman and a preface by the eminent child psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Coles.

The reader is guided through a simple, basic system for directing and producing theatre groups, acting exercises, and shows with young people from ages 7 to 18. We believe this guide is user-friendly and accessible to anyone who works with kids onstage. The children will have fun and, at the same time, learn much about acting as well as directing and writing scenes and plays; and perhaps they'll learn more about themselves and their friends.

Another important goal of Kids Take the Stage is to give adults a valuable tool to provide the young with alternatives in their after-school activities -- to put them on a stage instead of on the streets, in gangs, roaming the malls, or constantly in front of a TV set. We know the system works because we used it successfully for twenty years. We all know that many of our nation's children, particularly those at risk, can benefit from this kind of constructive activity.

From Paul Newman: "This is a truly worthwhile book."

From Dr. Robert Coles: "I hope this book is widely used."

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