Art of Writing for the Theatre, The: An Introduction to Script Analysis, Criticism, and Playwriting (Introductions to Theatre) - Hardcover

Yankee, Luke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350155586 ISBN 13: 9781350155589

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2022

Synopsis

Filled with practical advice from an award-winning playwright, with a range of resources to guide you in the craft and business of theatre writing, The Art of Writing for the Theatre provides everything you need to write like a seasoned theatre professional, including:

* how to analyze and break down a script
* how to write a wide range of plays
* how to critique a theatre production
* how to construct and craft critical essays, cover letters, and theatrical resumes

This thorough introduction is supplemented with exercises and new interviews with a host of internationally acclaimed playwrights, lyricists, and critics, including Marsha Norman, Beth Henley, Lyn Gardner, Octavio Solis, Ismail Khalidi, and David Zippel, among many others. Accompanying online resources include playwriting and script analysis worksheets and exercises, an example of a playwriting resume, and critical points to consider on playwriting, design, acting, directing and choreography.

About this title

About the Authors

Luke Yankee is a professional playwright, director, author, producer, the Head of Playwriting at California State University, Fullerton, USA, and an adjunct faculty member at Chapman University, USA. His plays include The Last Lifeboat, A Place at Forest Lawn, The Man Who Killed the Cure, The Jesus Hickey, Confessions of a Star Maker and Marilyn, Mom & Me. His memoir, Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing up with Eileen Heckart was named, “One of the Ten Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time.” As a director and producer, he has run two regional theatres, assistant directed six Broadway shows and directed Off Broadway and at regional theaters around the country.

Jim Volz is a Professor of theatre at California State University, Fullerton, USA. He has produced over 100 professional productions and published more than 100 articles and seven books. He was a longtime theatre critic/columnist for Back Stage magazine and was founding editor of the Shakespeare publication, quarto. He is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and former Managing Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350155586
• ISBN 13: 9781350155589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212