Directing Kids: A Comprehensive How-To Manual for Directors of Plays and Musicals with Casts of Young People from a Veteran Drama Teacher and Director - Softcover
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A Comprehensive How-to manual for Directors of Plays and Musicals with Casts of Young People from a Veteran Drama Teacher and Director From choosing a play to striking the set when it's over, Directing Kids takes teachers, theatre professionals and others through every step of the process of directing and producing a play or a musical with a young cast. Topics include choosing an appropriate play, casting, assembling a support team, blocking and actor coaching, running rehearsals, dealing with parents, handling discipline, publicity and house management--all presented in clear, step-by-step chapters. Whether you're brand new to the rewarding experience of directing young people or an old hand, anyone who wants to help young casts create memorable theatrical experiences for themselves and their audiences will benefit from Directing Kids, a comprehensive guide to directing and producing plays with young people.
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Matt Buchanan has been working in the field of theatre with and for young people for more than 30 years, as a stage director, music director, playwright and composer. He has directed well over 100 stage productions with young casts in community groups, universities, and as a member of several school fine arts programs, two of which he chaired. He is the author of a comprehensive K-12 dramatic arts curriculum that is in use in a number of schools. His more than two dozen published plays and musicals for young performers have been performed throughout the United States and on every continent but Antarctica. He holds a BA in music from Harvard College and an MFA in Child Drama from the University of Texas, and has received additional training in directing at Moorhead State University in Minnesota, in dance at Baylor University and in education at Auburn University at Montgomery. He currently lives and works in New England.
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