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1) Theatre
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Calls for no less than the death of the director and the end to acting theory, arguing that either actors are good or they are non-actors, and that good actors work best without the interference of a director.
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Jack Worthington is an upstanding gentleman in Victorian society. He just has one secret-he tells everyone that he has a brother named Earnest, when, in reality, Earnest is his alter ego. This allows him a certain duality; he can go out and party as Earnest, but have a sterling reputation as Jack. However, he must merge the two when Jack discovers that his lover, Gwendolyn, will only marry a man named Earnest. Meanwhile, Algernon, a family friend,...
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Nancy Clancy volume 5
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Nancy is elated to be in the school play, but when her embarrassing performance is posted on YouTube, she must overcome her shame and embrace her infamy.
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Rapunzel is teased when she has to have a servant carry her yards and yards of golden braids and has to ride to school in a horse-drawn coach rather than on the school bus with all her friends.
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The show must go on! The Princess and the Frog is a fractured fairy tale based on the story of the princess and the frpg. When the princess loses her ball in the well, a helpful frog is willing to get it for her-for a price! But the kiss doesn't cause the traditional transformation. This book provides information on putting on a production-including tips on sets, props, and costumes. An easy-to-follow script with color coding for character cues is...
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Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Henrietta Hen is hit by a falling apple and assumes the worst, rushing to tell Farmer Jones. On the way, she convinces other animals to join her, and even farmyard security can't stop them from entering the forest.
13) Marty McGuire
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Marty McGuire books volume 1
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When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable.
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Backstagers (Chapter books) volume 1
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When Jory transfers to St. Genesius Prep, he joins the stage crew and discovers the magic that happens backstage but when some cast members play with a Spirit board, the ghost light goes out and strange things begin to happen.
16) Second Banana
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When a girl who feels rotten about playing Second Banana in the annual food and nutrition pageant learns that the girl playing First Banana has stage fright, she suggests a solution to both problems.
17) Cut loose!
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Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.
18) Dixie
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Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.
19) Stick with me
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When twelve-year-olds Izzy and Wren are thrown together by unusual circumstances, they find solace and solutions to nagging problems in their newly-formed friendship.
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Sidney and Sydney volume 2
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Eight-year-olds Sydney (girl) and Sidney (boy) are neighbors, classmates, and usually friends, so working together on the school play should not be too difficult.
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