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.

Explains how to create funny plays by following sample scripts through the writing and staging process.

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.

Explains what is needed to put on a play, and provides the script for an adaptation of a fairy tale in which Snow White escapes the huntsman and is saved by seven dorks. All is well until she uses social media to try to find her prince!

The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play’s star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with an experimental treatment costing a tremendous sum, their castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival. But not everybody is convinced of the experimental treatment’s efficacy—nor...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.