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Ten-minute plays

Contains the scripts of twelve ten-minute dramas for teens, each including two scenes and four monologues, and features acting and staging tips, worksheets, and discussion questions.
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Ten-minute plays

Contains the scripts of twelve ten-minute comedies for teens, each including two scenes and four monologues, and features acting and staging tips, worksheets, and discussion questions.
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Starring Jules (as herself)

Jules is an ordinary seven-year-old girl, concerned with school and friends and other ordinary things--until a chance meeting with a casting director leads to an audition for a television commercial.
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Cloudy with a chance of boys

While older sister Alex is trying to orchestrate a perfect first kiss with her heartthrob and younger sister Joey prefers frogs to boys, Stevie Reel wonders if she is ready for a boyfriend while being pursued by a new boy in her class.
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Superstar

Stella gets a chance to audition for her favorite television show when she meets a casting director who thinks she is perfect for the role, so she rehearses her lines until she knows the part by heart, but the audition does not go as planned.
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Famous for thirty seconds

Brittany Rush expects the spotlight to shine on her again when she returns to New York after a year spent with her family in Hong Kong, but instead finds that she has changed from being a cute kid to watch out for to just another pretty girl waiting her turn.

Franklin's school play

Franklin is assigned a lead role in the class play, but he worries that his stage fright will keep him from performing well as the Nutcracker Prince.

Acting

from audition to performance
Offers high school students interested in acting advice on getting a part in their school's musical, discussing auditions, casting, rehearsals, and the final performance.

Rule of three

In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women.".

Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson

pro wrestler and actor
2020
Readers learn how Johnson used his strong work ethic to go beyond wrestling and find great success in Hollywood.
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