acting

Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.

Text and illustrations introduce young readers to the art of acting.

Gives instruction and exercises designed to develop mastery of body, speech, mind, and emotion.

Presents a collection of over one hundred scenes and monologues from some of history's most memorable plays, featuring selections from Alexandre Dumas, Steve Martin, Bernard Shaw, Jane Anderson, Julia Jordan, and others.

High school junior Jessica uses the arrival of a new boy to further her schemes of winning her ex-boyfriend back and becoming the next big Hollywood movie star.

When a film crew sets up shop to film the latest zombie flick, Frank, Joe, and their friends are really psyched that there will be fake zombies running around, until someone claims they saw a real zombie.

Jules, excited and nervous about her part in a sitcom pilot, is also concerned about her class moving up ceremony and her touchy relationships with ex-best friend Charlotte and new best friend Elinor--it is almost too much drama for one seven-year-old New Yorker to handle.

In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.

Prepares would-be actors for auditions, providing practical advice, over sixty exercises on acting and auditioning skills, several audition pieces by contemporary playwrights, and supporting materials.