theater

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict what it was like to be a Shakespearean actor during the sixteenth century.

Not content to stay in the leading lady's dressing room, a curious cat wanders onstage before the curtain goes up.

Pearl has always dreamed of being famous, so when she finds out that her third-grade class is performing "The Little Human, " she just knows she'll get the leading role, until she discovers it's been given to her friend Wanda.

Profiles five children with autism, their parents, and acting coach Elaine Hill as they take on the enterprise of a full-length stage production.

Introduction to the various aspects of the theatre, providing an overview of acting, lighting, makeup, directing, costumes, sound, and set design, and including essays on the history of theatre.

Emma dreams of playing the enchanted princess in the school play, so when she is cast as the cackling witch instead, she wants to quit the play, until someone teaches her the show must go on.

A group of children puts on a play using rhyming couplets, featuring each letter of the alphabet, to provide the facts about Thanksgiving Day.

When Cousin Henry gets all the attention in the grown-up musical in which they have roles, Angelina becomes jealous, but she demonstrates her fondness for him when a crisis occurs on opening night.

When Mallory gets the lead in the school play, she cannot understand why her best friend Mary Ann is not just as excited as she is, but eventually she finds out--and learns who her real friends are.