theater

Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.

Provides information and advice on putting on all kinds of stage shows, discussing scripts, learning to act, working backstage, costumes and make-up, sound effects, and more.

Sixteen-year-old Fortune faces many challenges on an overland journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited from her father.

After living her life in her actress mother's world of make-believe, ninth-grader Dandelion comes to realize that it is better to face reality.

The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.

Presents the life of playwright William Shakespeare focusing on his childhood, early education in learning Latin and the Greek drama classics. Also offers information on Shakespeare's marriage to Ann Hathaway and their children, becoming a member of a traveling group of actors and retiring to Stratford where he continued more intensive playwriting. At the close of the text contains a list of places to visit in Shakespeare's world with web addresses.

Like every kid in town, twelve-year-old Gabby Gibbons has a pet monster. But unlike the others, Gabby refuses to keep her monster, Dwight, in the closet. When she brings him to school, the drama teacher takes a liking to the beastly pet. He wants Dwight to play Scrooge in the annual production of "A Christmas Carol." If Dwight messes up, Gabby will have a monster of a problem. Includes a glossary, directions for drawing a monster, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.

Moses and his classmates, who are deaf or hard of hearing, attend a play at their school, and Moses makes a new friend from another class.

Describes the many components of plays and explains how to put one on.