More Theatre Games for Young Performers: Improvisations and Exercises for Developing Acting Skills - Softcover

Zimmerman, Suzi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566080967 ISBN 13: 9781566080965

Publisher: Meriwether Pub, 2004

Synopsis

Written especially for those who coach tween and teenage actors, this delightfully fresh workbook tells you the how, when, what, and why of theatre games for young performers. Starter scenes allow first-time performers to ease onto the stage in baby steps. Spontaneity is encouraged along with etiquette and basic acting principles. The concepts of pantomime, improvisation, character development, voice, and body control are all presented in game formats with exercises. Nine chapters include: Before You Begin, Preparing, Starter Scenes, Exercises, Games, Improvisation, Pantomime, Non-Acting Theatre Games and Activities, and Developing Your Program, plus an Activities Index. Anyone working with young actors will find this theatre book exceptionally helpful, and you ll love that it's written by Suzi Zimmerman, author of the best-selling Introduction to Theatre Arts series.

About this title

About the Author:

Drama teacher Suzi Zimmerman has helped her students win national awards in pageants and talent competitions. She's no stranger to performance! Zimmerman attended Kilgore College, home of the Texas Shakespeare Festival, on an acting scholarship and continued her education at Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. Zimmerman eventually founded Theatre Off the Wall, a small acting company, which evolved into her hometown's community playhouse. She found her true love in teaching, but at that time, there were few resources available for middle and high school drama teachers. To bridge the gap, she began collecting and designing her own creative, hands-on lessons and organizational forms and has published them into a collection of books. She has directed and appeared in over two hundred plays and has also appeared in dozens of TV commercials and industrial videos.She is currently a professional actor in US television commercials and films. She resides in Murphy, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meriwether Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1566080967
• ISBN 13: 9781566080965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227