Short Plays for Young Actors (Young Actors Series) - Softcover

Craig Slaight

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880399741 ISBN 13: 9781880399743

Publisher: Smith & Kraus, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of fifteen short plays for young adults including works by Thornton Wilder, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and David French.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig Slaight is the director of the Young Conservatory at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Jack Sharrar is director of academic affairs for the American Conservatory Theater, where he is a core faculty member in the the M.F.A. program. He has served as a theater panelist for the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, has taught both university and secondary theater arts for over thirty years, and is a member of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. A director of over fifty plays and musicals and author of numerous award-winning volumes of scenes and monologues, Sharrar is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a Ph.D. in theater history and dramatic literature from the University of Utah.

From Booklist:

Gr. 8^-12. The editors of Great Monologues for Young Actors (1992) and Great Scenes for Young Actors (1991) return with an impressive collection, designed to be used for both study and production. There is something here for everyone, from an Edna St. Vincent Millay antiwar classic to an adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale to a comedy about a teenager who thinks he's Walt Whitman. Refreshingly, the editors concentrate heavily on newer works, such as Who Is Chasing Whom!, a play without words, and a witty drama concerning aliens in Cleveland; these give an enlightened picture of the theater's changing nature when compared with the straightforward vaudeville comedy The Potboiler. A lengthy introduction concerning proper stage etiquette is helpful and should inspire young actors to approach their craft with a serious attitude. This will be a welcome addition to any collection's drama section. Laura Tillotson

About this edition

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1880399741
• ISBN 13: 9781880399743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267
• Editor: Craig Slaight, Jack Sharrar