Disability and Theatre
Disability and Theatre

Author: Stephanie Barton Farcas

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1351973282

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Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts is a step-by step manual on how to create inclusive theatre, including how and where to find actors, how to publicize productions, run rehearsals, act intricate scenes like fights and battles, work with unions, contracts, and agents, and deal with technical issues. This practical information was born from the author’s 16 years of running the first inclusive theatre company in New York City, and is applicable to any performance level: children’s theatre, community theatre, regional theatre, touring companies, Broadway, and academic theatre. This book features anecdotal case studies that emphasize problem solving, real-world application, and realistic action plans. A comprehensive Companion Website provides additional guidelines and hands-on worksheets.

Your Role in Inclusion Theatre
Your Role in Inclusion Theatre

Author: Deborah Emmy Nowinski

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-10-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781517357498

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From casting to curtain call, and theater games in between: This is your go-to guide for creating a successful Inclusion Theatre experience for actors of all abilities. This guidebook is filled with stories from a true Inclusion Theatre in Houston, cool tips and games. But most importantly, this guidebook will bring creative empowerment to you and your theatre or classes. This guide book is not only for theatre educators, but any educator that wants to develop creativity in students of all abilities.

Theatre and Disability
Theatre and Disability

Author: Petra Kuppers

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1350315966

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This succinct and engaging text examines the complex relationship between theatre and disability, bringing together a wide variety of performance examples in order to explore theatrical disability through the conceptual frameworks of disability as spectacle, narrative, and experience. Accessible and affordable, this is an ideal resource for theatre students and lovers everywhere.

Special Talents, Special Needs
Special Talents, Special Needs

Author: Ian McCurrach

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781853025617

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This is a handbook for teachers and facilitators working with people with learning disabilities who are interested in creative expression through drama. Based on their considerable experience working with the Strathcona Theatre Company, Ian McCurrach and Barbara Darnley have created a step-by-step guide to running a drama group.

Story Drama in the Special Needs Classroom
Story Drama in the Special Needs Classroom

Author: Jessica Perich Carleton

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2012-01-15

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0857004697

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Introducing drama to the learning experience is guaranteed to enrich a child's development, and is an especially effective approach for children with special educational needs, including those with autism spectrum disorders. This practical handbook offers teachers an array of simple and easy-to-implement theatrical techniques that will enhance students' learning and encourage artistic expression. The author demonstrates how dramatic play doesn't have to be restricted to drama lessons and can be applied to a diverse range of school subjects and recreational settings. 'The Little Red Hen', for example, covers themes that are relevant to literacy (rhyming and rhythm), maths (counting seeds), science (discussing farming), and art lessons (designing costumes). Step-by-step lesson plans take teachers through every aspect of running fun and engaging story dramas, including warm ups, movement, songs and props. Handy tips throughout suggest ideas for developing the plays further and ways to adapt them according to the needs of the group. This book will be an essential and comprehensive guide for anyone interested in drama as an educational tool in inclusive or special needs settings.

Wings to Fly
Wings to Fly

Author: Sally D. Bailey

Publisher:

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 9780933149588

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Outlines the therapeutic and education benefits students with disabilities gain from involvement in drama

Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production
Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production

Author: Brídín Clements Cotton

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2024-04-29

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1040016693

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Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional theatrical production in the United States and explores labor practices that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable. In this book, Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin investigate the question of artmaking, specifically theatrical production, as work. When the art is the work, how do employers navigate the balance between creative freedom and these equitable, accessible, and sustainable personnel processes? Do theatrical production operations value the worker? Through data analyses, worker narratives, and analogues to the evolving gig economy, Theatre Work questions everything about theatrical production work – including our shared history, ways of operating, and assumptions about how theatre is made – and considers what might happen if the American Theatre was reborn in an entirely new form. Written for members of the theatrical production workplace, leaders of theatrical institutions and productions, labor organizers, and industry union leaders, Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production speaks to the ways that employers and workers can reimagine how we work.

The Book of Will
The Book of Will

Author: Lauren Gunderson

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2018-06-18

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0822237725

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Without William Shakespeare, we wouldn’t have literary masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet. But without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio and preserve the words that shaped their lives. They’ll just have to borrow, beg, and band together to get it done. Amidst the noise and color of Elizabethan London, THE BOOK OF WILL finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.

Inclusive Character Analysis
Inclusive Character Analysis

Author: Jennifer Thomas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-20

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1000296768

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Inclusive Character Analysis foregrounds representations of race, gender, class, ability, and sexual orientation by blending script analysis with a variety of critical theories in order to create a more inclusive performance practice for the classroom and the stage. This book merges a traditional Stanislavski-based script analysis with multiple theoretical frameworks, such as gender theory, standpoint theory, and critical race theory, to give students in early level theatre courses foundational skills for analyzing a play, while also introducing them to contemporary thought about race, gender, and identity. Inclusive Character Analysis is a valuable resource for beginning acting courses, script analysis courses, the directing classroom, early design curriculum, dramaturgical explorations, the playwriting classroom, and introduction to performance studies classes. Additionally, the book offers a reader-style background on theoretical frames for performance faculty and practitioners who may need assistance to integrate non-performance centered theory into their classrooms.

Barrier-free Theatre
Barrier-free Theatre

Author: Sally Bailey

Publisher: Idyll Arbor

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781882883783

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Barrier-Free Theatre is a nuts-and-bolts, hands-on, comprehensive guide for making drama accessible to children and adults with disabilities. Why drama? Drama can "level the playing field" and empower participants of all ages. Dramatic interaction creates relationships that last long after a performance is over. Written for drama teachers, recreation leaders, special educators, therapists, and other group leaders, this book explains in simple, non-technical language how to make accommodations for successful participation in creative drama, improvisation, puppetry, rehearsals for traditional plays, and development of new plays geared to participants' strengths. Actors will gain self-confidence, improve their communication skills, find new ways to express themselves, and work more effectively and creatively with others. Ways to use drama as a tool to teach traditional classroom subjects, such as science, social studies, and language arts, are highlighted, as well as using it for inst