Playmaking: Children Writing & Performing Their Own Plays

Title: Playmaking: Children Writing & Performing Their Own Plays
Author: Daniel J Sklar
Music & Performing Arts: 1654605
ISBN: 0915924358
Publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Published: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Annotated
Section: Performing Arts | Theater | Stagecraft & Scenography
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Sklar's personal account of teaching dramatic writing, direction, and performance, to a group of 7th graders in the South Bronx, reveals the planning and execution of his lessons. It also addresses the reception such lessons received-including resistance. Teachers and Artists-in-Residence stand to gain much from this book, since it deals with real life dynamics in the classroom and necessary strategies for getting through a project in a thought-provoking, fun, and creative way for everyone participating. "I love this book. It's a great read, and it taught me a lot about playwriting, theater, and young people."-Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides.