On stage : theater games and activities for kids / Lisa Bany-Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bany-Winters, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama in education.

Play.

Children's plays, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lights, camera, play! With this second edition of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, budding thespians will have fun under the footlights as they choose from more than 125 theater games that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration. They'll learn all about how to make a stage performance great with improvisational games such as Freeze, Party Quirks, the Yes Game, and Gibberish; they'll make puppets, discover makeup secrets, and design and build a set. This revised and expanded edition features 35 new improvisational games and ready-to-use monologues, scenes, and short plays. Whether playing alone or in a group, everyone can have theater fun with On Stage!.

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Getting Onstage; Blocking; Upstage Downstage; Stage Picture; The Directing Game; Who's Who in Theater; 2 Twisting Your Tongue and Warming; Tongue Twisters; Father Abraham; Energy Ball; Mirrors; The Number Game; Isolations; Echo; Character of the Space; Space Walk; Silent Disco Dance Party; Attention!; Little Sally Walker; Show Us How to Get Down!; Great Minds; 3 Anytime Theater Games; Talking Ball; One-Word Story; Grocery Store; Machines; Blue Ball, Red Ball; Silent Scream; The Attention Game; Change Three Things

Detective Handshake4 Theater in the Round (Games Played in a Circle); Want to Buy a . . . ; Zoom; Guess the Leader; Pass the Clap; Zip Zap Zop ; Give-and-Take; Thumper; Yes And; This Is a . . .; Operator; Knots; Alien Life Span; Bunny Bunny; In My Nose; Mr. Hit; Sevens; 5 Make 'Em Laugh (Ideas for Funny Scenes); Conduct a Story; Dr. Know-It-All; Gripes; Three-Word Skits; Syllables; Act a Joke; Commercials; Chain-O-Links; In a World . . . ; Late for Work; 6 Creating Characters; Duck Duck Animal; Poor Animal; Family Portraits; Through the Door; Body Parts; The Sentence Game; Boom Chica Boom

Short ScenesVisualization; Hot Seat; Character Diamond; Character La Ronde; 7 Improvisation; Who, What, and Where; The Yes Game; The Question Game; Past, Present, and Future; Freeze; Styles; Who Am I?; Park Bench; Party Quirks; Superheroes; Hidden Intentions; Double Scenes; The Storytelling Game; The Dubbing Game; Gibberish; Slide Show; Keyword; The Alphabet Game; Name Yes; Best Field Trip Ever!; "Yes And" Monster; Better Letters; Countdown; Old Job, New Job; Gibberish Interpreter; Five-Sided Dice; Clue; 8 Using and Becoming Objects; My Morning; Use or Become; Human Orchestra; The Object Game

Someone Else's HandsScarves; Alien Objects; Try That On for Size; Gift Giving; What's in the Box?; Hidden Objects; 9 Creative Drama; Pantomime; New York, New York; Statue Maker; What Are You Doing?; Stick Puppets; Paper-Bag Puppets; Puppet Show; The Frog Prince; Paper-Plate Masks; Papier-Mâché Masks; Acting with Masks; Ice Wizard; 10 Behind the Scenes; Sound-Effects Story; Creative Costume Play; Animal Costumes; Stage Makeup; Makeup Morgue; Sketch a Set; Set Diorama; Prop Characters; Prop Scenes; 11 Monologues, Scenes, and Plays; Rip van Winkle: A Monologue; The Snow Queen: A Monologue

Alice in Wonderland: A MonologueThe Tale of Jeremy Fisher: A Play; The North Wind and the Sun: A Play; The Importance of Being Earnest: A Scene; Rapunzel: A Scene; The Cat Who Walked by Himself: A Play; Macbeth: A Scene; Pirate with One: A Sketch-Comedy Scene; Pandora's Box: A Sketch-Comedy Scene; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Theatrical Terms; Suggested Plays and Stories for Kids; Bibliography; About the Author; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61374-079-4

1-61374-090-5

OCLC:

805544320