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Theatre Texts, Drama Books
Contemporary Drama Service offers an extensive selection of the highest quality theatre textbooks, drama textbooks, drama texts, drama books, theatre DVDs and theater resources available. Our theatre books and theatre resources are perfect for any drama class, thespian troupe, school theater program and for all aspiring actors and thespians.
100 Duet Scenes for Teens
By: Michael Moore
One-minute duos for student actors

100 Great Monologs
By: Rebecca Young
Excellent discussion starters: one, two, or three monolog players express their own viewpoints on a topic.

101 Monologues for Middle School Actors
By: Rebecca Young
Including duologues and triologues

102 Great Monologues
By: Rebecca Young
A versatile collection of monologues and duologues for student actors

102 Monologues for Middle School Actors
By: Rebecca Young
Including comedy and dramatic monologues

112 Acting Games
By: Gavin Levy
A comprehensive workbook of theatre games for developing acting skills.

175 Theatre Games
By: Nancy Hurley
Warm-up exercises for actors

275 Acting Games: Connected
By: Gavin Levy
A comprehensive workbook of theatre games for developing acting skills

33 Short Comedy Plays for Teens
By: Laurie Allen
Plays for small casts

50 Great Monologs for Student Actors
By: Bill Majeski
A workbook of comedy characterizations for students.

50/50 Monologues for Student Actors
By: Mary Depner
100 monologues for guys and girls

50/50 Monologues for Student Actors II
By: Mary Depner
100 more monologues for guys and girls

57 Original Auditions for Actors
By: Eddie Lawrence , Introduction by Jason Robards
A wonderful library of characters for study and practice.

62 Comedy Duet Scenes for Teens
By: Laurie Allen
More real-life situations for laughter

Acting and Stage Movement
By: Edwin C. White and Marguerite Battye
A complete handbook for amateurs and professionals.

Acting Duets for Young Women
By: Laurie Allen
Eight- to ten-minute duo scenes for practice and competition

Acting for Life
By: Jack Frakes
A comprehensive text on acting excellent for beginning and advanced students alike.

Acting for Love & Money
By: Paul G. Gleason and Gavin Levy
Connecting the craft to the industry

Acting Games
By: Marsh Cassady
Theatre games and improvisation exercises for actors.

Acting Games for Individual Performers
By: Gavin Levy
A comprehensive workbook of 110 acting exercises

Acting Natural
By: Peg Kehret
A book of monologs, dialogs, and playlets for teens.

Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women
By: Maya Levy
Not just another book of scenes, but a wide variety of topics and situations fine-tuned to recreate the day-to-day experiences of young women.

Art by Committee
By: Charna Halpern
A two-part sequel to the best-selling book Truth in Comedy, including a book and DVD featuring several improv groups in action.

The Art of Acting
By: Carlton Colyer with a foreword by Arthur Storch
From basic exercises to multidimensional performances

The Art of Storytelling
By: Marsh Cassady
Creative ideas for preparation and performance

Audition Monologs for Student Actors
Edited By Roger Ellis
Selections from contemporary plays

Audition Monologs for Student Actors II
Edited By Roger Ellis
Selections from contemporary plays

Audition Monologues for Young Women
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff
Contemporary audition pieces for aspiring actresses

Audition Monologues for Young Women #2
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff
More contemporary auditions for aspiring actresses

Characters in Action
By: Marsh Cassady
A complete survey of every step in playwriting.

Christmas On Stage
Compiled and Edited by Theodore O. Zapel
An anthology of twenty-seven royalty-free Christmas plays for all ages.

Comedy Improvisation
By: Delton T. Horn
Improv structures and exercises for young actors.

Comedy Plays and Scenes for Student Actors
By: Laurie Allen
Short sketches for young performers

Comedy Scenes for Student Actors
By: Laurie Allen
Short sketches for young performers

The Complete Audition Book for Young Actors
By: Roger Ellis
A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills.

The Complete Book of Speech Communication
By: Carol Marrs
A lively textbook of creative activities for a full year’s course in speech communication.

Costumes, Accessories, Props, and Stage Illusions Made Easy
By: Barb Rogers
This book’s numerous drawings explain in detail the costuming process of "turning straw into gold."

Costuming Made Easy
By: Barb Rogers
How to make theatrical costumes from cast-off clothing.

Directing for the Stage
By: Terry John Converse
42 creative exercises for both beginning and advanced courses on Directing.

The Director’s Eye

An inspirational and informative approach to directing that will serve as a lifelong career reference.

Doubletalk
By: Bill Majeski
50 comedy duets for actors.

Drama Games and Acting Exercises
By: Rod Martin
177 games and activities for actors

Drama Games and Improvs
By: Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley
Games for the classroom and beyond

Drama Projects for the Middle School Classroom
By: Rebecca Young
A collection of theatre activities for young actors

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide #2
By: Margaret F. Johnson
Activities, exercises, and techniques for the theatre classroom

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide
By: Margaret F. Johnson
A complete tool kit for theatre arts

Elegantly Frugal Costumes
By: Shirley Dearing
How to make costumes for plays, pageants, and musicals at the lowest possible expense.

Encore! More Winning Monologs for Young Actors
By: Peg Kehret
63 more honest-to-life monologs for teens.

Everything about Theatre!
By: Robert L. Lee
A comprehensive survey about the arts and crafts of the stage.

Famous Fantasy Character Monologs
By: Rebecca Young
One hundred fantasy monologs reveal what characters like Cinderella and Captain Hook might really say if given the chance.

Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors
By: Garry Michael Kluger
A collection of short one- and two-person scenes

Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors
By: Garry Michael Kluger
Winning short scenes for auditions and competitions.

The Flip Side
By: Heather H. Henderson
Short, breezy, provocative -- these monologs are superb for acting exercises, speech and drama contests, or for auditions.

The Flip Side II
By: Heather H. Henderson
A new collection of tough and timely monolog pairs with opposing views on many topics.

Forensics
By: Brent C. Oberg
For speech and debate contests, this book can help anyone become a winner!

Fractured Fairy Tales for Student Actors
By: Jan Peterson Ewen
A collection of contemporary fairy tale scenes

Funny Business
By: Marsh Cassady
An introduction to comedy with royalty-free plays and sketches.

Get in the Act!
By: Shirley Ullom
Monologs, dialogs, and skits for teens.

Grammar Wars
By: Tom Ready
The exercises and games in this book can be used to help students learn punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech as well as performance skills.

Grammar Wars II
By: Tom Ready
How to integrate improvisation and language arts.

Grammar Wars & Grammar Wars II
By: Tom Ready
How to integrate games and improvs into language arts

Great Scenes from Minority Playwrights
Edited By Marsh Cassady
Scenes from plays by minority playwrights designed to make students aware of cultural diversity in American theatre.

Group Improvisation
By: Peter Gwinn with additional material by Charna Halpern
Who would have thought that participating in group improv could be so enlightening and rewarding!

Hey, Girlfriend
By: Kimberly A. McCormick
Seventy-five monologues for girls

Improv Ideas
By: Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley
When you don’t have the time to create new improv ideas for your group or classroom, this book and CD-ROM will do it for you quickly and conveniently.

Improv Ideas 2
By: Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley
A new book of games and lists for learning drama skills

Improve with Improv!
By: Brie Stewart Jones
A complete improv curriculum.

Improvisation for Actors and Writers
By: Bill Lynn with a foreword by Kip King
Far more than simply an overview of improv comedy, this book helps actors, writers, and comedians learn the basics as taught in all the major comedy schools.

Improvisations in Creative Drama
By: Betty Keller
Workshops and dramatic sketches for student actors.

Instant Period Costumes
By: Barb Rogers
How to make classic costumes from cast-off clothing.

International Plays for Young Audiences
Edited By Roger Ellis
A valuable text for multicultural, literary, or speech classes; or for theatrical applications.

Interpersonal Communication
By: Brent C. Oberg
An introduction to human interaction

Introduction to Readers Theatre
By: Gerald Lee Ratliff
Many royalty-free script adaptations for performers and audiences of all ages.

Introduction to Stage Lighting
By: Charles I. Swift
Everything you always wanted toknow about theatrical stage lighting but were too afraid to ask!

An Introduction to: The Art of Theatre
By: Marsh Cassady
A comprehensive text -- past, present, and future

Introduction to Theatre Arts
By: Suzi Zimmerman
A 36-week action handbook for middle grade and high school students and teachers.

Introduction to Theatre Arts 2
By: Suzi Zimmerman
An action handbook for middle grade and high school students and teachers

Just Me
By: Phyllis C. Johnson
100 monologues for teens

Lessons: The Craft of Acting
By: Tom Isbell
100 plain-speaking lessons that simplify the art of acting for students and professionals.

Let’s Put on a Show!
By: Adrea Gibbs
Every young would-be thespian needs a guidebook like this to learn the basics of theatre.

Make It Mystery
By: Craig Sodaro
This book of twelve royalty-free mystery plays allows you to choose from a wide variety of plays to fit whatever your current staging and casting needs may be.

Millennium Monologs
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff
95 contemporary characterizations for young actors.

The Mime Book
By: Claude Kipnis
A comprehensive guide to mime.

Mime Time
By: Happy Jack Feder By: Debbie Howell By: Happy Jack Feder By: Debbie Howell By: Happy Jack Feder By: Debbie Howell By: Happy Jack Feder By: Debbie Howell
A book of routines and performance tips.

More Christmas On Stage
Edited By Rhonda Wray
A new anthology of royalty-free Christmas plays

More One-Act Plays for Acting Students
Edited By Norman A. Bert and Deb Bert
25 contemporary short dramas by nationally-known playwrights.

More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays
Edited By Roger Ellis
An anthology of new dramatic writing from professionally produced plays.

More Scenes from Shakespeare
Edited By Michael Wilson
Twenty short scenes to get students excited about Shakespeare.

More Scenes That Happen
By: Mary Krell-Oishi
The drama of the teen years is played out in these thirty-four scenes and monologs for young actors.

More Short & Sweet Skits for Student Actors
By: Maggie Scriven
Fifty sketches for teens

More Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers
By: Rebecca Young and Ashley Gritton
Plays for a variety of cast sizes

More Theatre Games for Young Performers
By: Suzi Zimmerman
By popular demand, we offer a follow-up book of theatre games specifically for young acting students.

Multicultural Theatre
Edited By Roger Ellis
Scenes and monologs from new Hispanic, Asian, and African-American plays.

Multicultural Theatre II
Edited By Roger Ellis
Contemporary Hispanic, Asian, and African-American plays.

New Audition Scenes and Monologs from Contemporary Playwrights
Edited By Roger Ellis
The monologs in this new text are highly original works not found in other published versions.

New International Plays for Young Audiences
Edited By Roger Ellis
This unique anthology of complete plays represents several countries.

New One-Act Plays for Acting Students
Edited By Deb Bert and Norman A. Bert
A new anthology of complete one-act plays for one, two, or three actors.

On Stage! Short Plays for Acting Students
By: Robert Mauro
23 one-act plays for classroom or stage performance.

One-Act Plays for Acting Students
Edited By Norman A. Bert
An anthology of complete one-act plays -- no cuttings!

Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the ’90s
Edited By Steven H. Gale
A collection of forty selections from some of the most important contemporary plays and playwrights of the 1990’s.

Perspectives
By: Mary Krell-Oishi
This book of twenty-three scenes deals with challenging subject matter in five categories of subjects.

Play Directing in the School
By: David Grote
This drama director’s survival guide speaks from years of experience of a talented teacher/director who has "been there and done that."

PLAYdate
By: Cindy Marcus
A parent’s and teacher’s guide to putting on a play

Playing Contemporary Scenes
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff
The best scenes from leading plays by the most famous contemporary playwrights.

Playing Scenes from Classic Literature
Edited By Joellen Bland
The most fascinating characters from world literature step from behind the printed page into living portrayals for the stage or classroom.

Plays for Young Audiences by Max Bush
Edited By Roger Ellis
An anthology of selected plays by Max Bush for young audiences.

The Prop Master
By: Amy Mussman , Illustrated by James Mussman
A guidebook for successful theatrical prop management

Readers Theatre Anthology
By: Melvin R. White
A collection of 28 readings.

Readers Theatre in the Middle School and Junior High Classroom
By: Lois Walker
A take-part teacher’s guide: springboards to language development through Readers Theatre, storytelling, writing, and dramatizing!

The Scenebook for Actors
Edited By Norman A. Bert
A book of selected scenes from the world’s leading playwrights.

Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays
Edited By Roger Ellis
42 selections from 38 of the best new plays.

Scenes from Shakespeare

Fifteen short scenes to help give students a more complete understanding of the world’s most famous playwright.

Scenes Keep Happening
By: Mary Krell-Oishi
48 true-to-life scenes for guys, girls, and mixed casts with themes ranging from bullying and self-esteem to dating and sports.

Scenes That Happen
By: Mary Krell-Oishi
Snapshot dramatizations about life in high school.

ScreenTEENwriters
By: Christina Hamlett
How young screenwriters can find success.

Self-Supporting Scenery for Children’s Theatre … and Grown-Ups’, Too
By: James Hull Miller
How to construct free-standing scenery to convert any space into a theatre.

Short & Sweet Skits for Student Actors
By: Maggie Scriven
Fifty-five sketches for teens

Sixty Comedy Duet Scenes for Teens
By: Laurie Allen
Real-life situations for laughter

Sketch-O-Frenia
By: John Dessler
Think: ants, fish, and other unlikely creatures satirizing everything we consider normal and acceptable.

Small Stage Sets on Tour
By: James Hull Miller
A practical guide to portable stage sets.

So You Think You’re Funny?
By: Immediate Gratification Players
A students’ guide to improv comedy

Speaking Out: An Introduction to Public Speaking
By: Michael Gallagher
A student-friendly guide to public speaking

Speechcraft
By: Brent C. Oberg
An introduction to public speaking.

Spontaneous Performance
By: Marsh Cassady
Includes exercises leading to widely varied subjects and genres of improvisation, from scenes dealing with youth problems to situation comedy.

Spotlight
By: Stephanie Fairbanks
Fifty-five fresh, insightful monologs for teens.

Stage Lighting in the Boondocks
By: James Hull Miller
A guide to achieving professional-quality lighting within the limitations of school auditoriums, community theatres, and churches.

Stagecraft 1
By: William H. Lord
The what, when, and why of stagecraft.

Staging an Interactive Mystery Play
By: Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley
A six-week program for developing theatre skills

Staging Musicals for Young Performers
By: Maria C. Novelly and Adele Firth
This book can show anyone how to stage any musical show on any budget.

The Stanislavsky Secret
By: Irina Levin and Igor Levin
In six comprehensive chapters the authors reveal Stanislavsky’s method to help actors transform themselves into believable and fascinating stage characters.

Teens Have Feelings, Too!
By: Deborah Karczewski
100 monologs for young performers.

Tell It Like It Is
By: Peg Kehret
A thought-provoking new collection of monologs by best-selling author Peg Kehret.

Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers
By: Rebecca Young
Plays for a variety of cast sizes

The Theatre and You
By: Marsh Cassady
An introductory text on all aspects of theatre.

The Theatre Audition Book
By: Gerald Lee Ratliff
How to play monologs from contemporary, modern, period, Shakespeare, and classical plays.

The Theatre Audition Book 2
By: Gerald Lee Ratliff
Playing monologues from contemporary, modern, period, Shakespearean and classical plays

Theatre Games - DVD
By: Adrea Gibbs
A collection of exercises for developing acting skills

Theatre Games & Activities
By: Lynda A. Topper
Games for building confidence and creativity

Theatre Games and Beyond
By: Amiel Schotz
A teacher’s handbook of over 140 theatre games designed to stimulate creativity in students of all ages.

Theatre Games for Young Performers
By: Maria C. Novelly
The basics of pantomime, improvisations, voice control, monologs, and dialogs are all presented in game formats with exercises and worksheets for easy organization.

Thirty Short Comedy Plays for Teens
By: Laurie Allen
These thirty short plays give teenage performers a chance to portray the drama of their everyday lives.

Tight Spots
By: Diana M. Howie
What makes this book different is that the characters in most of the monologs are speaking to another character; this brings an imaginary friend onstage with the actor to make performances "scare-free

Tough Acts to Follow
By: Shirley Ullom
Death, divorce, dating, and dieting -- monologs for performers of all types.

Truth in Comedy
By: Charna Halpern , Del Close and Kim "Howard" Johnson
The manual of improvisation described by Bill Murray to be "the most important group work since they built the pyramids."

Two-Character Plays for Student Actors
By: Robert Mauro
A collection of fifteen one-act plays.

Two-Minute Monologs

A new collection of character monologs from an established New York City playwright known for his uniquely original dramatic work.

The Ultimate Improv Book
By: Edward Nevraumont and Nicholas P. Hanson with additional material by Kurt Smeaton
Unlike other improv books, this provides the tools that show how to structure and create you own new improv games.

The Ultimate Young Actors Guide
By: Cindy Marcus
Getting the role and making it shine

Winning Monologs for Young Actors
By: Peg Kehret
Honest-to-life characterizations in sixty-five monologs.

Young Women’s Monologs from Contemporary Plays
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff
A valuable resource for any auditioning female actor or theatre student with over ninety monologs to choose from.

Young Women’s Monologues from Contemporary Plays #2
Edited By Gerald Lee Ratliff

More professional auditions for aspiring actresses