Raising the Curtain

Written for the theatre arts instructor, Raising the Curtain features hundreds of hands-on, on-your-feet activities for the novice to advanced theatre student.

The eleven chapters include:
• Setting the Stage
• Ensemble Experiences
•Mime and Movement
• Improvisation Ideas
• Vocal Variations
• Playfulness, Pointers, and P.R.
• Playwriting Practice
• Creating Charismatic Characters
• Theatre Tools: Tech and Technique
• Sources and Suggestions for Scripts and Scenes
• Stage Fright, Stage Right, and the Stage Fight

“I wish Raising the Curtain had been on the market when I first began teaching Theatre Arts! Full of practical, user-friendly ideas, suggestions, and lesson plans to quiet the fluttering heart of the new and terrified drama teacher, Gai Jones has written a book that sparkles with her own indefatigable vitality and common sense.”
—John Slade, Director of Theatre Arts Ojai Performing Arts Academy