Until now there has never been a single, simple-to-use game source for teaching improv drama. Now, the sixty-two years of combined experience of two collaborators have made this source book a reality.

This drama text includes 137 drama games in a lesson play format. Everything you need to teach basic dramatic skills using improv games. A semester-long theatre curriculum guide; if used with Improv Ideas by the same authors, there are enough games for a year's work. Select from more than 134 drama games and improvs adaptable to all age groups. Within the theatre book's 30 units are 74 lessons covering all elements of drama. The lessons are structured sequentially with emphasis on group building. The drama guide helps you teach drama skills holistically. Students are unaware they are being...

Middle school students are highly creative, imaginative, and uninhibited with their ideas. And they love puzzles That's why they are intrigued by murder mysteries. This book invites the interaction of the whole class in the process of creating mystery plays. It includes everything you need to teach basic dramatic skills by creating and staging an interactive murder mystery play. It's a six-week long, step-by-step program. In weeks one and two students brainstorm ideas; refine the theme; and create the characters, plots, means, motives, scenes, and more. Weeks three and four include games to...