This book is for stage directors in school and community theater. Author Dan Mills developed a series of actor workshops that train large casts to form beautiful group tableaux in five seconds or less. His time efficient strategies help directors stage challenging scenes quickly and powerfully. His techniques are easily side-coached and inspire the ingenuity of actors. In a career of directing more than 200 shows Dan found that actor absenteeism and forgetfulness, as well as the director's day job and a short rehearsal schedule, sometimes hampered the quest for excellence. So he replaced the...

"Coaching Pre-Broadway Actors" is a handy collection of strategies, mini-workshops, and coaching tips for the director of school or community theater to bring out powerful performances from developing actors. Author Daniel Mills, a veteran director of more than 200 shows, uses simple phrases such as give and take, approach and avoidance, and listen to the three elves on your shoulder to remind actors of the skills learned in workshops. All the skills are taught with simple reminders that actors love and the director can remember. Here are the 14 Chapters. 1. Stress Free Coaching, Whew, What a...