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  • 1.  Help!- Summer Reading

    Posted 06-02-2025 12:25

    Hey everyone! Happy Summer! I am a new theatre teacher, just finishing up my second year as an assistant director, and it is likely that I will be moving on to be a head director of a high school program very soon. I am feeling relatively unprepared so I want to use the summer to get some reading done.

    Please recommend me what books/texts have been most helpful for you as a theatre teacher and director! I am looking for the following-

    • Books that go over the essentials of acting
    • Books that go over the essentials of tech productions
    • Books that aid in the classroom (lessons, workshops, activities, etc)
    • Plays that are great for productions or classroom reading

    I know this is super broad, but please give me any recs you have! It would help a lot.



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    Troy Daly
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  • 2.  RE: Help!- Summer Reading

    Posted 06-03-2025 07:27
    Don't forget the book that guides you through the other half of the job: dealing with divas, parents, school politics, fund raising, field trips and oh so much more! "Real-World Theatre Education "





  • 3.  RE: Help!- Summer Reading

    Posted 06-03-2025 08:53

    Here's are a few key books/resources that I have collected over the years (not comprehensive, but I'm happy to provide more if you want). 

    How to Teach a Play eds. Miriam Chirico & Kelly Younger 

    Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches eds. Sharrell D. Luckett with Tia M. Shaffer

    Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal (trans. Adrian Jackson)

    Digital Theatre+ (subscription service with tons of lesson plans, resources, and plays to watch)

    Backwards and Forwards: a Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball



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    Betsy S. Goldman, she/any
    Theatre Teacher
    Meridian Academy
    Jamaica Plain, MA
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  • 4.  RE: Help!- Summer Reading

    Posted 06-04-2025 00:36

    Thanks so much!!!



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    Troy Daly
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