Stagecraft category: 144 books
Creating the Character Costume
Tools, Tips, and Talks with Top Costumers and Cosplayers
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Many beginning and hobbyist costumers believe that professional costume/prop builders have unlimited and specialized resources with which to ply their craft. Actually, the pros create things in much the same way that hobbyists do, working as resourcefully and creatively as possible with a limited...
The Properties Director's Toolkit
Managing a Prop Shop for Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
This book explains and provides templates for organizing and managing a prop shop, from pre-production organization to production processes, budgeting, and collaborations with other production areas. It explores how to plan, organize, and maintain a prop shop for safe and efficient production work.
Theatrical Makeup
Basic Application Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
In many theatrical productions, it falls to the performers to apply their own makeup, with minimal or no instruction. Theatrical Makeup clearly and concisely explains the basics of theatrical makeup techniques to allow stage actors to put their best face forward! You will gain understanding of the...
Painting for Performance
A Beginner’s Guide to Great Painted Scenery
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Painting for Performance removes the mystery from painting and gives beginners the terms, tools, and techniques to approach their unpainted set with confidence. Covering the mechanics of paint and its many implementations in set design, this book provides simple and effective step-by-step instructions for painting a variety of surfaces to look great on stage.
Hypnotized by Your Gaze
Ten Minute Plays by Amy Drake
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This book contains a collection of plays written by Pultizer Prize nominated playwright Amy Drake. The collection includes EYES LIKE OPAQUE GEMS, voted Most Popular Play in the Midtown International Theater Festival Short Play Lab 2016. EYES LIKE OPAQUE GEMS and SEANCE' YOU LOVE ME are mood pieces...
The Prop Effects Guidebook
Lights, Motion, Sound, and Magic
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
In The Prop Building Guidebook, author Eric Hart demonstrated how to cut, glue, sculpt, and bend raw materials to build props. Now in The Prop Effects Guidebook, he shows us how to connect and assemble components and parts to make those props light up, explode, make noise, and bleed. It delves into...
by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Teatro Futurista Sintetico riassume le idee che Marinetti ed i futuristi avevano sul teatro, inteso come un importante mezzo di comunicazione e il fenomeno artistico dove maggiormente era possibile l'applicazione dei principi di dinamicità e sovversione della morale comune propugnata già in altre...
Sewing Techniques for Theatre
An Essential Guide for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Sewing Techniques for Theatre: An Essential Guide for Beginners distills the intimidating art of sewing down into simple, quick, and effective lessons to prepare readers for an entry-level position in a costume shop. The lessons follow an hour-by-hour structure, offering detailed instructions to creating...
Reframing Acting in the Digital Age
Nimbly Scaling Actor Training in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019
Reframing Acting in the Digital Age: Nimbly Scaling Actor Training in the Academy refocuses how actors work in TV, film, and stage. In this refreshing text, Preeshl integrates original interviews with 25 theatre, film, TV, and digital media experts from leading international programs to create an...
Décors et costumes du XIXe siècle. Tome II
Théâtre et décorateurs
Language: French
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Cet ouvrage constitue le deuxième volet de la fabuleuse collection de dessins du XIXe siècle conservés par la Bibliothèque-Musée de l’Opéra. Mais alors que le premier volume ne présentait que des décors et des costumes exécutés pour cette institution, celui-ci révèle l'activité de décorateurs...
by Pasquale D'Ascola
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2011
Il teatro è finito, viva il teatro!
La fine del teatro non è né prossima né ventura: è in atto. È una morte infinita. Se per teatro si intende il deadly theatre stigmatizzato da Peter Brook, il teatro d’oro, porpora e velluto in cui far morire le signore e tutte le loro camelie.
Ma il teatro...
by Louise Thistle
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Dramatizing Greek Mythology is an ideal way to develop acting and speaking skills and an appreciation of classic literature. Written for teachers and recreational leaders with varying degrees of dramatic arts experience, the book offers plays suitable for students of all academic backgrounds and English...
Stage Lighting: The Technicians' Guide
An On-the-job Reference Tool with Online Video Resources - 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This practical guide covers all aspects of stage lighting equipment, special effects, lighting a performance space and lighting design. It is well illustrated with examples of equipment, diagrams, plans and technical data. It also features the work of current lighting designers. The associated video...
Farsi luogo
Varco al teatro in 101 movimenti
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 1, 2015
101 varchi per entrare, e perdersi, nel teatro labirintico di uno dei più originali artisti italiani. Un teatro «ortodosso», rigoroso e sincretico, capace di cogliere le contraddizioni del reale, il loro mescolarsi, per farsi luogo, vita e arte.