| Get in the Act! Contributor(s): Ullom, Shirley (Author) |
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ISBN: 156608007X ISBN-13: 9781566080071 Publisher: Meriwether Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: Laughter is the most effective technique for teenage survival. These monologs, dialogs and short skits allow teenage performers a chance to laugh at the system, their teachers, their parents and most importantly, themselves! These are scripts for laughter and pathos. They create an awareness of the perils of drinking and driving, teenage parties, smoking, alcoholic parents and much more. Sixty superb, short scripts! For speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety shows and classroom use. Some of the titles include: MONOLOGS: Vacation from Hell, Daydreaming, Kiss Off That First Kiss, DIALOGS: Girls Come in All Shapes, Designated Driver, Tassels and Tears. SKITS: How to Dump a Dip, Beauty Sleep, Party Time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Drama - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - General (see Also Headings Under Family) |
| Dewey: 812.041 |
| LCCN: 94037678 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.58" W x 8.47" (0.59 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This exciting collection of monologues, dialogs and short skits gives teenagers a chance to laugh at themselves and still feel good about it. It also provides them a tool to explore issues important to them: drunk driving, elderly grandparents, parties, smoking, broken homes, alcoholic parents, and death. There are scripts for laughter and scripts for pathos. Overall, they produce an awareness of the perils of passage as teens reach for adulthood. This book contains 60 superb, original short scripts for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety shows and classroom use. It's a book ideal for any school theatre library. (184 pages, 51/2 x 81/2, paperback) |