Performing Arts:

The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Edition
Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance
Written by Thomas A. Kelly

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $19.95

The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and Expanded


The next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most... Read more >

Careers in Technical Theater

Written by Mike Lawler

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $19.95

Discover exciting career possibilities behind the scenes.


Want to make it big on Broadway—as a techie? Or how about working in smaller regional theater? Careers in Technical Theater explains more than twenty different careers from the perspective of successful theater artists. Included are specialties that have been around for decades, as well... Read more >

The Perfect Stage Crew
The Compleat Technical Guide for High School, College, and Community Theater
Written by John Kaluta

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2003
Price: $19.95

Here is an indispensable, nuts-and-bolts guide to putting on a stunning, low-budget show in less than 40 days! The Perfect Stage Crew explains the pitfalls to avoid and provides solutions to the most common as well as most complex stage performance problems. Readers without Broadway-size budgets and resources will learn the... Read more >

The Business of Theatrical Design

Written by James Moody

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2002
Price: $24.95

For theatrical design students and theater professionals, here is the essential guide to marketing your skills, furthering your career, and operating a successful business! In The Business of Theatrical Design, design veteran James Moody shares his proven techniques to help costume, scenic, and lighting designers become successful businesspeople. Here is the... Read more >

The Health and Safety Guide for Film, TV and Theater

Written by Monona Rossol

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2000
Price: $24.95

Definitely a necessity for anyone involved in professional or amateur entertainment, this handbook is the only resource to offer all vital information about health and safety issues affecting the performing arts. Covered are topics relevant to every type of performance venue: stage, film, television, theme parks, circuses, parades, fireworks displays, and... Read more >

An Acrobat of the Heart
A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski
Written by Stephen Wangh

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2000
Price: $16.00

A Vintage Original

"The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible." When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the "impossible."

In An Acrobat of the Heart, teacher-director-playwright Stephen Wangh reveals how... Read more >

Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov

Written by Stella Adler
Edited by Barry Paris

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2000
Price: $15.95

An original member of the famed Group Theater, Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists to come out of the American theater. As a Stanislavsky disciple and founder of her own highly esteemed acting conservatory, the extravagant actress was also an eminent acting teacher, training her students--among them Marlon... Read more >