Secondary Stages: Revitalizing High School Theatre

Secondary Stages combines in one volume everything a high school teacher needs to organize and implement a sucessful, dynamic theatre program. Bennett's approach is based on a simple premise: that exposure to theatre can be an utterly transforming experience for studentsone that enables them to reach unimagined levels of personal, emotional, and intellectual growth. His book delivers hands-on techniques to make it all happen, illustrating how to:

• draw interested students into the program
• inspire students to act with truth and conviction
• establish the connection between good improvisation and good scene work
• carry passion for theatre outside the classroom and into the mainstream of school life
• choose material that's stimulating enough to attract a sizable student audience without creating unwanted controversy
• structure activities and lessons so that they encourage maximum sensitivity and awareness
• lay the basis for mounting memorable productions.