Making the Scene: Setting the Stage for Success
- ISBN-10
- 0825660505
- ISBN-13
- 9780825660504
- Series
- Making the Scene
- Category
- Theaters
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Shawnee Press (TN)
- Author
- Michael Gallina
Description
MAKING THE SCENE is a handy, illustrated how-to book for constructing sets & props for musicals in school settings. Michael Gallina, a strong creative influence in dozens of musicals co-written with his wife, Jill, a trained musician & elementary school principal. Many of the ideas in MAKING THE SCENES have been developed out of practical needs. Each suggestion in this guide is easy to understand, easy to implement, easy to delegate & practical without consuming unusual amounts of time & money. Included are patterns for a variety of scenes: Santa's workshop, castle wall, shipboard, evergreen forest, tropical island, street scenes, & more; movable set pieces mounted on chair carts; flats, flip flop sets, mobile sets; & even make your own inflatable monsters. This book is a must for every elementary, middle & junior high & high school music director - as well as for every library in America. To order call (800) 962-8584 or write to Shawnee Press, Inc., 49 Waring Drive, Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327.
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Other editions
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- 2012
- 168 pages
- Paperback
- Hal Leonard Corporation
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- 2011-04-30
- 384 pages
- Ebook
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2011
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- University of Toronto Press
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- 2010-02-15
- 365 pages
- Paperback
- Tobin Theatre Arts Fund
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