Improvisations in Creative Drama: A Program of Workshops and Dramatic Sketches for Students Book

Part I	Creative Drama Workshops
	Author's Note	3
	Preparations
I	Before the Students Arrive	5
II	Preparing the Students	7
Chapter 1	"No Audience" Activities	11
Workshop 1	Painting with Music	11
Workshop 2	Hand Plays	14
Workshop 3	Sculpture with Invisible Clay	15
Workshop 4	Sculpture with People Clay	16
Workshop 5	The Prisoner	17
Workshop 6	Mirrors and Shadows	18
Workshop 7	Machines	19
Workshop 8	Combat	21
Workshop 9	Instructing	22
Chapter 2	Sound Patterns: Rhythm & Drama	25
Workshop 10	Sound Plots	25
Workshop 11	Sound Patterns and Combats	27
Workshop 12	Ceremonies	28
Chapter 3	Group Poetry Production	31
Workshop 13	Fabricating Vocabulary	31
Workshop 14	Poetry Based on Image	33
Workshop 15	Poetic Drama	34
Chapter 4	Group Activities	37
Workshop 16	Drama Activities Inspired by Music & Pictures	37
Workshop 17	Drama Activities Involving Light Sources	40
Workshop 18	Drama Activities Using Light and Music	42
Workshop 19	Lighted Table-Top Sets	43
Chapter 5	Improvisations with Large Groups	45
Workshop 20	Imposed Situations	45
Workshop 21	Semi-structured Happenings	48
Workshop 22	Semi-structured Happenings: Junk Character Encounters	51
Workshop 23	Semi-structured Happenings: Take-off!	53
Part II	Dramatic Sketches
	Author's Note	57
	Holed-Up	59
	Sophie	67
	The Victim	73
	Tea Party	83
	Winnifred and Grace	91
	Mr. Excelsior	97
	Bridgework	103
	In the Middle of the Night	111
	Trick Doors	121
	Down on Your Knees!	131
	Perfect Perley	139
	Love Scene: Dominic and Sadie	147
	Fortunes	155
	Walking Back	159
Appendix	Suggestions for Music	169