| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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| Part I: CREATIVE DRAMA WORKSHOPS | |
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| Author's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
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| PREPARATIONS | |
| I Before the Students Arrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| II Preparing the Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
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| Chapter One: | |
| "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 |
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| Chapter Two: | |
| SOUND PATTERNS: RHYTHM & DRAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
| Workshop 10: Sound Plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
| Workshop 11: Sound Patterns and Combats . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
| Workshop 12: Ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 28 |
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| Chapter Three: | |
| GROUP POETRY PRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Workshop 13: Fabricating Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| Workshop 14: Poetry Based On Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
| Workshop 15: Poetic Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34 |
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| Chapter Four: | |
| 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 |
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| Chapter Five: | |
| 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 |
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| PART II: DRAMATIC SKETCHES | |
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| Author's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
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| 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 |
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| APPENDIX: | |
| Suggestions For Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 169 |