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Michael Kimmel Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens by Mike Kimmel Foreword by Anita Barone
This new book from the author of Scenes for Teens is a collection of 60 original comedy and drama scripts for younger actors. The dialogues feature clean language and family-friendly real-life scenarios. They are ideal for teaching rehearsing and auditioning for stage and screen. All scenes are gender-neutral allowing every role in every scene to be performed by both male and female acting students. The scripts are varied with shorter and longer selections comical and more serious topics and conversational dialogue intended to develop rapid-fire comedic timing listening and reacting skills and vocal variety. Overall the emphasis is on straightforward realistic interaction to build and solidify the one-on-one relationship between acting scene partners. Many scenes are educational as well modeling and reinforcing positive attitudes and behaviors for our youth. With a heartfelt foreword by Disneys Anita Barone and a clear concise introduction to acting by the author Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens is a simple - but effective - training tool for teachers parents libraries schools and drama clubs and acting coaches.This book offers a no-nonsense practical approach for training young actors and can be applied immediately in the home and classroom. Positive imagery social relevance and civic-mindedness are written into many scenes as subtext.show more