52 PICK-UP: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DOING THEATER WITH CHILDREN, The Project's "How To" manual, written by founder/artistic director Willie Reale, consists of a series of recipes for its programs in a simple, no-nonsense, step-by-step fashion. Along with that are comprehensive descriptions of all the Project's writing and acting programs for children as well as detailed advice on working with children in theatrical contexts. Incorporated in the manual is Daniel Judah Sklar's PLAYMAKING LESSON PLANS which cover basic and second-level playwriting courses for children and adults. A third component of the manual is plans and schematics of scenic designer Kevin Joseph Roach's "Instant Set" upon which most of the Project's productions are staged. The manual is available for $35.00. (#6060)
THE BUTLER DID IT! is a collection of twenty short plays with music written for the One-On-One program, conceived as a means to create an opportunity for a child to star in his or her own play. Some of the authors included in this volume are Craig Lucas, Charles Dumas, Katharine Long, Willie Reale, Peter MacNicol, Jacquelyn Reingold and Lewis Black. The composer is Henry Krieger. Over a week in the summer, two troupes of children and professional playwrights retreat to a country setting where the playwright is asked to mine the particular charms of his or her child partner and imbue a fictional character with those traits. Somewhere in these twenty plays there is certain to be a role to suit nearly any child's personality and level of skill. The twenty plays with songs were written for an adult and a child with each featuring a cameo role for an adult "Butler." This collection is available for $30.00. (#6061)
THE BEDTIME ZONE is a collection of twenty more short plays from the One-On-One program. Some of the authors included in this volume are Cindy Lou Johnson, Willie Reale, Donald Margulies, Richard Dresser, Nancy Giles and James McDaniel. These plays, all dealing with the supernatural, are two-character plays for children to perform with adults, and do not contain music. This collection is available for $20.00. (#6062)
PLAYS FOR PAIRS is a collection of five one-act plays written to challenge the more experienced young actors in the Project's program. The authors in this volume include Donald Margulies, Cindy Lou Johnson, Thomas Babe, Willie Reale and Jose Rivera. These plays were written for the Two-On-Two program and offer two children leading roles in comedies. The recommended age level for these plays is 10 to 14 years-old. This collection is available for $15.00. (#6063)
THE SPRING THING is a collection of six two-character plays by student writers to be performed by experienced actors. The writers are all graduates of the Playmaking program where they took an eight-week class in which youngsters learn the basic tenets of how to write a play, and how to tap into their imaginations and emotional lives in order to write a play. This collection is available for $15.00. (#6064)
THE DINOSAUR MUSICAL is a musical in one act by Robert and Willie Reale. Prehistory is rewritten in this 70-minute musical offering. Down on their luck, mother and daughter dinosaurs find adventure and romance at The Paradise Hotel, the earth's first resort. Ideal for a cast of 10 to 17-year olds. 4 boys, 7 girls (flexible casting). Available for $25.00. (#6065)
QUARK VICTORY is a musical in two acts by Robert and Willie Reale. Samantha's father invents a device that can shrink an object down to the size of an electron, but her uncle, her father's evil twin brother, wants to use it to take over the world. Samantha gets caught in the middle and finds herself trapped inside an atom. Now tiny and alone, she befriends some sub-atomic particles who bond together to help Samantha save the planet and get back to her own size. The cast combines adults with children, and humans with sub-atomic particles. 4 boys, 7 girls, 4 men, 2 women. Available for $25.00. (#6066)
