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Jan Helling Croteau Heinemann Press Founder and Artistic Director of Perform It! Young People’s Stage Company, Jan Helling Croteau knows the power of theater for kids and how it can build confidence and social skills. With a warm, no-nonsense attitude, Croteau offers an organized approach to working and staging a theatrical performance with young people. Topics addressed include:

Establishing ground rules and doing warm-up exercises Movement and voice training Improvisation Aspects of theater production How to make Shakespeare accessible to young actors And much more

Perform It! is filled with activities that can be used in classrooms as ways to enhance learning, as an introduction to teaching Shakespeare through performance, or as an idea book for bringing the humanities alive for grades K-12. A resource and a guide, this book will also be welcomed by youth group leaders, parents, and anyone with an interest in young people’s theater, and is presented in a clear and concise way full of heart and enthusiasm.

Books maybe ordered from Heinemann Drama www.heinemanndrama.com