PrefaceChapter 1 Readers Theatre: What Is It?IntroductionDefinitionHistory and Development of Readers TheatreOverview of the BookDiscussion and AssignmentsAdditional ReadingReferencesChapter 2 Transforming Texts into Group Performance: Theory and PerceptionsCommunicative Intent of Texts in PerformancePresentational Theory Notions: Alienation DevicesPresentational Theory Notions: Psychological ClosureA Communication Model for Readers TheatreConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsAdditional ReadingReferencesChapter 3 Transforming Texts into Group Performance: Selection and AnalysisCriteria for Text SelectionStructure for Text SelectionSingle Text ProductionsCompiled Text FormatsAnalyzing the Text: The Rhetorical/Argumentative ApproachPrimary Ideas in a TextAnalysis of CharactersSensory Imagery in TextsElements of TimePlot Structure in AnalysisConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsReferencesChapter 4 Performance ChoicesNonverbal Performance ChoicesKinesicsOculesicsPhysical Appearance and ClothingProxemics and HapticsChronemicsVocal Performance ChoicesVoice QualitiesVocal SetVocalizationsChoosing FocusOptional Script Binder UseConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsAdditional ReadingReferencesChapter 5 Adapting Texts: Drama/Narrative Fiction/PoetryGeneral Adaptation Suggestions for All LiteratureAdapting Drama for Readers Theatre ScriptsAdapting Narrative Fiction into Chamber TheatreAdapting Poetry/Song Lyrics to PerformanceConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsReferencesChapter 6 Adapting Texts: Nonfiction Prose/Ethnographies/OralAdapting Nonfiction Prose for Readers TheatreAdapting Ethnographies and Oral Texts for Readers TheatreConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsAdditional ReadingReferencesChapter 7 Designing and Staging the Textual PerformanceCastingPerformance SpaceMovement on StageStage PropertiesScripts Present or AbsentCostumingLighting and Media UsageConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsReferencesChapter 8 Creativity in Textual PerformancesCreativity in Finding and Selecting TextsCreativity in the Production VisionDiscussion and AssignmentsReferencesChapter 9 Preparing the Production Guide/Script; Rehearsals in Preparation for PerformanceProduction Guide EssentialsActual ScriptAuditioningRehearsalsDiscussion and AssignmentsReferencesChapter 10 Outlets for Readers Theatre PerformanceForensics and FestivalsChildren's GroupsReligious CentersWedding CeremoniesSocial ServicesConclusionDiscussion and AssignmentsAdditional ReadingReferencesAppendixDividing Lines in Poetry: "The Changed Man"Dividing Lines for Drama Literature: "The Glass Menagerie"Dividing Performance Lines in Narrative Fiction: "The Final Problem"Dividing Lines for Performance in Nonfiction Essays: "You Want Mind Blowing?"Transforming Single Persona to Multiple Personae in a DocumentaryGroup Activity on Generating "Creativity" in Readers TheatreAudition Sheet (1)Audition Sheet (2)Evaluation of Director (1)Evaluation of Director (2)Evaluation of Participant (1)Evaluation of Participant (2)Class Readers Theatre Evaluation Form (1)Class Readers Theatre Evaluation Form (2)Index
