Theater & You: A Beginning - Softcover

An introduction to the theater, covering such topics as writing a play, choosing a cast, acting techniques, directing, and more

Marsh Cassady has written more than forty books including novels, short story and drama collections, haiku, biography, and books on theatre and storytelling. His audio and stage plays have been widely performed (including off-Broadway), and he has written and recorded a three-set audio tape on storytelling. A former actor/director and university professor with a Ph.D. degree in theatre, Cassady has worked with more than a hundred productions. Since 1981, he has conducted an all-genre writing workshop in San Diego and has taught various creative writing classes at UCSD and elsewhere. While teaching at Montclair State in the 1970s, he started a program of workshops, classes and special projects in playwriting. His own writing has won numerous regional and national awards.