Amazon.com description: Product Description: There are currently many books on the market that contain drama games and theater techniques as well as collections of student scripts. Most of these scripts are designed to be used as a Reader s Theater. Classroom Teacher As Theater Director is designed as a step-by-step guide for teachers who want to put on a full-length production and are looking for direction on how to choose a script, cast, rehearse, help students to memorize, stage the play, create sets and costumes, add sound and light effects, add musical accompaniment and even how to handle a cast party! When a classroom teacher puts on a play, the objective is not to create great actors or great theater but to use theater as an entertaining tool for teaching curriculum and character and to meet the Common Core Standards of Speaking, Listening and Reading. A true master, January Akselrad guides educators through the process from casting to cast party!