Group Scenes for Young Actors: 32 High-Quality Scenes for Kids and Teens

By the publisher of the best-selling Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors!

Group Scenes for Young Actors features 32 three to six-person scenes with themes, characters and subject matter specifically tailored to performers age 7-14.

Do you find working on monologues and partner scenes often leaves the rest of the class restless?

Group Scenes helps you showcase more students from your drama class while reinforcing the crucial skill of acting as an ensemble. You will give your actors more opportunities to perform, and your students will fully understand how each character is integral in moving a scene forward.

Written by award-winning NYC playwright Jessica Penzias and published by Beat by Beat Press, these scenes will instantly engage the students in your acting classes.

This book contains:

32 scenes to challenge and excite acting studentsA broad variety of three to six-person scenes that will give your actors more opportunities to performGender-neutral characters to provide ultimate flexibilityEmotional arcs and strong endings to challenge actors and keep audiences engagedA broad range of circumstances and emotions, from comedic to heartfelt to whimsicalMaterial that is ideal as short performance pieces and for use in the classroom


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