Linda Lori Burgess

Five Minutes to Curtain: A Teacher's Guide for Creating and Staging Original Plays is an invaluable resource for teachers who want to create original productions in collaboration with their students. Burgess provides a step-by-step guide to her unique system for developing devised plays, along with solid advice about all the other aspects of producing high school theatre: directing student actors and working with tech crew, scheduling and running rehearsals, promoting the play, dealing with school administrators, and making connections to the larger community.
Incorporating multiple examples and anecdotes drawn from the author's twenty years of experience, Five Minutes to Curtain is a blueprint for providing more meaningful and engaging theatrical experiences for participants and audiences alike.