Curtain Up!: A Book for Young Performers

By Dirk McLean

Young Amaya is auditioning for a role in a professional play. Although she longs to perform, she is about to learn how much team effort and hard work is involved.

As the reader follows her progress from a nervous hopeful at an audition through the fittings for costumes, the rehearsals, the memory work, and even stage fright, Dirk McLean introduces the many people and jobs involved in staging a play. A glossary provides descriptions of terms like casting, choreography, and blocking. Written by an author with extensive firsthand theater experience, this is a must-have resource for young children who are performers. And for those who only dream of a career on stage, it is entertaining to share Amaya's journey and to feel the thrill of a peek behind the scenes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887768997
• ISBN13: 9780887768996
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7