Resources

Here are some resource links for various events.

Large Group Events

One-Act Play

Readers Theater

Acting

Musical Theater

Broadcast Music, Inc:

Royalty free options for performances

ASCAP:

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (Royalty free options for performances)

Music Theatre International:

Many options, but choose early so we can purchase performance rights!

Choral Reading

Group Mime

Solo Mime

Group Improvisation

Improv Encyclopedia

Online Reference Guide

Improvisation Situations

From Previous Contests

Acting Games

Sourcebook for Warm-Up Activities

Improve with Improv

Lessons on Improv Theory

Television Newscasting

UPI

Online news source.

National Public Radio

Online news source.

Teleprompter

Free online Teleprompter

Radio Broadcasting

UPI

Online news source.

National Public Radio

Online news source.

This American Life

Podcast from WBEZ Chicago.

Short Film

Vimeo Video School

Online resource for amateur filmmakers.

Post-It Love

Sample short film.

Individual Events

Public Address

Acting

Solo Musical Theater

Broadcast Music, Inc:

Royalty free options for performances

ASCAP:

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (Royalty free options for performances)

Music Theatre International:

Many options, but choose early so we can purchase performance rights!

Interpretative Reading—Poetry

Poets.org:

Searchable collection of classic & modern poetry

PoetryFoundation.org:

Searchable collection with analysis

Interpretative Reading—-Prose

Project Gutenberg:

Free Ebooks, generally classic literature

Literary Program

Original Oratory

Spontaneous Speaking

Radio News Announcing

Expository Address

Storytelling

Improvisation

Reviewing

After Dinner Speaking