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The Focal Press Toolkit Series


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Regardless of your profession, whether you’re a Stage Manager or Stagehand, The Focal Press Toolkit Series has you covered. With all the insider secrets, paperwork, and day-to-day details that you could ever need for your chosen profession or specialty, these books provide you with a one-stop-shop to ensure a smooth production process.

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The Voice Coach's Toolkit

The Voice Coach's Toolkit

1st Edition

By Pamela Prather
March 31, 2023

The Voice Coach's Toolkit identifies the primary professional vocal coaching opportunities and the avenues by which a student or early career coach can navigate the vocation. For purposes of this book, the Voice Coach is defined as someone who coaches the spoken voice in three precise areas: the ...

The Production Manager's Toolkit Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts

The Production Manager's Toolkit: Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts

2nd Edition

By Cary Gillett, Jay Sheehan
March 14, 2023

The Production Manager’s Toolkit Second Edition offers an up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to a theatrical and special event production career for new and aspiring professionals, given by expert voices in the field. The book discusses management techniques, communication skills, and ...

The Literary Manager's Toolkit A Practical Guide for the Theatre

The Literary Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide for the Theatre

1st Edition

By Sue Healy
December 26, 2022

The Literary Manager’s Toolkit is a clear and comprehensive guide to the role of the literary manager in theatre and beyond, focusing on the key skills, networks, and processes that underpin a successful career in this and associated roles. This book outlines the tasks and responsibilities of a ...

The Costume Designer's Toolkit The Process of Creating Effective Design

The Costume Designer's Toolkit: The Process of Creating Effective Design

1st Edition

By Holly Poe Durbin
December 15, 2022

The Costume Designer’s Toolkit explores the wide-ranging skills required to design costumes for live performance in theatre, dance, opera, and themed entertainment. Arranged in chronological order to create a design, each chapter describes tools, strategies, and techniques costume designers use to ...

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit Tips, Templates, and Techniques for Planning and Running a Successful Paint Shop in the Theatre and Performing Arts

The Scenic Charge Artist's Toolkit: Tips, Templates, and Techniques for Planning and Running a Successful Paint Shop in the Theatre and Performing Arts

1st Edition

By Jennifer Rose Ivey
December 30, 2021

The Scenic Charge Artist’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to managing a theatrical paint shop. This book introduces the many different options available to a scenic charge artist, as well as the fundamental expectations and responsibilities of planning and running a shop. From the pre-production...

The Projection Designer’s Toolkit

The Projection Designer’s Toolkit

1st Edition

By Jeromy Hopgood
December 23, 2021

The Projection Designer’s Toolkit is an insider’s guide to the world of professional projection design, serving as a reference for the planning and execution of each step in the projection design process. The text addresses the design process within the context of a professional projection ...

The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit

2nd Edition

By Anne E. McMills
September 30, 2021

This ground-breaking text returns in its second edition, unlocking the insider secrets and proven, time-tested methods to succeed as a professional assistant lighting designer. This definitive guide outlines, step-by-step, the daily challenges that assistant lighting designers face during every ...

The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit Collaboration, Interrogation, and Innovation toward Engineering Brilliant Lighting Designs

The Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit: Collaboration, Interrogation, and Innovation toward Engineering Brilliant Lighting Designs

1st Edition

By Jason E. Weber
December 30, 2020

The Lighting Supervisor’s Toolkit guides readers through the Lighting Supervisor’s production process with an emphasis on the importance of the collaborative nature of the role. Lifting the veil on a process regularly learned on the job, this book offers a deeper understanding of the role of ...

The Stage Manager's Toolkit Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Stage Manager's Toolkit: Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

3rd Edition

By Laurie Kincman
December 30, 2020

The Stage Manager’s Toolkit, Third Edition provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live theatre with a focus on both written and verbal communication best practices. The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production...

The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit Supervising Theatre Costume Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit: Supervising Theatre Costume Production from First Meeting to Final Performance

1st Edition

By Rebecca Pride
July 27, 2018

The Costume Supervisor’s Toolkit explores the responsibilities of a Costume Supervisor within a theatrical, opera or dance production company. Rebecca Pride provides an insight into all manner of processes, beginning with a definition of the role, and offers explanations of the timeline from the ...

The Properties Director's Toolkit Managing a Prop Shop for Theatre

The Properties Director's Toolkit: Managing a Prop Shop for Theatre

2nd Edition

By Sandra Strawn, Lisa Schlenker
March 26, 2018

This book explains and provides templates for organizing and managing a prop shop, from pre-production organization to production processes, budgeting, and collaborations with other production areas. It explores how to plan, organize, and maintain a prop shop for safe and efficient production work....

The Director's Toolkit

The Director's Toolkit

1st Edition

By Robin Schraft
January 22, 2018

The Director’s Toolkit is a comprehensive guide to the role of the theatrical director. Following the chronology of the directing process, the book discusses each stage in precise detail, considering the selection and analysis of the script, the audition process, casting, character development, ...

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