Plays on a Shoestring
You’ve got the job, but how do you do the job with such a paltry amount of cash?
Plays on a Shoestring is a guide for the new director, the "experienced but poverty stricken" director, or any director who wants the best quality obtainable with the least capital outlay.
In this edition are two bonus lists: "Fun-and-Easy Shoestring Tricks" which will delight your audiences, and "Cheapies" a list of items essential for creating economical but impressive productions.
Table of Contents
- Chapter One: Choose a Great Shoestring Play
- Chapter Two: Construct Sets on a Shoestring
- Chapter Three: Contrive Shoestring Props, Costumes, and Makeup
- Chapter Four: Convene a Great Cast for a Shoestring Play
- Chapter Five: Corral a Shoestring Crew That Works
- Chapter Six: Concoct a Plan for Safety, Even on a Shoestring
- Chapter Seven: Collect Essential Tools on a Shoestring
- Chapter Eight: Create Shoestring Publicity and Sales
- Chapter Nine: Cope with an Upcoming Shoestring Play
- Chapter Ten: Clean Up That Shoestring
- Chapter Eleven: Conceive Your Own Shoestring Plays
- Bonus #1: 10 Fun-and-Easy Shoestring Tricks
- Bonus #2: 12 Useful Items To Buy on the Cheap or Scavenge
- Get the 53 pg PDF here: Plays on a Shoestring by Peg Herring





