Tessa Bridal has over 30 years of experience working with museums, and as a consultant nationally and internationally, and received theAmerican Association of Museums'Education Committee Award for Excellence in Practice, given to individuals who have greatly influenced the work of the museum education field. She is the author of a prize winning novel, a contributor to several anthologies, has served as editor of newsletters and museum publications, and of the non-fiction book Exploring Museum Theatre, also published by Alta Mira Press. She can be contacted at tessa.bridal@icloud.net.
Chapter 1 Preface or Dramatic Prologue
Chapter 2 Chapter I: What Is Museum Theatre?
Chapter 3 Chapter II: A Brief History
Chapter 4 Chapter III: The Interpretive Palette
Chapter 5 Chapter IV: Selecting, Writing, and Developing Your First Program
Chapter 6 Chapter V: General Costs and How to Fund Them
Chapter 7 Chapter VI: There's an Actor in our Collections!
Chapter 8 Chapter VII: Technical Requirements and Staff
Chapter 9 Chapter VIII: Evaluations and Visitor Perspective Findings
Chapter 10 Chapter IX: Selling the Idea
Chapter 11 Chapter X: Promoting and Marketing Your Theatre Program
Chapter 12 Chapter XI: How Theatre Has Been Used to Present Difficult
Issues
Chapter 13 Chapter XII: Collaborations and Partnerships
Chapter 14 Chapter XIII: Historic Interpretation
Chapter 15 Epilogue: The Future of Museum Theatre
Chapter 16 Appendix A: Average Costs Incurred in Mountain Museum Theatre
Productions and Sample Budgets for Small, Medium and Large Programs
Chapter 17 Appendix B: Elements of a Treatment and Sample Treatment
Chapter 18 Appendix C: Sample Contract - Playwright, Director, Actor,
Designers
Chapter 19 Appendix D: Position Description - Actor/Presenter
Chapter 20 Appendix E: Audition Form
Chapter 21 Appendix F: Position Description - Theatre/Presentations
Coordinator
Chapter 22 Appendix G: Glossary of Commonly Used Theatre Terms
Chapter 23 Bibliography
Chapter 24 About the Author
