Exploring Museum Theatre

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

Tessa Bridal is considered by many museum administrators and theatre artists to be the country's leading authority regarding the use of theatre as an educational tool in museums. Ms. Bridal's professional reputation alone will be enough to convince those people to purchase this book. Having read the work, however, I can also testify with a great deal of enthusiasm that her discussions are both comprehensive and scholarly.