<p>Based on the author¿s decades of teaching, pedagogical and theatrical research, and his professional experience as actor and director, <i>Making a Scene: Creating a Scene Study Class for Actors </i>offers<i> </i>a pedagogical approach rehearsal scenes as a primary tool for diagnosis and actor improvement.</p><p>This volume carefully lays out the case for thinking deeply and critically about the nature of every facet of an acting class: the environment of the classroom, the choice of material for performing, diagnostic tools for responding to scene sessions, and means for engaging all students. This study includes suggestions for a teacher¿s philosophy towards the work; a justification for implementing games, improvisations, and etudes; suggestions for resources for exercises both basic and complex; and a brief discussion on approaches to period styles material and connecting it to contemporary student life and issues.</p><p>Addressed to both the beginning theatre teacher and the sea