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Now acceptings submissions in all genres ✸

Smith and Kraus has the largest list of trade theater books with over 700 titles in print.

We can help you find the perfect book for your class, audition, or gift for the theater lover in your life. We have books for kids, actors, teachers, and professors; we have something for everyone in the greater theatrical community. We have an ever-growing stable of theater authors and professionals who are the best in their field and are writing books that will enrich your life and help your career, class, and life! Smith and Kraus’s next generation has taken over the reins of the company so be on the lookout for S&K titles that cover many new and exciting genres, but not too worry theater isn't taking a back seat: The show must go on!

Brand-New Books

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Script Work
Script Work

An invaluable primer on one of the most important aspects of acting - script analysis. Let author Scott McCrea take you on a journey towards finding a key tool in any actor’s arsenal: the ability to truly understand a script. Learn about what to look for in a full play-script or screenplay and how to think about the different elements of a script. If you are an actor, this book is for you!

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ISBN: 978-1575259888

Publication Date: May 12, 2025

Page Number: 156

Price: 19.95

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We/Ourselves
We/Ourselves

Twenty-Five 10-Minute Plays Celebrating Gender Diversity — Here are twenty-five 10-minute plays that are stunning, funny, poignant, heartbreaking and inspirational. Each play is unique and also familiar, showing us the human condition in all its forms. Let's hear what they have to say.

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ISBN: ‎978-1575259864

Publication Date: April 30, 2025

Page Number: 291

Price: $18.95

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This Is Not a Dream
This Is Not a Dream

Young Playwrights Ukraine began weeks after the invasion of Ukraine. The young writers met every week on Zoom and captured the unexpected and unthinkable in real time. They’ve gone on to write plays that have been performed with professional actors on Zoom, and in theaters in Sweden, New York and Kyiv. These are their stories in the form of 9 ten minute plays. Follow the link below to learn more.

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ISBN: 978-1575259888

Publication Date: April 22, 2025

Page Number: 119

Price: 19.95

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Saved
Saved

"Magee crafts a gently sacrilegious satire that finds humanity and humor in Frank's journey of self-discovery, with the unconventional love story that develops between Frank and Daria adding a charming emotional note." —Publishers Weekly Booklife

SAVED is the hilarious, high-spirited story of Frank Tripping, a Midwestern family man and a conservative Christian, who comes to suspect his new next-door neighbors are drug dealers. Frank, living in an evangelical bubble in the mid-2000s, doesn’t know much about this category, “drugs” but he sees it as his duty to investigate. In doing so he steps out of his church-based world, leaps over the cultural divide and finds the outside world not what he was told it was. A satire that doesn’t stray too far afield from reality, SAVED takes place in the years just before evangelicals went gaga over MAGA. Frank Tripping’s journey, a heart-warming hoot, is the perfect antidote for our divided times.

Doug Magee is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker living in New York's East Harlem. He is the author of four novels. His produced screenplays include HBO's Somebody Has To Shoot the Picture. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, but don't let that fool you. 

Product Details:

ISBN: ‎ 978-1575259772

Publication Date: January 2025

Page Number: 316

Price: 19.95

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Titles Coming Soon to S&K

We are a full-service boutique publisher and have the time and resources to help our authors create their best work.

We give our authors the support and attention they need. We want our authors to participate in all the crucial decisions that affect their titles and be fully satisfied with their books. Working together creatively we can make that a reality.