There are thousands of possible combinations for students to use in producing on-screen plays, scripts, and playbills. The user directs life-like actors to sit, stand, and walk.
Actors also are able to portray emotions such as fear, guilt, happiness, or surprise.
The program allows students to hear the dialogue they write read back to them by the computer. Staging a live classroom performance becomes a reality when students print their own scripts created through Opening Night . The program includes a segment where students sit in on interviews with theater professionals. A private backstage tour is also available. This CD-ROM was developed in cooperation with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis.