Just start playing? As always, when something is to be successful and accomplished, one also needs basic knowledge, experience, and the willingness to reflect on the work involved in theater acting. The exercise book for students introduces the subject of performing arts with small, age-appropriate exercises, tasks, and texts. In addition to a practical engagement with the means of theater such as body, language and speaking, sound and music, props and costumes, masks, light, and stage, the volume offers insightful interviews with representatives from various theater professions as well as suggestions for theater projects that can be implemented in the classroom. Competence grids at the end of each chapter provide students with guidance and the opportunity to reflect on the skills they have acquired. Projects: In search of.