This curriculum guide is intended for a course to provide high school students with a unified study of the production staff that makes a play possible: theatre management and set design, make-up, lights, and sound staff. The activities suggested in the course may be used as a laboratory and taught in correlation with the actual production of a play, or the emphasis may be on stagecraft. Specifically, the course content consists of a study of the director and his staff, including the set designer, costumer, lighting technician, make-up artist, property master, and others. In order for the student to understand the importance of the business department, a section of theatre management has been included. The guide includes numerous suggested teaching activities and a list of student and teacher resources, including textbooks, films, and filmstrips. (DI)