Monday, September 9, 2013
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday features something quite different from our normal offerings. This week we’re looking at a stunning performance by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, September 3, 2013
The first week of drama class can be the toughest week of the semester. A drama class is quite different than a “regular” class. Students need to be comfortable with each other b…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMonday, September 2, 2013
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is featuring Julia Stiles’ sensitive performance in 10 Things I Hate About You. The film is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s Taming o…
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What happened over on our Facebook page this week? Here are the highlights: Have you signed up for our FREE video course? Learn more about it here: This week’s blog post came with a gr…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMonday, August 26, 2013
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is taking a look at John Cusack’s performance as Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything… I think this is an important piece for young actors to wa…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Choosing one act plays for middle school is not an easy task. The students are at a very in-between point in their lives. They no longer want to be seen of as “kids” yet many are not qui…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMonday, August 19, 2013
For this week’s Movie Monologue Monday, let’s look at the great and powerful (Frank) Oz in The Empire Strikes Back. Oz is the voice and main puppeteer for the Yoda character. In …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMFriday, August 16, 2013
It’s Facebook Friday, that time of the week when we highlight all the great stuff from our Facebook page this week. We got a lot of thoughtful comments on our What Play Changed Your L…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMThursday, August 15, 2013
This month we continue our trek through Theatre History with French 17th century playwright Molière and his writing. This is a great one – it’s filled with lesson plans and …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMonday, August 12, 2013
Let’s face it. Gary Busey has become somewhat of a punchline these days. We’ve seen his antics and bizarre behaviour on shows like Celebrity Apprentice and Celebrity Rehab. Much …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMTuesday, August 6, 2013
I was wondering if you could help me, I am in high school and am near enough in the last year of school and I want to be an actress. In college I am taking a drama course (theatre studies) a…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:59PMMonday, August 5, 2013
Welcome back after a short break from Movie Monologue Monday. This week I’m featuring a clip that I had never seen before – Rod Steiger in The Pawnbroker. Normally I do a little …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMWednesday, July 24, 2013
Episode 51: Two One Act Play Interviews This week we look back at two podcast interviews before TFP ever existed. It’s two one act play interviews: Ruth Wareham shares her production …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMWednesday, July 10, 2013
Episode Forty-Nine: Own It! Sometimes the first step to being an artist is saying you’re an artist. Saying it out loud. Telling people. Putting it on business cards. Spray painting it …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 02:45PMTuesday, July 9, 2013
It’s the annual summer slowdown here at Theatrefolk. It’s a quiet, almost peaceful time of year for us. We take the month of July off from our daily blog posts to recharge. Other…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 07:32AMMonday, July 8, 2013
We’re jumping up and down with excitement to announce the immediate release of four new scripts for high schools to perform. Scarlet Expectations of a Drowned Maiden and Two Greek Que…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00PMWednesday, July 3, 2013
Episode Forty-Eight: Is it the Show or the Performance? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week they …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 04:42PMSaturday, June 29, 2013
Did you know that the last Sunday of every month is designated as Free Play Sunday? We give away PDF preview copies of our scripts to our Facebook and Twitter followers. We’ve got four…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
Episode Forty-Seven: Is it Worth it to See the Understudy? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week, t…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMTuesday, June 25, 2013
Craig and I are sweating up a storm in Lincoln, Nebraska! Why Lincoln? Didn’t you know it’s a hot bed of high school theatre? Lincoln is where every year the International Th…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMMonday, June 24, 2013
In honour of last night’s Mad Men season finale, I’d love to share this brilliant turn from the Season One ender. You don’t need to be a fan of the show to appreciate this …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 06:01PMFriday, June 21, 2013
I’m often asked how we stop people from performing or copying our plays without permission. The short answer is that we can’t. We can no more stop someone from photocopying a boo…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PM The Practical Technical Theatre DVD series is now ten programs long. And we’ve got our hands on a big pile of free demo DVDs to share with you. We are a proud distributor of thi…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMWednesday, June 19, 2013
Episode Forty-Six: Is Community Theatre Viable? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week they talk abo…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMMonday, June 17, 2013
With a new Pixar movie just around the corner, I thought I’d use today’s Movie Monologue Monday to highlight what I think sets them apart from the others. Let’s look at El…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMSunday, June 16, 2013
Are you going to be meeting with other theatre teachers? Having a conference? A weekend sharing session? A Professional Development day? We’d like to send you some catalogues, resource han…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMFriday, June 14, 2013
This month we’ve got a best of, playwriting excises pulled from the Theatrefolk archives – past newsletters, past blog posts, all combined in one tidy package. All the exercises are …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMWednesday, June 12, 2013
Episode Forty-Five: Is it OK to Leave at Intermission? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. The show this we…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMMonday, June 10, 2013
The monologue I’m looking at this week is a TV monologue, but it’s from Breaking Bad, which is far better than the vast majority of movies these days. Samuel L Jackson participat…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMSunday, June 9, 2013
While the theatre world waits with bated breath for the results of tonight’s Tony Awards (I wasn’t nominated again!!!) I thought I’d share this hilarious piece The Onion di…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 10:36AMFriday, June 7, 2013
“I think my greatest teachers, I never met them, were Rodgers and Hart, and Noel Coward, and Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein and Harold Arlen. All these people, all these great wr…
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