Saturday, March 25, 2023
In this small group exercise, students will write a creative summary of the plot of a play using the ABCB, or “simple 4-line” rhyme scheme. This exercise focuses on creative thinking and…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, March 18, 2023
Advertisements and commercials can be entertaining, educational, heart wrenching, and hilarious. Ultimately though, the goal is to grab your attention, tell you about the product, and get yo…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, March 11, 2023
Many students take drama class not because they want to, but because they have to. They might need an arts credit to graduate, or there aren’t any other options for them to have a full cla…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, March 4, 2023
The following theatre game is a variation of the exercise “The 20 Step Process“. In The 20 Step Process, students are challenged to make a simple task comically complicated. In Origin St…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Speed up! Slow down! Hurry hurry — but hang on! Sometimes you need some speed-related prompts for your improvisation games or playwriting projects, and we won’t keep you waiting. Here is…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, February 18, 2023
The following exercise challenges students to explore character movement by focusing on the speed of movements. This exercise is mental and physical — students will brainstorm a list of ch…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, February 11, 2023
We recently discussed how to help students who are rushing their lines and movements. Now we’re solving the opposite problem: what to do when the scenes are dragging and putting the audien…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, February 4, 2023
A director friend recently sent me a message asking for advice about how to help her students with their upcoming show. Hi Kerry, Any tips on helping my students to slow down and stop ru…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, January 28, 2023
Stage combat is more than simply memorizing choreography and learning proper technique. Yes, those are extremely important for ensuring that the stage combat is safely and properly executed.…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, January 21, 2023
A fight captain is a vital part of the artistic team. They are a member of the cast who assists the fight director and helps to maintain the stage combat choreography during the run of the s…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, January 14, 2023
So, you’ve decided to produce a show at your school that requires some stage combat. Awesome! Now, it’s time to reach out to a qualified and experienced fight director (FD) to choreograp…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, January 7, 2023
This month, we are diving into the world of stage combat. If you dream of directing an action-packed show like The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, or Treasure Island, then you’ll have to dea…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, December 31, 2022
This exercise is inspired by the theatre game The Machine, where students work together to create parts of a factory machine with repeated movements and sound. In The 20-Step Process, we tak…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, December 24, 2022
There are times when you need a game that doesn’t require much explanation to get started. This is a great game to play with your students at the end of the term when they (or you) are fee…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, December 17, 2022
The following exercise is a large-scale culminating project for your entire class. Students will form small groups and work together to create design concepts for a play in six areas of te…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, December 10, 2022
If you’ve spent approximately 3.1 seconds on the internet, you’ll have encountered a meme. If you’ve seen or heard of Grumpy Cat, Condescending Wonka, Surprised Pikachu, Woman Yelling …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, December 3, 2022
What better way to welcome students into the drama department than allowing them to make a grand entrance through a decorated door? Many teachers enjoy door decorating for holiday contests, …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, November 26, 2022
Sometimes you just need a tiny prompt to serve your purpose, but other times you need a whole bunch of big, huge, and GIANT prompts! To get your students thinking big, we’ve got a giganti…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, November 19, 2022
“Bigger! Louder! More, more, more!” We always want our drama students to push themselves to be larger than life onstage and in class. How can we help our students raise the stakes and br…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
One of the (many!) wonderful things about theatre is that magic becomes real on the stage. Fantastical stories are brought to life in the most inventive and interesting ways to keep audience…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, November 5, 2022
The following exercise gives students the opportunity to practice active listening, teamwork, taking direction, and problem solving as a group. Acting as an ensemble with a student director,…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, October 29, 2022
Good things come in small packages, and with that, we’ve got a big collection of tiny prompts to get your students thinking big about small things. If you’d like even more prompts, you c…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, October 22, 2022
Students often come to drama class with big goals: Get the lead in the show! Become a performing star! And while some students might make great steps towards achieving those big goals, most …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, October 15, 2022
Do you want your students to show you MORE onstage during a heightened emotional scene? “Joshua, can you be more sad here?” “Sannah, I think your character needs to be more angry right…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, October 8, 2022
The following exercise gives students the opportunity to explore different ways of approaching and performing a two-person scene, using two different levels of volume: only whispering and sh…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, October 1, 2022
Can you tell a great story in six minutes? How about in six seconds? You definitely can. Prior to TikTok, there was Vine — a short-form video hosting app where users created and shared six…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, September 24, 2022
As a director, I cannot stress enough to my students how frustrating it is to have to give the same note over and over during rehearsals. It feels like I’m not being listened to, and it wa…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, September 17, 2022
We do TONS of group work in drama class, and it’s important for students to have the opportunity to work with a variety of their peers. Working with different classmates allows students to…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, September 10, 2022
I have yet to meet a student who didn’t cringe (inwardly or outwardly!) at the start of a new semester or the first rehearsal when they hear their teacher say, “Ok, let’s go around the…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, September 3, 2022
It’s a new school year and in the hustle and bustle of getting classrooms organized, learning students’ names, and completing all the start-of-term tasks, please take a moment to pause, …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMSaturday, August 27, 2022
In improvisation, one of the first rules that drama students are commonly taught is to always say, “Yes, and…” to continue the story. Basically, agree with presented concepts to keep t…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM 
