168 stories by "Craig Mason"
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 Q…
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 …
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…
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…
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 Internationa…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 hando…
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 pr…
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…
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…
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…
"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 writ…
Episode Forty-Four: Is a Moment of Brilliance Worth It? This podcast starts a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. The first show was…
This is very much a “go with me” monologue choice. Its from the 1957 science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man. The 50′s SciFi genre isn’t isn’t particu…
One of the stories covered in Shuddersome: Tales of Poe is The Masque of the Red Death. In this story, guests at a masked ball are overcome by the dread “Red Death”, a disease th…
Here’s a warm-up activity that I love using with a wide variety of groups. I’m sure it goes by many names but I like to call it Magic Putty. Here’s how it works. Everyon…
Episode Forty-Three: What is a Playwright? What is a playwright? Lindsay talks about what that question means to her and what happens when she assumes everyone is aware of that meaning. Gues…
I’m cheating a bit on this week’s Movie Monologue Monday. This week we’re looking at Garry Marshall’s fabulous performance in the TV show Louie. That’s right, I…
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’re fresh ba…
Episode Forty-Two: Miracles Happen in This Classroom Lindsay talks to drama teacher Tracy Garratt about the difference between drama and theatre in the classroom. Show Notes What should we d…
Today’s Movie Monologue Monday takes a look at Kirk Douglas’ speech in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. There is no shortage of movie monologues that take place in a court…
