44 stories by "Guest Blogger"
What to Research For Your Character and Why As an actor, character research is part of your job. Doing research gives you the foundation and background to help make your character believable…
Figuring out what your character wants will help you add depth and interest for your character, making them more realistic and believable. A character that doesn't want anything is a boring …
If you want your students to physicalize their characters, get them thinking about status. What is status? Answer this question for yourself. Write down a couple of different answers yoursel…
What is THE most important part of an actor's job? To tell a story to an audience! No matter what, the audience needs to be able to experience what's going on during the performance. Actors …
No matter whether you are performing a mime piece, tableau, monologue, or scene, your physicality is part of your "actor's toolkit." Physicality, along with your voice and imagination, helps…
Warm-ups are a great way to get students' bodies and minds ready for drama class, especially if they have been sitting in other classes all day. Warm-ups get students into the creative minds…
What do Julie Andrews, James Earl Jones, and Jim Parsons have in common? Besides names that start with J, these stars are among the many actors and actresses that enjoy successful careers bo…
Ontario teachers Claire Broome, Colin Oliver, and Carmelina Martin put together this awesome exercise that gets students to create their own vocal workout. Thank you so much for letting us s…
The Vowel Tree Exercise enables us to practice making sounds with our voice and exploring the entire vocal range from low to high. It allows us to be vocally impulsive in a non-judgemental w…
The actor's job is to tell the story of the play to the audience. Proper enunciation is essential for the audience to have any idea of what the actor is saying or singing during a production…
Tongue twisters are a fantastic tool to use in drama classes and rehearsals. They help students to warm up their voices, improve diction and enunciation, and get their brains moving! But rep…
Directors and teachers, we've all been there: You've cast a wonderful young actor in a role that is fantastic and challenging for them. You get into the rehearsal room and all of a sudden, i…
Breath control is so important for performers, whether they're in rehearsal, onstage, or somewhere in between. Breath control affects the range, volume, and speed of both speaking and singin…
Why create a Mission Statement for your theatre program? Aren't things like 'mission' and 'vision' better suited for corporations? Amy Pugh Patel, Theatre Teacher, Director, and DTA Instruct…
Drama teacher Joshua Hatt started using Google Drive as a response to the frustration of having his students lose curriculum booklets time and time again. His work developed into a powerful …
Guest blogger Jennine Profeta is a Second City performer and theatre educator, as well the instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Yes, And… How to Teach Improv. She shares her …
Welcome guest blogger Matt Webster! Matt is a theatre teacher, a playwright (Myths at the Edge of the World) and a Drama Teacher Academy Course Instructor. (Concept Based Design for the Thea…
by Karen Loftus, DTA Instructor and Professional Stage Manager Why not introduce your students to a skill set that not only benefits your productions " a strong backstage crew and smooth pro…
We welcome teacher and Theatrefolk playwright Jeffrey Harr as a guest writer on our Blog! Check out Jeffrey's plays Stereotype High and Close Encounters of the Undead Kind. In an age of …
