A Haunting Futuristic Drama: Look Me in the Eye
Can you envision a future where teenagers are forced into obedience? What happens when someone questions authority? Is it more important to take a stand or remain in compliance? These questi…
Can you envision a future where teenagers are forced into obedience? What happens when someone questions authority? Is it more important to take a stand or remain in compliance? These questi…
Sometimes a picture really can speak a thousand words. In this production of Agatha Rex by Lindsay Price, the students at Northwestern High School in West Salem, Ohio showed how interesting …
How do Theatre and Autism fit together? Do you have students on the spectrum in your classrooms? Have you ever put on a sensory friendly performance? All of these questions and more were ans…
When Jarrett Hannig and the drama students at the Canadian International School of Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, UAE took on the classical adaptation, Mmmbeth, they got so much more than just a gr…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Today we look at Storied, a dramedy for high schools and middle schools where three teenagers enter a magical dimension and are pulled into a conflict…
Time for a Tfolk Top Ten Plays About… Competition Pieces. You want winning plays. You want plays that fit competition rules. You want something that's going to be easy to stage if you'…
Many people deal with body issues but what happens when your body has issues with you? In the one-act comedy for high schools, Body Body by Lindsay Price body parts come to life to take c…
Do you remember how you kept your balance on the first day of middle school? In the one-act comedy, School Daze by Lindsay Price, middle-schoolers navigate the tricky tightrope between being…
Sometimes it’s not the words themselves but the spaces between them that say the most. In the vignette play betweenity by Lindsay Price students have a chance to explore the beats, pau…
Attention all high school Drama Teachers: Get on the move with Moving by Lindsay Price. As part of Moving/Still, a collection of two one-act plays, Moving is a rapid-fire character-driven co…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Today we look at betweenity, a vignette play that explores the beats, pauses, and never-ending silences in conversation. The girl who tries to tell he…
If you're a drama teacher, Shakespeare should make it onto your stage at some point. But what if you've hated him since high school yourself? Shakespeare is a great challenge"one that is eas…
Emotional Baggage. We all have it but how do we deal with it? The characters within this one-act dramedy by Lindsay Price carry theirs with them at all times. They convey their stories and s…
Being sixteen may not always be easy but making the decision to perform Sixteen in 10 Minutes by Lindsay Price should be. This collection of humorous and bittersweet ten-minute plays about t…
Getting students to interact in English is fun, engaging, and inclusive. Short skits are clear winners. This post shares some ways ESL teachers can go to the next level to integrate playwrit…
Sometimes you want to do a show on a tough subject matter. Sometimes your administration doesn't want you to. On our Drama Teacher Podcast, teacher Chris Evans shared his experience and insi…
Romeo and Juliet may never be the same, thanks to the comedic classical adaptation, Drop Dead, Juliet!, by Allison Williams. Director Catie Reardon and the drama students at Rio Grande High …
Welcome to our New Play Feature. Today we look at Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo, a fast-paced, action-packed comedy that middle school actors and their audiences will delight in. A mix-…
Writing may be a struggle but tackling Backspace by Lindsay Price definitely is not. This movement-based high school drama explores personification in a unique and vivid manner. Where else c…
Ahoy, Drama teachers: take high school to the high seas with Steven Stack’s The Dread Pirate Sadie. The swashbuckling students at Miss Edgar’s & Miss Cramp’s School in …
Prepare yourself for some sensational Shakespearean silliness! Mmmbeth, by Allison Williams is a hilarious adaptation of the Scottish play where everything goes wrong in the best possible wa…
Are small parts a major letdown, or are they "actor crack"? Here are 3 tips from Theatrefolk founders Craig Mason & Lindsay Price, that show you and your students how to make the most of…
How do you decide when to respect authority and when to question the system? Teenagers in Look Me in the Eye by Lindsay Price learn about the dark side of the utopian vision in this haunting…
Drama teachers: now is your chance to “shake up Shakespeare” with a modern day twisty-turny interpretation of the classic Danish tale. Allison Williams’ Hamlette is a hilar…
Welcome to our New Play Feature. Today we look The Perils of Modern Education, of which there are many! From standardized theatre tests that call for an exact number of steps in a scene, to …