793 stories by "Lindsay Price"
How does your class collaborate in a crisis? To collaborate is to work together as a group to produce something. In this case, each group has to work together to create a list. But it's not …
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
Use this exercise for the first week of class, especially if you have a group of students who don't know each other very well. The point of the game is to get students to not just talk to ea…
Episode 135: Starting from Scratch Ruth Mirabella was asked to start a middle school drama program three years ago. They had the smallest stage imaginable and no sound equipment. Â Since s…
The mirror game is a great stand-by in the theatre class. Students are grouped in pairs and face each other. One acts as the leader, moving their arms, legs, head, face, in a slow steady pat…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
Your first reaction to using Close Reading in the Drama Classroom might be – Ugh! There's no way my students will sit still for that. This is the only time they get up and get moving. …
Episode 134: Being a Student Director Amelia Trimble directed her first play this year. She was thrown into it by her teacher and the experience has been a rewarding one. What's it like to d…
Collaboration has been highlighted as a 21st century skill and an important skill for students to learn. Certainly, students need to know how to work and create with others. The drama class …
Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, includes the game One To Twenty as among his favou…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
Use a picture as a jumping off point for writing. Sometimes all students need is a little push to get the writing ball rolling. Use pictures for that push. You can have students create sourc…
Go, counsellor: Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. Juliet, Act III, scene v There are more relationships in Romeo and Juliet than just the one between Romeo and Juliet. We have rel…
Episode 133: The Right Environment When you're directing a show, it's important to specify environment. Where does the play take place? How do the characters react to that environment? It's …
Freud, who analyzed practically everything else, repeatedly denied that psychoanalysis could shed any light whatsoever on the mysteries of creativity. In 1991, John Cleese gave a lecture on …
Do your students have trouble coming up with titles for their work? A title is an important part of the writing process. The title acts as a doorway into the piece – be it a movie, a n…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
Commedia dell’arte is an improvised comedic theatre form that flourished in Italy in the 1500's. The exact origins of Commedia are fuzzy and hard to pin down. There is not much documen…
Episode 132: Google Drive in the Drama Classroom Joshua Hatt was a frustrated drama teacher. He put together an extensive curriculum booklet for his students only to have them lose it time a…
or, “Dipping the Toe Before Diving in the Deep End” Do you use close reading in the drama classroom? Close Reading is an analysis tool. Students read a text multiple times for in…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle, and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cu…
Episode 131: Talking with an Adjudicator What is an adjudicator looking for? How do you handle an adjudication? How does an adjudicator approach their task? Lindsay talks to Matthew MacDermi…
It happens all the time in young or beginning actors. You're sitting in the audience and out of the corner of your eye you catch it – an actor starts to shift back and forth on their f…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle, and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cu…
Came across this lovely article about costumer Jane Greenwood over at the TDF Stages website. She has been designing costumes since 1963 with multiple Tony nominations under her belt. She…
