793 stories by "Lindsay Price"
Episode 130: Connecting to a Challenging Script Heather Meeks is a middle school teacher who did not shy away from a challenging script. What can you do to meet a challenge head on? How do y…
Episode 129A: The Drama Teacher Academy We've opened the doors to the Drama Teacher Academy! What is DTA? Who is DTA for? Why should you join? Plus! A sneak peak into one of our courses. Sho…
Episode 129: Let's Get Vocal! How do you incorporate vocal technique into the drama classroom? How do you succeed with choral work? We've got two teachers talking about the voice today. Elis…
Episode 127A: The Drama Teacher Tune-Up Are you looking for a tune-up? Listen in and learn all about Theatrefolk's FREE video series, Drama Teacher Tune-Up. It's all about getting some hints…
I am thrilled to be able to introduce this blog post from renowned theatre educator Gai Jones. Gai Jones is a retired theatre educator and the author of Raising the Curtain: Activities fo…
Ideas can come from anything and everything. But it's always a good idea to give students a jumping off point. Picture Prompts are a great tool in a playwright’s arsenal to inspire cre…
Episode 128: Educational Theatre is the Bridge Craig Branch is a Educational Programs Manager with the Educational Theatre Association. He started out with theatre in high school, pursued a …
"Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up" " Pablo Picasso Creativity is a misused, maligned, misunderstood word. Especially in the drama classroom. Many s…
“I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day.” “I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone…
Episode 127: Â Small Budgets: Doing so Much with so Little For many drama teachers the dwindling production budget is an ongoing struggle. How do you put up a full production with limited …
Last week I gave you a Monologue Evaluation Sheet to share with your students. Click below for a completely different monologue to use in class! What makes a good monologue? What criteria do…
Episode 126: Middle School Theatre in a Rural Community Patrick Derksen works in a school with 200 students. In total. He's a grade eight classroom teacher and playwright who decided five ye…
At the end of this post, you can download a Self Assessment Checklist and a Self Assessment Question Sheet to share with your students. Not only is it important for students to reflect on an…
What makes a good monologue? What criteria do you give to your students? Before students start writing their own monologues, it's important for them to be able to identify and assess the ele…
See the bottom of the post for a PDF printable form of the exercise to share with your students, complete with Monologue Checklist and Post-Exercise Reflection! Who is the most interesting p…
Episode 125: Costuming with a Vision Does the thought of costuming a show fill you with dread? Are you always resorting to colourful t-shirts and jeans because that's all you have time for? …
Whether you’re performing your first role or your fortieth, Theatrefolk has a great roundup of guides to help you prepare for your role, to analyze the script from a few different a…
Character Analysis can be done in many forms. You can analyze a character in a play you're studying. You can analyze a character you're playing in a production. You can analyze a character i…
How do people create illusion out of harsh reality? In the play A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche Dubois works hard at creating an illusion. She tells lies about her past so that others see …
Episode 124: Using Theatre in China Nick Cala is a high school teacher in China. He's putting up a play for the first time with Chinese students who are studying to attend American un…
Have you ever listened to a singer who hits all the right notes but there's still something missing? When you sing, especially in a musical, there are necessary elements. Having proper techn…
“Shakespeare is too hard… Shakespeare is too old… I can't relate to Shakespeare….” It's one thing to tell students that they should study Shakespeare, it's another thing to…
"When planning drama experiences teachers should provide students with many opportunities for reflection and self-evaluation. Through reflection students may extend and clarify their underst…
Ideas are not magical ponies. They don't appear instantly. Writers know they have to look for ideas. The more they look for them, the more ideas they have. The key with ideas is not to focus…
Episode 123: Teaching Life Skills Through Drama Has anyone ever said to you "It's just drama. It's just theatre. It's not important." All drama teachers know the importance of their progr…
