793 stories by "Lindsay Price"
Verbatim Theatre If you're looking for a great cross-curricular activity for your drama classroom, delve into Verbatim Theatre. verbatim: in exactly the same words, word for word Verb…
Episode 76:Â Drama Teacher Guru Gai Jones Gai Jones decided in the 5th grade that she wanted to be a theatre educator and she has been impacting teachers and students for over 40 years. Sh…
The importance of Arts Education is hard to quantify. The Arts excel at improving intangible skills (e.g. communication, self-expression, creative and critical thinking) which don't graph as…
Don't miss the downloadable Lesson Plan version of this exercise at the end of this post! The deadline is coming up to submit for the next section of the World Theatre Video Project. The …
Episode 75:Â Create a Theatrical Vision: Teacher Annie Loffredo Teacher Annie Loffredo equates being a drama teacher with being an artist. She loves being able to put on shows year after y…
Today's students are visual learners. They look at screens all day long, it makes sense that they are going to be grabbed by a picture instead of something they hear or read. So why not brin…
Enjoy this replay of our January 2014 LIVE Drama Teacher Hangout. The topic was “Directing First Time Actors” with Forrest Musselman, a theatre teacher who shared some very valua…
Episode 74:Â Teacher/Playwright Robert Wing Robert Wing is not a drama teacher (although he played one for a bit when the drama teacher broke his back) nor does he have any drama training,…
It's the first day of semester. You have a Grade Nine / Drama One class or a group of students you haven't worked with before. They stare at you, you stare at them. How can you determine wha…
Who am I? It's a question not a lot of people ask. Who am I? What defines me? Effective artistic expression begins with you. If you're going to write a well detailed character, you should kn…
Episode 73: Using Audio Drama in the Classroom Interview with Jack Ward. Audio Drama can be used for a project-based learning unit, as a play review activity if you can’t get your stud…
For the month of December we’re pulling our Saturday Playwriting Exercises from the past and adding something extra. Â We only started including a PDF download of these exerci…
For the month of December we’re pulling our Saturday Playwriting Exercises from the past and adding something extra. Â We only started including a PDF download of these exercises in …
Episode 72: The World Theatre Video Project Teacher Nick Cusumano shares The World Theatre Video Project on the podcast, a excellent example of project-based learning perfect for the drama c…
For the month of December we’re pulling our Saturday Playwriting Exercises from the past and adding something extra. Â We only started including a PDF download of these exercises in …
Episode 71: Krista Boehnert Krista Boehnert is the author of two distinct plays in our catalogue " Have You Heard? and Puzzle Pieces. Both plays are completely written in monologue form. Lis…
For the month of December we’re pulling our Saturday Playwriting Exercises from the past and adding something extra. Â We only started including a PDF download of these exercises in …
Episode 70:Â Talking to a Playwright on Skype What’s it like to talk to a playwright? In this episode Lindsay shares three different Skype sessions with three different groups. What …
Happy Birthday To Me Today actually is my birthday and what am I doing? Offering up a Free downloadable playwriting exercise! Birthdays are wonderful character development material because e…
Episode 69:Â Christian Kiley Teacher Christian Kiley is also a published author and a cancer survivor. He talks about writing for youth, and how he used cancer as motivation to write a pla…
I’m sharing this exercise from The How To Write Shop. There are so many great prompts here all on the topic of fear. Fear is such a wonderful motivator for characters – with b…
Episode 68:Â A Student Director Shares Emma is in the middle of directing my play Tuna Fish Eulogy. She shares her vision, her struggles and what she’s hoping for with her production…
I want to be an actor! How do define a vision for a life in the arts It's an easy thing to say. People say it all the time: I want to act, I'd love to be an actor, I'd die if I wasn't acting…
See below for a downloadable PDF of this exercise. This exercise works for  both playwrights and actors. It can be done by  playwright working on a new play, or by an actor in rehearsa…
Episode 67: Teachers Talk: Interview with High School Drama Teacher Jana Beck Shout! is Theatrefolk’s a cappella musical. It’s both a challenge and a reward. This week Lind…
