1,392 stories from Theatrefolk
Self-care is not selfish. It is necessary and important to your effectiveness as a teacher, and really is the best gift you can give both yourself and your students. Too busy putting eve…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Myths at the Edge of the World by Matthew Webster is a unique cross-curricular storytelling adventure, with excellent opportunities for mask and m…
Creating an effective rehearsal schedule is a crucial part of a school production's success. There are many important rehearsals to allot time for, including this one: the off-book rehearsal…
Stroke Static by Lindsay Price is a heartbreaking look at dementia from the inside. The struggle between real and fantasy. Past and present. An award-winning theatrical experience. Russ is a…
This month we're focusing on helping different types of students in your drama class succeed. In the fourth and final part of this series, we're focusing on the class clowns. Going back to t…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Being Bianca: The Semi-Complete Guide by Alan Haehnel is a fun play for a huge cast " perfect if you're in a rebuilding year with your program. Bia…
This month we're focusing on helping different types of students in your drama class succeed. In Part 3 of this series, we're focusing on the introverts. Going back to the High School Musica…
Hoodie by Lindsay Price is one of our most popular middle school plays that asks all of the tough questions that middle schoolers deal with every day. Middle schoolers face a tornado of q…
This month we're focusing on helping different types of students in your drama class succeed. In Part 2 of this series, we're focusing on the writer/composers. Going back to the High School …
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Layers by Gary Rodgers is a fantastic play within a play… within a play! Step inside Robin's world as he grapples with his conscience and his anti-c…
This month we're focusing on helping different types of students in your drama class succeed. First, let's start with the drama enthusiasts. Imagine the Disney Channel movie High School Musi…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The heartwarming and heartbreaking story, Somewhere, Nowhere by Lindsay Price, is a full-length play made up of four one-act plays. See the charact…
Yes, girls can be pirates too! Casts will love the comedic, swashbuckling adventure of The Dread Pirate Sadie by Steven Stack. Sadie wishes to leave her life on the high seas to pursue her t…
We always ask our drama students to reflect on their experiences, and for good reason. Reflecting helps students gain a deeper understanding of the lessons taught, skills learned, and experi…
Sadness. Hopelessness. Irritability. Anger. Hostility. Angst. Doubt. darklight by Lindsay Price examines the important and relevant issues of depression and anxiety in teens. Characters figh…
Do your students know how to give effective peer feedback? If not, they may not know what that actually looks like. If they don't know what effective peer feedback is, how can they benefit f…
Clowns with Guns (A Vaudeville) by Christopher Evans takes a theatrical and absurd look at the repeated and seemingly endless cycle of school violence. Step right up! Step right up! It's the…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Absolutely Insidious and Utterly Terrifying Truth About Cat Hair by Bradley Walton is hilarious, easy to stage, and suitable for an insanely large…
Social media often portrays students as fragile, sensitive snowflakes who can't handle receiving feedback, especially if it's negative. However, students need to learn to accept feedback if …
Box by Lindsay Price is a middle school vignette play with flexible casting. It can be expanded for a large cast or reduced to a cast of 10 with doubling, and has excellent small scene and m…
It's not always easy to get students to answer questions in drama class. Some students who are great performers avoid sharing their thoughts in an open discussion. Even when a participation …
The Hope and Heartache Diner by Lindsay Price is a wonderful character piece with parts for everyone " available in full-length and one-act versions. Diners are a special place. You can get …
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. They Eat Sunshine, Not Zebras by Dara Murphy takes the expected and turns it upside-down. The field believes in uniformity. Lovely rows of blades a…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Hamlette by Allison Williams is a fantastic competition piece for student performers that takes Shakespeare and turns it on its ear. Imagine if you…
This is the fifth part of a five-part class production series. Check out Part 1: What to Produce?, Part 2: Who Does What?, Part 3: Casting and Part 4: Problem-Solving. Putting on a class pro…
