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Starting your drama class with a Question of the Day is a great way to get your students into the "drama class" mindset. It's a way to help create a routine for your students " they know tha…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Are you ready for summer camp " and all of the ups and downs that go along with it? Then you're ready for Finishing Sentences by Scott Giessler " a…
Students will frequently be cast into roles that are vastly different from their real-life personalities. This is a good thing " it's a great opportunity for students to grow their skills as…
Working together, supporting each other, accomplishing something as one. This year's theme for the Alabama Thespian State Festival is "be a pop of colour on a dark stage." Upon hearing that …
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Ready for an amazing character piece with parts for everyone? Check out The Hope and Heartache Diner by Lindsay Price – available in full-len…
Middle school can be tricky. School Daze by Lindsay Price explores the tricky tightrope between being a kid and a teenager on the first day of middle school. You remember middle school. That…
In Script Analysis for Directors, Part 1: Scanning the Script, we started our pre-rehearsal planning process with a simple scan of the script to get our early thoughts and ideas out on pa…
When I'm doing my pre-rehearsal preparations for a new show I'm directing, the first thing I do is an initial scan of the script. This is a useful way to start getting your primary though…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Epic Adventures in a Rinky-Dink Art Museum by Ken Preuss is a wonderful character-driven comedy that’s full of mystery, romance and other ass…
This improv game is inspired by The "What If" Game but takes it to a bigger, more ridiculous scale. This version of the game combines brainstorming, improvisation, risk-taking, thinking on y…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Art of Rejection: Two One-Act Plays by Christian Kiley consists of two one-act plays that expertly combine realism with the abstract, and inclu…
Prepare for a magical trip to Wonderland with the classical adaptation, Alice by Lindsay Price. Alice follows the white rabbit down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she meets a cornuco…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Discovering Rogue by Christian Kiley is a showdown of stereotypes and self-identity and an issue-based drama that your high school performers ca…
Fear of failure is a huge concern in drama class. Nobody wants to fail " it's not a good feeling, and students are hyper-aware of not only their own feelings, but their perceptions of what o…
Students nowadays are more connected, aware, and tech-savvy than ever before. Yet, with all that connection and knowledge, students are hyper-aware of their insecurities, their desires not o…
Great characters, lots of humour, strong ensemble work and a lively adaptation of a classic collection. Lindsay Price’s The Canterbury Tales is all that – and so much more. Chauc…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. It’s time to channel your “inner nerd” and join Christian Kiley’s Nerd Herd as they go on the adventure of their lives. …
The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer because, truthfully, you can never have enough ideas! While you may not need every idea you've ever had at this very moment, the ideas you come …
Character study. Scene work. Performances. IE competitions. Substitute teachers… You need scenes. We've got them! With 30 scenes and over 200 pages, our brand new resource, Scenes for Clas…
We reached out to you, our amazing community, through social media to ask, What are your biggest props/costume challenges for your productions or upcoming show?.Turns out, there are lots of …
In the drama classroom and rehearsal space, drama teachers work with students to express themselves in a variety of ways. We encourage our students to push their boundaries, to explore new t…
Are you looking for a fantastical physical journey for your actors and your audience? Through the Looking Glass by Lindsay Price is a movement-based classical adaptation that you won’t…
As theatre educators and do-it-all directors, we frequently feel the tell-tale signs of burnout. There is so much that must be done " lesson planning and preparation, marking, staff meetings…
The backstage area can be chaotic enough without having to worry about all the props for the show. Help to reduce backstage stress by using these seven tips to help keep your props area neat…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Tragicomedy of Julia Caesar by Dave Hammers is a fantastic adaptation that lets students have a great time with Shakespeare – all while l…
