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Sometimes you just need a tiny prompt to serve your purpose, but other times you need a whole bunch of big, huge, and GIANT prompts! To get your students thinking big, we've got a giganti…
"Bigger! Louder! More, more, more!" We always want our drama students to push themselves to be larger than life onstage and in class. How can we help our students raise the stakes and bring …
One of the (many!) wonderful things about theatre is that magic becomes real on the stage. Fantastical stories are brought to life in the most inventive and interesting ways to keep audience…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Complex characters, excellent scene work opportunities and great for competitions " The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses by Emma Fonsec…
The following exercise gives students the opportunity to practice active listening, teamwork, taking direction, and problem solving as a group. Acting as an ensemble with a student director,…
Good things come in small packages, and with that, we've got a big collection of tiny prompts to get your students thinking big about small things. If you'd like even more prompts, you can f…
Students often come to drama class with big goals: Get the lead in the show! Become a performing star! And while some students might make great steps towards achieving those big goals, most …
You've chosen the play, paid the royalties, done the script analysis, held your auditions, and cast the show. Tomorrow is the first rehearsal. Are you ready? Really ready? The Rehearsal C…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight.  The Haunting of Chip Lake Lodge by J. Robert Wilkins is all about a great story with fantastic characters. Plus wonderful opportunities for tec…
Do you want your students to show you MORE onstage during a heightened emotional scene? "Joshua, can you be more sad here?" "Sannah, I think your character needs to be more angry right now."…
The following exercise gives students the opportunity to explore different ways of approaching and performing a two-person scene, using two different levels of volume: only whispering and sh…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. You should know right away that Finding Jo March by Laramie Dean is not a traditional adaptation of Little Women. A young writer dives into the world …
Can you tell a great story in six minutes? How about in six seconds? You definitely can. Prior to TikTok, there was Vine " a short-form video hosting app where users created and shared six-s…
Auditions require more than talent. Even the most talented students need confidence, communication, active listening, flexibility, a strong work ethic, and proper preparation. The Auditio…
As a director, I cannot stress enough to my students how frustrating it is to have to give the same note over and over during rehearsals. It feels like I'm not being listened to, and it wast…
We do TONS of group work in drama class, and it's important for students to have the opportunity to work with a variety of their peers. Working with different classmates allows students to g…
I have yet to meet a student who didn't cringe (inwardly or outwardly!) at the start of a new semester or the first rehearsal when they hear their teacher say, "Ok, let's go around the circl…
It's a new school year and in the hustle and bustle of getting classrooms organized, learning students' names, and completing all the start-of-term tasks, please take a moment to pause, brea…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Passing Period Purgatory by Christian Kiley is an extremely relevant and relatable high school drama. This is a play you will definitely want to read …
In improvisation, one of the first rules that drama students are commonly taught is to always say, "Yes, and…" to continue the story. Basically, agree with presented concepts to keep the s…
If you're riding the struggle bus at rehearsals and scenes are looking stagnant, dull, or flat-out boring, you and your students may be suffering from a case of rehearsal rut. Rehearsal rut …
Want to give your students some fantastic acting material that they can really sink their dramatic chops into? Consider doing an issue play for your next production. Issue plays explore prob…
The following warm-up exercise is simple, but can evoke some powerful feelings and reactions. It's a great exercise to help students develop their self-awareness and practice consent and …
Impowerment Improv is not your typical improv resource. Improv Instructor Jennine Profeta will teach you how to validate improv to your administrators as you help students to take risks, emb…
Consent can be a touchy subject in the classroom. Many students immediately think that consent refers to intimacy, such as embraces or stage kisses. While that is an important part of consen…
