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Episode 184: Drama Teachers: Performing at an Out of Country Theatre Festival Middle school drama teacher Alyson Brown thinks travel is a vital part of her program. She and her students rece…
Sometimes it’s not the words themselves but the spaces between them that say the most. In the vignette play betweenity by Lindsay Price students have a chance to explore the beats, pau…
Students, imagine this: You've been cast into a show that you know is going to be awesome. You're in the middle of rehearsal, and your director has just asked you to do something really…
Attention all high school Drama Teachers: Get on the move with Moving by Lindsay Price. As part of Moving/Still, a collection of two one-act plays, Moving is a rapid-fire character-driven co…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Today we look at betweenity, a vignette play that explores the beats, pauses, and never-ending silences in conversation. The girl who tries to tell he…
If you're a drama teacher, Shakespeare should make it onto your stage at some point. But what if you've hated him since high school yourself? Shakespeare is a great challenge"one that is eas…
Creating a rehearsal schedule is one of the most challenging parts of producing a show, but it makes theatrical life so much easier. Teachers and directors: When making your rehearsal schedu…
Episode 183: Production Case Study: To Kill A Mockingbird Drama Teacher Lea Marshall talks about producing To Kill A Mockingbird this year. We talk everything from vision to staging, from fu…
Emotional Baggage. We all have it but how do we deal with it? The characters within this one-act dramedy by Lindsay Price carry theirs with them at all times. They convey their stories and s…
Students are busy people. Drama students are no exception! They're constantly juggling rehearsals, learning lines, working backstage, preparing for auditions, performing in shows (often all …
Being sixteen may not always be easy but making the decision to perform Sixteen in 10 Minutes by Lindsay Price should be. This collection of humorous and bittersweet ten-minute plays about t…
Getting students to interact in English is fun, engaging, and inclusive. Short skits are clear winners. This post shares some ways ESL teachers can go to the next level to integrate playwrit…
When selecting a show for your school to produce, you want to choose a show that is fun, appeals to your students, challenges them, and helps them grow as performers and technicians. But cho…
No Horse Town by Lindsay Price is all about style"style in the language with the specific manner in which the characters speak, style in the action with the numerous character 'poses' and th…
Episode 182: Devising and Moment Work with Barbara Pitts McAdams Barbara Pitts McAdams is a company member of the Tectonic Theatre Project and was an original cast member/co-creator of The L…
Sometimes you want to do a show on a tough subject matter. Sometimes your administration doesn't want you to. On our Drama Teacher Podcast, teacher Chris Evans shared his experience and insi…
Romeo and Juliet may never be the same, thanks to the comedic classical adaptation, Drop Dead, Juliet!, by Allison Williams. Director Catie Reardon and the drama students at Rio Grande High …
Welcome to our New Play Feature. Today we look at Frankenstein vs the Horrendous Goo, a fast-paced, action-packed comedy that middle school actors and their audiences will delight in. A mix-…
When working on a production with students, one of the first rehearsals (if not the very first rehearsal) is often dedicated to a full read-through of the script. This generally consists of …
Episode 181: Putting Together A Drama Class Adaptation Project Middle school teacher Shelby Steege takes us through step by step of the adaptation project she does with her students. Listen …
Writing may be a struggle but tackling Backspace by Lindsay Price definitely is not. This movement-based high school drama explores personification in a unique and vivid manner. Where else c…
One of the most common activities that occurs during a first drama class or rehearsal is some form of a "Get to Know You" game. Starting with games is not just a nice break for students who …
Ahoy, Drama teachers: take high school to the high seas with Steven Stack’s The Dread Pirate Sadie. The swashbuckling students at Miss Edgar’s & Miss Cramp’s School in …
Teachers: Not getting the part you want can be devastating! If you have a student who is unhappy with their casting result, here is a frank and honest list that you can share with your stude…
When teaching students who are brand-new to theatre, it's important to discuss and apply the expectations of the drama classroom, and the theatrical world. We chatted with Kerry Hishon on th…
