1,392 stories from Theatrefolk
If you want your students to physicalize their characters, get them thinking about status. What is status? Answer this question for yourself. Write down a couple of different answers yoursel…
Student actors tend to keep their limbs close to the body. When we think about creating physical pictures on stage, one of the easiest ways to present depth is through extension. How can we …
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
Whether adjudicating for a full length or a monologue competition, one of the most frequent comments I make is that students need to work more at developing the physical side of their charac…
How do we communicate without words? We communicate without words every day. A frown and crossed arms communicates a clear message, as does a nod, wink, or a "come here" gesture. There's the…
Episode 150: Â Using Drama In Other Classes Today we have two playwrights who also happen to be two teachers: Amanda Murray Cutalo is an English teacher(Nice Girl, Typecast) and Taryn Temp…
Are you playing Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream? One of the seven deadly sins? A banana in an improv scene? A god in a Greek myth? The Lint Roller in The Absolutely Insidious and Utterly T…
What is THE most important part of an actor's job? To tell a story to an audience! No matter what, the audience needs to be able to experience what's going on during the performance. Actors …
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
No matter whether you are performing a mime piece, tableau, monologue, or scene, your physicality is part of your "actor's toolkit." Physicality, along with your voice and imagination, helps…
Warm-ups are a great way to get students' bodies and minds ready for drama class, especially if they have been sitting in other classes all day. Warm-ups get students into the creative minds…
Episode 149: Â Do-it-All Directors Are you a do it all director? Today we talk to a number of teachers who have to do it all. We have high school and middle school teachers and teachers wh…
What do Julie Andrews, James Earl Jones, and Jim Parsons have in common? Besides names that start with J, these stars are among the many actors and actresses that enjoy successful careers bo…
Ontario teachers Claire Broome, Colin Oliver, and Carmelina Martin put together this awesome exercise that gets students to create their own vocal workout. Thank you so much for letting us s…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
When you're rehearsing a musical close to performance week, the last thing you want to hear is that one of your students can't sing. Promoting vocal health in young singers is crucial. Here'…
The Vowel Tree Exercise enables us to practice making sounds with our voice and exploring the entire vocal range from low to high. It allows us to be vocally impulsive in a non-judgemental w…
Episode 148: Â Writing Across Genres Today we talk to Treanor Baring who written poetry, plays, novels, and scripts for television. What's her favourite form of writing? What are the impor…
If you want your characters to be three dimensional, you have to consider their voice. What words do they choose? What's the structure of their language? How do they communicate? A character…
Want to get your students working together as an ensemble? Are you looking for a great vocal warm up that will improve their listening skills? Use rounds! A round is a short musical piece in…
We have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you'll enjoy this peek behind the cur…
The actor's job is to tell the story of the play to the audience. Proper enunciation is essential for the audience to have any idea of what the actor is saying or singing during a production…
Tongue twisters are a fantastic tool to use in drama classes and rehearsals. They help students to warm up their voices, improve diction and enunciation, and get their brains moving! But rep…
Episode 147: Directing the School Musical Directing a musical is a daunting feat. Directing a musical with students can be overwhelming! In this podcast listen to three teachers talk about t…
Directors and teachers, we've all been there: You've cast a wonderful young actor in a role that is fantastic and challenging for them. You get into the rehearsal room and all of a sudden, i…
