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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…
Guest blogger Jennine Profeta is a Second City performer and theatre educator, as well the instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Yes, And… How to Teach Improv. She shares her …
Good communication is all about being engaged and listening. One of my favourite quotes about communication is: Two monologues do not make a dialogue. Jeff Daly Instructions Ask your class t…
Episode 141: The Arts Don't Need To Be Isolated At Northwest Middle School in Flowood, MS, Emily Wright and Genifer Freeman worked on a play to support the school's summer reading book ̵…
Communication is not just what we say – nonverbal actions play a huge part as well. How we stand, gesture, make eye contact, all of these physical choices communicate. Use this nonverb…
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…
How do your students communicate? Communication: the means of connection between people; the imparting or exchange of information, thoughts, opinions. Communication is vital to a successful …
Episode 140: These Kids Are Worth It Stacey Tirro works in a district with a negative reputation. There are threats of budget cuts all around her. Â People ask her all the time "do you fee…
How can you get your students to brainstorm effectively? Brainstorm: a group discussion to come up with ideas and solve problems. Brainstorming is a great idea generation and problem solving…
Sometimes it's the simple games and the ones we've played over and over again that can offer the most learning. Take The Human Knot. It's a game that's been played in playgrounds, camps, and…
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…
Many productions are based on a pyramid structure: Stars at the top, supporting cast in the middle, chorus at the bottom. Even though there are more actors involved at the bottom of the pyra…
How do you get students to work together in a creation? The basic marshmallow challenge (detailed instructions here) is an ideal exercise to sharpen collaboration skills. It's works because …
Episode 139: Talking About Issues Through Theatre What motivates you when it comes to your students? For Josh Adell, a teacher out of California, it was the time and time connection between …
Some drama teachers have their whole production year figured out before the first day of school. If you're doing a big musical, you need to get that paperwork started way in advance. Or mayb…
If you want your students to devise a theatre piece in class, it's important to practice the act of collaboration as much as possible. Ideally, you should use the month beforehand getting st…
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…
Welcome guest blogger Matt Webster! Matt is a theatre teacher, a playwright (Myths at the Edge of the World) and a Drama Teacher Academy Course Instructor. (Concept Based Design for the Thea…
Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, uses Big, Tiny, Twisted as the last warm up before…
Episode 138: Successes and Challenges: Potpourri We continue talking to teachers in our Successes and Challenges Series. In this episode we hear from a teacher using students as leaders, a s…
What is devising? The hallmarks of a devised theatre piece is that it: does not start with a script, it start with a idea/concept/topic is a collaborative creation there are no traditionally…
Devising: A project that starts with an idea/concept/source material rather than a completed script The culminating activity for collaboration in the drama classroom is to have your students…
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…
Episode 137: Successes and Challenges: Firsts Every teacher in this podcast experienced a "first" this past year. Their first year in the classroom. The first time their school has had a dra…
by Karen Loftus, DTA Instructor and Professional Stage Manager Why not introduce your students to a skill set that not only benefits your productions " a strong backstage crew and smooth pro…
