1,392 stories from Theatrefolk
It’s the annual summer slowdown here at Theatrefolk. It’s a quiet, almost peaceful time of year for us. We take the month of July off from our daily blog posts to recharge. Other…
We’re jumping up and down with excitement to announce the immediate release of four new scripts for high schools to perform. Scarlet Expectations of a Drowned Maiden and Two Greek Q…
Episode Forty-Eight: Is it the Show or the Performance? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week they …
Did you know that the last Sunday of every month is designated as Free Play Sunday? We give away PDF preview copies of our scripts to our Facebook and Twitter followers. We’ve got four…
As part of the Playworks Program here at the International Thespian festival, students have the opportunity to audition and rehearse one of the plays being workshopped. The audition day was …
Episode Forty-Seven: Is it Worth it to See the Understudy? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week, t…
Craig and I are sweating up a storm in Lincoln, Nebraska! Why Lincoln? Didn’t you know it’s a hot bed of high school theatre?  Lincoln is  where every year the Internationa…
In honour of last night’s Mad Men season finale, I’d love to share this brilliant turn from the Season One ender. You don’t need to be a fan of the show to appreciate this …
Craig forwarded me the link that inspired today’s exercise with a “this sounds like a Lindsay Price blog post.” And it does indeed. What you can see over here are pictur…
I’m often asked how we stop people from performing or copying our plays without permission. The short answer is that we can’t. We can no more stop someone from photocopying a boo…
The Practical Technical Theatre DVD series is now ten programs long. And we’ve got our hands on a big pile of free demo DVDs to share with you. We are a proud distributor of thi…
Writing by its nature is a solitary activity. Â Me and a notebook. Me thinking. Me solving problems. Having said that, theatre by its nature is a community activity. It takes a community t…
Episode Forty-Six: Is Community Theatre Viable? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. This week they talk abo…
"I guess it came down to not letting other people decide what was right for me. Everyone's needs are unique. My happy is different from your happy." – Lisa Fischer Sometimes we get cau…
With a new Pixar movie just around the corner, I thought I’d use today’s Movie Monologue Monday to highlight what I think sets them apart from the others. Let’s look at …
Are you going to be meeting with other theatre teachers? Having a conference? A weekend sharing session? A Professional Development day? We'd like to send you some catalogues, resource hando…
This exercise is the result of a complete accident in a recent workshop. It simply had to do with numbers. When I go into a class to workshop a play, I often break down a script into section…
This month we’ve got a best of, playwriting excises pulled from the Theatrefolk archives " past newsletters, past blog posts, all combined in one tidy package. All the exercises are pr…
“A quick change is four seconds. A fast change is, like, 15 seconds” When watching the Tony’s this week, I was pretty cooled out to see the way Cinderella and the Fairy God…
Episode Forty-Five: Is it OK to Leave at Intermission? This podcast continues a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. The show this we…
Monster Problems is a brand new play for Theatrefolk – so new it’s not even in the catalogue yet! Â As we put the finishing touches in place, Â here are some pictures from th…
The monologue I’m looking at this week is a TV monologue, but it’s from Breaking Bad, which is far better than the vast majority of movies these days. Samuel L Jackson participat…
While the theatre world waits with bated breath for the results of tonight’s Tony Awards (I wasn’t nominated again!!!) I thought I’d share this hilarious piece The Onion di…
I received the trailer below for a production of Tuna Fish Eulogy and I think it’s great. It’s basically a commercial for the show, but also gives a clear indication of the style…
"I think my greatest teachers, I never met them, were Rodgers and Hart, and Noel Coward, and Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein and Harold Arlen. All these people, all these great writ…
