1,392 stories from Theatrefolk
Over at Slate, Mason Curry has been collecting the daily routines of writers, artists and other creative people. How do they do it? How do they work every day? Balzac drank a lot of coffe…
Episode Forty-Four: Is a Moment of Brilliance Worth It? This podcast starts a series of talks between Lindsay and Craig on the plays they saw during their trip to England. The first show was…
Sometimes I see a picture, hear a sentence, something flashes in front of my eyes and a dramatic conversation instantly forms. It’s a moment that would come alive on the stage. This is…
This is very much a “go with me” monologue choice. Its from the 1957 science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man. The 50′s SciFi genre isn’t isn’t particu…
One of the stories covered in Shuddersome: Tales of Poe is The Masque of the Red Death. In this story, guests at a masked ball are overcome by the dread “Red Death”, a disease th…
I love words and how we use them. I love complex words with interesting means. (e.g. agelast: someone who never laughs. That is an awesome word and definition.)Â I love it when there are m…
Here’s a warm-up activity that I love using with a wide variety of groups. I’m sure it goes by many names but I like to call it Magic Putty. Here’s how it works. Everyon…
The moment this became clear to me in practice, as it related very specifically to something I was writing"The book is not the movie"the separation became easy, as clean as a yolk from an…
Episode Forty-Three: What is a Playwright? What is a playwright? Lindsay talks about what that question means to her and what happens when she assumes everyone is aware of that meaning. Gues…
I believe that environment plays a big part in productivity. The room in which I do most of my writing has windows on two sides. I have two options for sitting, I can spread out on a couch w…
I’m cheating a bit on this week’s Movie Monologue Monday. This week we’re looking at Garry Marshall’s fabulous performance in the TV show Louie. That’s right, I…
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’re fresh ba…
 A dark ride  is an indoor amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music, and special effects. &#…
These past two months I have seen a one act play go from idea to production. Yes, that’s right two months. We started with two brainstorming sessions, I then went into the class (the p…
Episode Forty-Two: Miracles Happen in This Classroom Lindsay talks to drama teacher Tracy Garratt about the difference between drama and theatre in the classroom. Show Notes What should we d…
Here is an interesting question to ponder. Can Improv create change? I’m not talking small step interpersonal change, which is something I fully stand behind: Improv can create a level…
Today’s Movie Monologue Monday takes a look at Kirk Douglas’ speech in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. There is no shortage of movie monologues that take place in a court…
I’m thrilled to announce that we’re continuing to expand our free resources page. We’ve added seven new activity sheets, all about Romeo and Juliet. Five are under the Rome…
This is a great classroom exercise to not only have fun with Shakespeare but to also see how well students can re-frame which ever Shakespeare play they are studying. This picture is a poste…
I never enjoy looking for monologues. It's sort of like a hunting expedition and I don't like hunting. And don't get me started on fishing… But – big BUT – I love when I ac…
Awhile a go I adjudicated a festival that involved a lot of student writers and directors. It was awesome to see their work and to talk to them about how they wanted to present their work. �…
Episode Forty-One: Time to Gel Lindsay talks about why artistic ventures need to curb fly-aways. Not that kind of gel! Artistic ventures need time to become the best they can be. Show Notes …
If you could get into your DeLorean and time-travel to the day you started writing this, would you do anything differently? I think I would have written it faster. I think I would have n…
This week’s Movie Monologue Monday is going to look at Ellen Burstyn’s heartbreaking performance in Requiem for a Dream. The movie follows the parallel and intertwining lives …
This month we have an indepth look at the new plays in the Theatrefolk catalogue. From parody to personification to Poe we’ve got it all. Plus, an adaptation lesson plan to do with you…
