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Have you ever had a conversation with someone and felt like something was off? It might have been because the person you were speaking to was using body language that didn't match what they …
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Split by Bradley Hayward is an emotional, theatrical, ensemble-driven play that your student performers are sure to love. Children of divorce are unit…
Hearing is a passive, physical act of using the ears to perceive sounds. You can hear without understanding or acknowledging the sounds. Listening, conversely, is an active, internal behavio…
If your students are having a hard time getting their scenes started, we're here to help with 50 opening line prompts! Use them for scene devising, playwriting exercises, improv games, and m…
Here at Theatrefolk, we love a good prompt collection! We've got outdoor prompts, job/occupation prompts, location prompts, and this collection is all about food! Don't worry " all of these …
One of the five categories of social and emotional learning is self-awareness. For students, part of being self-aware includes being able to identify their own levels of effort in exercises,…
At Theatrefolk, we celebrate the theatre educators who share their stories and continue to make their classrooms and stages a warm and wonderful place for all students. Michelle (she/her) ha…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. If you believe that Shakespeare's characters deserve to celebrate the holidays too, then the "what if" holiday extravaganza, Shakespeare's Super Sn…
The following exercise helps students learn self-awareness (which is one of the categories of social and emotional learning)Â and apply it by analyzing characters in a play that they are c…
Negative self-talk is so common and can be very difficult to overcome, not only for students but also for teachers. It's easy to fall into the trap of berating ourselves over mistakes and te…
The following exercise helps students identify their personal strengths and make connections with characters in a play that they are currently studying in drama class. It could also be used …
Some improv games call for an action to start the scene, a job or occupation to define a character, or a location to get them started. Here are fifty location prompts you can use to set the …
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Shuddersome: Tales of Poe by Lindsay Price is a creepy, cross-curricular masterpiece with tons of flexibility, theatricality and a whole lot of fun…
Continuing on with our focus on Social and Emotional Learning (check out our other posts about SEL here), this post is filled to the brim with self-reflection journal prompts. Teachers can u…
In this article, we're focusing on responsible decision making, which is one of the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this art…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Virtual Learning by Claire Broome is a perfect play to navigate the chaos of online learning. Life is absurd right now " time to embrace it! Online…
In this round-up post, we're focusing on relationship skills, which is one of the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this artic…
In this article, we're focusing on social awareness, which is one of the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this article to get…
Theatrefolk is seeking applications for its Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. The goal of the panel is to advise and comment (and o…
In this article, we're focusing on self-management, which is one of the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this article to get …
We're delving more deeply into the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this article: Social and Emotional Learning in the Drama …
The concept of SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) was defined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) more than two decades ago to promote equity and excel…
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Sometimes you come across a play that demands to be read, performed and shared. Not Going Anywhere by Emma Fonseca Halverson is one of those plays. Th…
It's gratifying when a student lets you know that they are interested in pursuing a career in the performing arts. You have clearly made an impact on them, and they're looking for assistance…
Our 2020-2021 Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel shares some thoughts on using BIPOC material (like the monologues in the BIPOC Voices and Perspectives Monologue Resource) in t…
