Theatre education

This is the ultimate list of musicals for high school theater! Whether you need a show with a small cast, a low budget, or a contemporary score, there's a musical to fit. #theater #musicaltheater

Summary of Lin-Manuel Miranda's thoughts on why theatre education matters. ISTA created the infographic

Theatre callboard #drama #drama #theatre

Welcome to Dramamomma Speaks A THEATER EXPERT’S THOUGHTS ON THEATER, TEACHING AND DIRECTING Welcome to Dramamomma Speaks A THEATER EXPERT’S THOUGHTS ON THEATER, TEACHING AND DIRECTING AS SEEN IN Who is this Dramamommaspeaks? I'm an award-winning veteran drama teacher, now retired having taught for over forty years. Also, I am a very experienced, successful theater

Classwork: Students designed masks for their Greek chorus project (see Day 16) Please see document below (or in Google classroom) for rubric on design of mask and description activity

Think high school theatre is just a bunch of drama? Think again. There are so many lessons to be learned from high school theatre that will carry you through life. I never played a sport in high school and was definitely not part of the “in” crowd. I was a fairly good student and I ... Read More about Lessons to Learn From High School Theatre

Learn basic Stage Directions with the Stage Diagram provided. Blocking made simple by knowledge of the Director's Stage Vocabulary.

"Five Fantastic Podcasts for Theatre Teachers" lists recommended podcasts for teacher-directors, and gives suggestions for starter episodes.

Tech for Non-Techies: Teaching Technical Theatre in Your Drama Classroom - Lesson 1 - Getting Down to Basics - Drama PD On Demand

It's always a good idea to keep a few acting exercises in your back pocket. So here are six powerful acting exercises for teenagers.

Every SPED teacher should read this! Why you should incorporate theater into your special education students (Yes, even with your non-verbal kids and students with limited mobility)

When I first started teaching, I didn’t quite know how to approach the drama section of our art curriculum. We would do a few skits, occasionally play a version of Bus Stop where one kid had to make another laugh, and call it a day. I wanted to breathe some life into our drama activities and make things fun again. Improv games were a perfect fit!

A set of 16 information cards providing definitions of the elements of drama.

Students learn better when movement is included in a lesson. These four fun improv games get students actively engaged and make the learning really stick.

I'm in my third year of teaching middle school theatre and finally feeling like I'm not constantly drowning. I've had my students complete a bell-ringer/warm up assignment in a notebook for the last two and half years so they can learn concepts and focus on theatre while I take care of housekeeping tasks and learning is still happening. I've decided my goal for next year is to implement interactive notebooks in my classroom and change the formatting of my bell-ringers. Interactive notebooks…