List of Contributions

An ETA workshop changed my life! Your life and teaching might also change too as you learn more about personality styles. At a 1989 Snowbird ETA teachers' retreat, there was a workshop about quick character-building for improvisation. We learned an interesting and rapid way to build improv characters ...

I am now retired. I remember fondly how I used to do a one-act festival with eight to ten student-directed plays.  Half would rehearse immediately after school for an hour and a half, and half would rehearse an hour and three quarters later. (The directors would meet with me for fifteen minutes after ...

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday ------------------------------ Carol Lommen Educational Consultant Odyssey Charter Schools Las Vegas NV ------------------------------

One of the things I did with staging the play Our Town, was to have the cast understand the difference between a coal stove and wood burning stove, as well as having the "kids" realize their responsibilities in fetching wood or carrying in coal or carrying out ashes.  This led to some improvisations ...

Years ago, I did the play in the round and shifted the set one third each act. Another time, I also had success with a raked stage performance. ------------------------------ Carol Lommen Educational Consultant Odyssey Charter Schools Las Vegas NV ------------------------------ ---- ...