List of Contributions

I'm down in Virginia and was able to borrow costumes from Civil War reenactors for free! Our student director for that show had grandparents who used to do it and organized it all for us. Depending on where you're located, that could be a good option for you! -Will ------------------------------ ...

We staged Heathers 101 (the high school version) last year and while we were allowed to use a prop gun (which was very fake looking and I gave a disclaimer/warning before the show about it) we weren't allowed to show any actual shooting on the stage. So we had the student run into the wings, JD pointed ...

I really like the suggestion about reaching out to the author directly, I'd never thought of that! It makes total sense that they'd care more about getting their play produced than selling a single copy of the script so might have excerpts available even if the publisher doesn't. That would probably ...

I have my advanced theatre class do proposals for our plays and musicals every year. I think it's a good teaching moment for them to learn how to pitch things they are passionate about while also looking at the logistics of what's feasible with budgeting and casting (limited males for musicals, etc.). ...

Have you thought about doing two separate one act plays? Maybe two that are tied together thematically? Last year I added a spring theatre festival after our musical and the only way I could do it to hang onto my sanity after the musical was to produce three different one acts from three different ...

I usually start my Theatre Arts I classes pretty heavily with improv since I think it's a good way to get students comfortable being on stage, used to theatre basics, etc. This year I started with a lot of team building exercises, not necessarily improv/performance games, though there is a lot of overlap. ...

Hello everyone! Next year I will be teaching a Theatre Arts I class for the functional students in our exceptional education department who are usually in self-contained classes for their other subjects. I'm really excited about this class and I think it's going to be a super rewarding experience; ...

One of the things I show a lot of is ballet, because I love it and had the same issue you did in trying to find good clips of mime . When I go through the elements of drama with my theatre 1 kids we always watch two clips of the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene, a traditional one: https://www.youtube ...