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Belated but sincere thanks for all the many good suggestions I received in response to this post! I've had some success re-setting the class expectations and agreements, and creating some focus around our common goal of creating a play. These responses also helped me see some challenges that I forget ...

Thank you to everyone who's weighed in on this question! This is a wonderful collection of strategies, and I intend to implement several of them. Last class REALLY went off the rails, to the extent that about half of them independently decided to write me a letter of apology for their behavior. (I was ...

Hi, it's me again! Here's the situation: My theatre production class is EXTREMELY high energy, and full of kids who are on the spectrum and/or have an ADHD diagnosis. It meets in the last period of the day (of course), and it takes an enormous amount of effort to get them to settle down to the work ...

Hi, all, I'm still new to teaching theatre, and have a general question about rehearsals. I teach a theatre class that culminates in a production, so the majority of the rehearsals happen during class time. In some ways, this is great, but I'm struggling with how to occupy students who have smaller roles. ...

I'd like to join, too! -- Amanda Cadogan (she | her)Humanities | Maybeck High School

Thanks, all! These responses were very helpful. ------------------------------ [Amanda] [Cadogan] [English and Theatre] [Maybeck High School] [Oakland] [CA] ------------------------------

Hello! I work at a tiny high school that has a theatre program, but no designated space. Last year we performed in the parking garage because it was open air, and had the best available acoustics. This year, I'd like to try performing indoors, but the spaces we have available to us have TERRIBLE acoustics. ...

Hi Jen, For what it's worth, I audited a class on directing, and we used "The Glass Menagerie." The teacher had broken it up scene by scene, and put us in groups of two or three, with one director for each group. (Everyone acted; everyone directed. e.g. I was an actor in one scene, and directed another.) ...

Hello! I'm a very new and inexperienced high school theatre teacher, working at a school that doesn't have a stage. We're working on a production that will be performed in an underground parking garage, and I need to rent some lights. I'm looking for some general soft lighting, the ability to fade to ...