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Two all-women plays that have lots of scenes & monologues: Going To See the Elephant, and Out of Our Father's House. Both old(er) plays. Out of Our Father's House are historical characters in conversation, and ... Elephant is four 19th century women stranded together on the prairie. ------------------------------ ...

I am a playwright in Los Angeles (also a retired hs theatre teacher). I have two thought for you in terms of mentoring for hs playwrights: 1) Contact the chair of the Alliance of L.A. Playwrights (ALAP). His name is Jonathon Dorf, and he is a fairly well-known playwright specifically of plays for young ...

Suessical. The book is not the strongest aspect, but you can't beat the musicality of the tunes. Cast can be very large. Enjoyable for all ages.  If you're feeling more ambitious, I also second Pippin and Once Upon a Mattress, although both of these do require some legit voices. ------------------------------ ...

I have also had success with similar classes using stage design, both digital and hands-on. Also, I did a very successful project that is more music than theatre, but worked well: I showed students some clips from Stomp! I then had them make instruments from found objects and then prepare performance ...

My most successful way to approach playwriting is through adaptation. Find a short story or two (or have students find their own), and look at how to adapt that into a play. This is a great exercise because it illuminates the differences between dramatic and narrative writing. It gives you a chance to ...

and set switches between acts (audience view, then backstage, then audience view again), and you have a tight, well-oiled cast, it can be hysterically funny. We had people rolling in the aisles by the end. ------------------------------------------- Robin Share Teacher Los Angeles Unified School ...

When I did it a couple years ago, our principal at the time was a real ham. So he did the voice, imitating Ed Sullivan as best he could. (It didn't matter how good it was; the audiences just loved that it was him.) Also, we didn't tape it, but dressed him in a tux and he did it live for each performance. ...