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Linda Phillips

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Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 03-20-2024 12:20
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Are you the lone theatre teacher at your school? Do you feel isolated and rarely interact with other teachers on your campus? I would like to encourage you to step outside your theatre space/classroom and make some new teacher friends. I was always the last car in the parking lot and felt I needed to ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 06-20-2023 09:16
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Parent Volunteers: I always struggled with parent volunteers and was very envious of my band boosters as they seemed to have a lot of volunteers around all the time. The band instructor explained that the parents were "protecting their investment" as they pay for instruments and lessons for their ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 06-02-2023 12:03
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Sorry for the late post. That holiday always throw me!!! Parent Volunteers: I always struggled with parent volunteers and was very envious of my band boosters as they seemed to have a lot of volunteers around all the time. The band instructor explained that the parents were “protecting their investment” ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 12-14-2022 09:00
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Ahhhhh Winter Break….you survived 1st semester! You probably have a show or two done, your classes are moving along, your theatre club is hopefully functioning. Now is a great time to look at what is working and what needs your attention. I like to start with the positive…What is working for you? What ...

Emeritus Sage Advise

Posted By Linda Phillips 12-13-2022 10:24
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Ahhhhh Winter Break….you survived 1 st semester! You probably have a show or two done, your classes are moving along, your theatre club is hopefully functioning. Now is a great time to look at what is working and what needs your attention. I like to start with the positive…What is working for you? ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 10-03-2022 09:43
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Running a Drama Club When I first became a theatre director I really struggled with my thespian officers and keeping the club moving in a positive direction. There were clicks in my group and often the officer’s in the club were the click leaders or kept a lot of the “drama” in drama club alive. I ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 10-03-2022 09:43
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Running a Drama Club When I first became a theatre director I really struggled with my thespian officers and keeping the club moving in a positive direction. There were clicks in my group and often the officer’s in the club were the click leaders or kept a lot of the “drama” in drama club alive. I ...

Emeritus Sage Advice

Posted By Linda Phillips 10-03-2022 09:43
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Running a Drama Club When I first became a theatre director I really struggled with my thespian officers and keeping the club moving in a positive direction. There were clicks in my group and often the officer’s in the club were the click leaders or kept a lot of the “drama” in drama club alive. I ...

Wednesday Wisdom from Sage Emeritus

Posted By Linda Phillips 06-15-2022 19:41
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My Theatre quotes are: Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society. Yasmina Reza and We must all do theatre to find out who we are, and to discover who we could become. Augusto Boal Hope you all are having a relaxing summer!!! Linda Phillips AZ Thespian Retired!!! ------------------------------ ...

Wednesday Wisdom on Friday from Sage Emeritus

Posted By Linda Phillips 06-03-2022 10:00
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I apologize for not posting on Wednesday. I actually had something ready but in light of the recent event in Uvalde, I rethought my post. As we are all moving into summer vacation, I challenge each of you to reflect on this past year. Not on your successes or failures but the opportunities you had for ...

Sage Advice--Joining Your State Board-The value of volunteerism!

Posted By Linda Phillips 03-02-2022 10:00
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I want to encourage all of you to consider joining/volunteering on your state board. Is it a time commitment? Yes Is it worth your time? Yes. Many of the best theatre teachers around your state serve on this board. They can become great mentors to you and the wealth of knowledge in the room makes for ...

RE: Wednesdays Wisdom from EdTA Education Sages

Posted By Linda Phillips 02-17-2022 15:30
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Never give up on kids!  They make mistakes, pay the consequences and often come back later to appreciate that you gave them a second, third....chance. ------------------------------ Linda Phillips Arizona AZ ------------------------------

Wednesday Wisdom from Sage Emeritus

Posted By Linda Phillips 02-02-2022 09:50
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As you start to consider plays for your next theatre season or to teach in your class, pick plays that challenge kids….                 Instead of Grease, do Bye, Bye Birdie. Almost the same opportunities as far a characters but a different twist and kids have to actually develop a character versus ...

RE:What are some good Theatre Apps?

Posted By Linda Phillips 04-22-2014 09:41
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critique it and direct it. (both from CO Thespians) are great apps. I you have a droid type phone there is also an app called Technical Theatre that is amazing. Put in dimensions for something and it will give you a cut list and step by step directions. Linda ------------------------------------------- ...

RE:State Level Playworks

Posted By Linda Phillips 08-27-2013 11:19
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Arizona has a playworks process in place as well. We use a coordinator from a community theatre. He is also a playwright. He reads and chooses two or three to workshop depending on the submissions. He uses two professional playwrights (Lindsay Price and Stephen Gregg) for the project. Everyone who submits ...

RE:State Conference: Dates and Locations for 2013-2014

Posted By Linda Phillips 07-19-2013 15:28
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Arizona will be Nov. 22-23, 2013 and we would love to have Ben at our festival! (your right hand can be our left hand!) Linda ------------------------------------------- Linda Phillips Arizona -------------------------------------------