Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I Navigate School Rules and Climate Around Production Content?

Welcome to our video series, Calling All Theatre Teachers! In this series we’re going to answer questions that drama teachers have about stepping into a theatre program.

QUESTION: How do I navigate school rules and climate around production content?

Watch the video of our discussion of this question — Laramie shares one of the things that administrators don’t want when it comes to the content of school plays.

Click the button below for a worksheet to help you organize your thoughts on approaching your admin about a play as well as write down notes on your school’s current climate on content.

How do you manage a school’s climate for the content of your shows?

This series is hosted by Lindsay Price and Laramie Dean. Lindsay has been in theatre education for 30 years, writing plays and classroom resources specifically for middle and high school through Theatrefolk (Check out Lindsay and Laramie’s latest The Ultimate Classroom Playwriting Resource and co-creating the Drama Teacher Academy.

Laramie has been teaching theatre since 2003 and writing since he could first wrap his fingers around a pencil. (Check out Laramie’s Theatrefolk plays! Currently he’s the theatre director at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana, where he’s worked for the last 12 years.