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Featured Articles

The Pacing Toolkit
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The Pacing Toolkit
Pacing is one of the invisible hands of good teaching. For many teachers pacing is a difficult skill to master,
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How do I Navigate School Rules and Climate Around Production Content?
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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.
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Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
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Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
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.
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Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
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Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Dive into Commedia Chekhov (https://www.theatrefolk.com/products/commedia-chekhov)! This lively adaptation by Lindsay Price introduces your students to Anton Chekhov through the vibrant, over-the-top world of Commedia dell’Arte.
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Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
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Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
There is a lot of thought and preparation that goes into mounting a production, not least of which is a budget!
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Latest Articles

Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
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Acting

Acting in Everyday Life
Acting in Everyday Life
Acting the Issue Play
Acting the Issue Play
Onstage “Awareness” Improv Game: Sit, Stand, Kneel
Onstage “Awareness” Improv Game: Sit, Stand, Kneel
Questioning Your Character (Without Judgment)
Questioning Your Character (Without Judgment)
“Let’s Try That Again”: Taking Direction in an Audition
“Let’s Try That Again”: Taking Direction in an Audition
How to Practice Cold Reading
How to Practice Cold Reading
All articles for Acting

Classroom Exercise

10 More Time-Filler Activities Or, What to Do With Those Pesky 10 Minutes
10 More Time-Filler Activities Or, What to Do With Those Pesky 10 Minutes
Time Filler Activity: Mindful Minutes
Time Filler Activity: Mindful Minutes
Time-Filler Activity: Blank: The Musical
Time-Filler Activity: Blank: The Musical
Time Filler Activity: Everything You Know
Time Filler Activity: Everything You Know
Time Filler Activities: Symbol Stories
Time Filler Activities: Symbol Stories
Exercise: Rope Storytelling
Exercise: Rope Storytelling
All articles for Classroom Exercise

Classroom Management

10 More Time-Filler Activities Or, What to Do With Those Pesky 10 Minutes
10 More Time-Filler Activities Or, What to Do With Those Pesky 10 Minutes
Round-Up: All About Classroom Management
Round-Up: All About Classroom Management
Supplies and Equipment Every Drama Classroom Needs
Supplies and Equipment Every Drama Classroom Needs
Getting to Know Your Students: How I Like to Learn
Getting to Know Your Students: How I Like to Learn
Developing Classroom Routines and Systems
Developing Classroom Routines and Systems
“I’ll Just Do It Myself…” Encouraging Students to Work Together
“I’ll Just Do It Myself…” Encouraging Students to Work Together
All articles for Classroom Management

Directing

Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
Issue-Based Plays in Rehearsal
Issue-Based Plays in Rehearsal
All articles for Directing

Distance Learning

Character Study: Self-Awareness
Character Study: Self-Awareness
Making Connections: Students’ Strengths and Character Strengths
Making Connections: Students’ Strengths and Character Strengths
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Virtual Platform by Claire Broome
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Virtual Platform by Claire Broome
Improv Game: Combining Skills
Improv Game: Combining Skills
Improv Game: Imposter
Improv Game: Imposter
Exercise: Outdoor Virtual Monologues
Exercise: Outdoor Virtual Monologues
All articles for Distance Learning

Diversity

Tips for Supporting Nonbinary Drama Students
Tips for Supporting Nonbinary Drama Students
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Characters Behaving Badly by Lindsay Price
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Characters Behaving Badly by Lindsay Price
Theatrefolk Featured Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatrefolk Featured Play – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Moonbow Miraculous by Kirk Shimano
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Moonbow Miraculous by Kirk Shimano
Theatrefolk Featured Play – The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses by Emma Fonseca-Halverson
Theatrefolk Featured Play – The Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses by Emma Fonseca-Halverson
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Finding Jo March by Laramie Dean
Theatrefolk Featured Play – Finding Jo March by Laramie Dean
All articles for Diversity

Featured Plays

Theatrefolk Featured Play - Tough City, Prone to Rain
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Tough City, Prone to Rain
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Rebootilization: Competition Version
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Rebootilization: Competition Version
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Commedia Chekhov
October Reading List: Mystery Plays
October Reading List: Mystery Plays
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Lord of the Pies
Theatrefolk Featured Play - Lord of the Pies
September Reading List: Plays for Competition
September Reading List: Plays for Competition
All articles for Featured Plays

Games

Time Filler Activities: Symbol Stories
Time Filler Activities: Symbol Stories
Warm-Up for Middle Schoolers: “I’m Going on Vacation…”
Warm-Up for Middle Schoolers: “I’m Going on Vacation…”
Improv Game: Scenario Generator
Improv Game: Scenario Generator
Warm-Up Exercises for Raising Energy
Warm-Up Exercises for Raising Energy
10 Beanbag Name Game Variations
10 Beanbag Name Game Variations
Physical Warm-Up Game: Shadows
Physical Warm-Up Game: Shadows
All articles for Games

General

Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Bradley Hayward
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Bradley Hayward
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Taryn Temple
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Taryn Temple
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Dara Murphy
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Dara Murphy
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Laramie Dean
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Laramie Dean
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Allison Green
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Allison Green
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Chris Stiles
Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Chris Stiles
All articles for General

New Drama Teachers

Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: What are the necessities of a theatre class?
How do I Navigate School Rules and Climate Around Production Content?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I Navigate School Rules and Climate Around Production Content?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I get admin to see we need money?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I get admin to see that we need money?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I work with other theatre programs in the area?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I work with other theatre programs in the area?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I deal with angry parents/guardians?
Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do I deal with angry parents/guardians?
All articles for New Drama Teachers

Playwriting

Playwriting Prompt: Stories About Stuffies
Playwriting Prompt: Stories About Stuffies
Playwriting Exercise: One Moment, Many Perspectives
Playwriting Exercise: One Moment, Many Perspectives
Playwriting Exercise: Quill, Fountain, and Glitter Gel Pen Scenes
Playwriting Exercise: Quill, Fountain, and Glitter Gel Pen Scenes
Playwriting Exercise: Your Ideal Future
Playwriting Exercise: Your Ideal Future
5 Tips for Writing A Murder Mystery Play
5 Tips for Writing a Murder Mystery Play
Playwriting Exercise: Baby Photo Prompt
Playwriting Exercise: Baby Photo Prompt
All articles for Playwriting

Podcast

Theatre as a Teaching Tool
Theatre as a Teaching Tool
Happy Birthday Frankenstein!
Happy Birthday Frankenstein!
Drama Teachers: Take back the classics
Drama Teachers: Take back the classics
Putting together a touring high school show
Putting together a touring high school show
Facilitating a student led production
Facilitating a student led production
Page to Stage: What can you learn in 48 hours?
Page to Stage: What can you learn in 48 hours?
All articles for Podcast

Production

Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Tips for Better House Manager Speeches
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
The Last Few Weeks Before Showtime
The Last Few Weeks Before Showtime
All articles for Production

Teaching Drama

Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Concession
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Concession
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Ushers
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Ushers
Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Production Design on a Budget Toolkit
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
Creative Ideas for Staging Intimate Moments Without Kissing
What traditions do you have with your theatre program?
What traditions do you have with your theatre program?
All articles for Teaching Drama

Teaching Resources

The Rehearsal Companion
The Rehearsal Companion
The Audition Toolkit
The Audition Toolkit
Impowerment Improv
Impowerment Improv
The Drama Classroom Companion: Volume 2
The Drama Classroom Companion: Volume 2
Your High School Improv Show Playbook
Your High School Improv Show Playbook
Scene-Spurs: Writing Prompts for Dramatic Depth – Volume Two
Scene-Spurs: Writing Prompts for Dramatic Depth – Volume Two
All articles for Teaching Resources

Technical Theatre

Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Concession
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Concession
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Ushers
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Ushers
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Box Office
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Chase Scenes
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Violence Without Using Fake Blood
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
Creative Ideas for Staging Flying Sequences Without Wires
All articles for Technical Theatre

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