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This self-care package includes a workbook, calendar, and posters to help focus on the essential questions: How can you become a practicing self-care, compassionate person who teaches educational theatre? How can you make time for self-care and compassion?

A comprehensive list of theatre terms, listed by general, personnel, types of theatre, styles of theatre, acting, ancient greek theatre, Shakespeare, improv, costume, stage management, lighting, sound, and makeup. Translated to Spanish.

A school year calendar focused on the theme of Self-Care, with inspirational quotes from theatre educator Gai Jones.

Are you stepping into the classroom for the first time? Are you stepping into the classroom for your 20th year? Both have their joys and obstacles. This resource anticipates the challenges you will have, or you have faced in the drama classroom. It is designed to provide materials that will help you claim or reclaim a functioning teaching environment, your curriculum and relationships with your students. So whether you are a seasoned teacher or a brand new teacher, use this book to rethink your practices and see your spaces in the best light possible. Start the school year off right!

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen is a play that comes up time and time again in our drama class communities. To that end, we wanted to provide questions for reading the play in the classroom. • The Reading Questions provide pre- and post-reading questions for the play as well as questions throughout. • The Close-Reading Questions provide in-depth text-dependent questions for one scene of the play.

20 Classroom Rules poster for the drama classroom.

Set of 4 posters for the drama classroom, with theatrical affirmations.

Poster set of 2 - Say Yes and Say No, for the drama classroom.

Poster for the drama classroom: Accountability.

Encouragement for rehearsal time - poster for the drama classroom.

Inspirational poster for the drama classroom.

Set of 2 posters for the drama classroom; what you are learning in this class.

Set of 2 posters - Respect in the drama classroom.

This resource is designed to assist you in making your improvisation work as inclusive as possible. It includes questions to ask yourself, improv guidelines discussion, character names and pronouns, and additional discussion points. Use this guide to help create inclusive, safe spaces for all within an improvisation framework.

This Toolkit provides a variety of resource articles, tips, slide decks, videos, and handouts for you, the do-it-all drama teacher, who has to both direct and put together the costumes for a show. Further to that, perhaps you don’t have a lot of costuming experience and don’t have an extensive costume budget, but want to add this skill to your productions. Where do you start? Right here! You don’t have to know how to sew. You don’t have to know how to draw. You don’t have to create your costumes from scratch. This resource takes you from pre-rehearsal analysis right through to post-production strike. Enjoy!

This section introduces key concepts for costuming through a series of handouts, slide decks, and videos.

This section covers costume, equipment, storage, volunteer needs as well as budget tips.

This section includes handouts and slide decks to help you understand a script and director's concept, to inform the costumes.

This section includes practical application tools, such as costume measurements, three stitches, and additional tips.

This section covers production elements such as a costume plot, dress rehearsal, and how to run a show as a costumer.