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In Respect for Acting, Uta identified 9 questions an actor should ask themselves as they prepare. It’s all about being as specific as possible. Introduce the 9 questions to your students, and use the included worksheet and reflection.

Use this exercise with the Shakespeare you are studying (or the included monologue) to answer the question: how can punctuation give clues an actor can use to help act the scene?

This exercise encourages students to examine the language of a scene for clues on character action. Shakespeare often tells actors exactly what to “do.”

One of the ways that we can learn about status is by physically playing status in the body. Use these descriptions to physicalize high/low status with your students in the Status Walks Game.

This exercise helps students think about how their characters sound.

Use these first lines prompts (list of 35) for monologue and scene work.

What is a 24 hour playwriting festival? Student playwrights gather together and write for 12 hours. (eg: 8pm to 8am) Student directors and actors then cast, stage, rehearse and perform during the next 12 hours (8am to 8pm). Everything from concept to production takes place within 24 hours. Follow the step by step outline in the resource.

Use this list to inspire your students to use higher order vs. lower order thinking words.

A rubric for a student to assess a partner's positive contribution and participation in rehearsals.

This page is designed to be cut into four so each student has a small rubric to follow, for their participation and positive contribution to rehearsals.

This handout is designed for an evaluator to assess rehearsal participation and positive contribution. Two rubrics per page.

The format is simple. One question, one answer, and a rubric all on the same sheet. Use these answers as exit slips, as a follow up written assignment after a class discussion, or as a mid-unit check in. Covers Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, The Tempest, Othello, Macbeth, and The Taming of the Shrew.

Complete three of nine projects on The Crucible to make a tic-tac-toe! Includes a rubric for assessment.

Complete three of nine projects on Romeo and Juliet to make a tic-tac-toe! Includes a rubric for assessment.

This resource includes a guide to Agamemnon including Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities.

This resource for Medea includes Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities

This resource for Oedipus Rex includes Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities.

It’s a question that comes up time and time again - How do I get my students to memorize their lines. What strategies do you use? Here are 7 strategies for students to use both on their own, and in rehearsal.

Use these character maps to help students delve deeper into character analysis.

The format is simple. One question, one answer, and a rubric all on the same sheet. Use these answers as exit slips, as a follow up written assignment after a class discussion, or as a mid-unit check in. There are questions for A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie.