Acting

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Explore acting exercises, lessons, and tips that help students develop character, presence, and performance skills in any drama classroom.

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Introduction to Tableau for Middle Schoolers

Introduction to Tableau for Middle Schoolers

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

Creating Your Audition Toolkit – Songs

Creating Your Audition Toolkit – Songs

Theatre Game: Dramatic Rules

Theatre Game: Dramatic Rules

What Skills Do You Need to Work on a Show?

What Skills Do You Need to Work on a Show?

3 More Tips for Keeping Your Voice Healthy

3 More Tips for Keeping Your Voice Healthy

Can You Hear Me Now? A Peer-Led Volume Exercise

Can You Hear Me Now? A Peer-Led Volume Exercise

Exploring Different Voices Using Puppets, Masks, and Props

Exploring Different Voices Using Puppets, Masks, and Props

3 Tips for Keeping Your Voice Healthy

3 Tips for Keeping Your Voice Healthy

Exercise: Same Lines, Different Meanings

Exercise: Same Lines, Different Meanings

Practice How You’d Like to Perform

Practice How You’d Like to Perform

Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Gender-Flexible Plays

Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Gender-Flexible Plays

Exercise: Approaching Random Tasks in Character

Exercise: Approaching Random Tasks in Character

Exercise: Thinking of Your Character as an Animal

Exercise: Thinking of Your Character as an Animal

Creating Pre-Show Routines and Rituals

Creating Pre-Show Routines and Rituals