Ensemble-Building

Build a stronger drama classroom.

These ensemble-building games and activities help students collaborate, support each other, and create as a team.

Games, Exercises, & Activities

Active Listening Exercise: ABC-123-COLOR

Listening is an important skill in any classroom, but it’s especially important in the drama classroom. From classroom instruction, to game directions, to focusing on their fellow performers on...

Games, Exercises, & Activities

Communication Game: Blind Robot

Blind Robot is the ultimate verbal communication game. It requires players to CLEARLY communicate verbal commands to a “robot.” The robot then has to physically interpret those instructions in a...

Games, Exercises, & Activities Ensemble-Building

Round-Up: Theatre Games for Building Relationships

In this round-up post, we’re focusing on relationship skills, which is one of the five areas of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). If the concept of SEL is new to you, check out this article for...

Games, Exercises, & Activities Ensemble-Building

Ensembles Are Characters Too!

If you are working on a play or musical with a large ensemble, those actors can sometimes feel “less than” the named characters or the leads. I’m just in the ensemble. I don’t matter. You want to...

Games, Exercises, & Activities Ensemble-Building

5 Tongue Twister Exercises for Ensemble-Building

Tongue twisters are a fantastic tool to use in drama classes and rehearsals. They help students to warm up their voices, improve diction and enunciation, and get their brains moving! But repeating...

Games, Exercises, & Activities Ensemble-Building

Ensemble: Is it time to dismantle the pyramid?

Many productions are based on a pyramid structure : Stars at the top, supporting cast in the middle, chorus at the bottom. Even though there are more actors involved at the bottom of the pyramid,...