Podcast

Episode 178: Putting Together A Tech Theatre Unit Drama Teacher Josh Hatt does not have a background in Tech Theatre. In fact he shied away from teaching it for years. But when it became part of...

Episode 177: Drama Teachers: How do you market your shows? If you want to build the audience that comes to see your shows, that means you have to do some marketing. Some people love it, some people...

Episode 176: Theatre and Autism: How do you present a sensory friendly performance? How do Theatre and Autism fit together? Do you have students on the spectrum in your classrooms? Have you ever...

Episode 175: The Drama Classroom: There is a seat for everyone at the table Scott Giessler is a teacher and a playwright. He went into theatre teaching without any training and not only is he still...

Episode 174: Teaching, Performing, Directing, Shakespeare Chris Veneris hated Shakespeare in high school. He had a teacher who made it absolutely boring. Now he’s approaching Shakespeare from all...

Episode 173: Drama Teachers: How do you give student writers feedback? Nick Pappas wears many hats. He is a playwright, a director, he teaches and he’s a dramaturg. This conversation took place at...

Episode 172: Critical Thinking: Theatre in Another Language Have you ever watched a piece of theatre in another language? Theatrefolk partners in Crime Lindsay Price and Craig Mason put on their...

Episode 171: Divergent Learning in the classroom There is no class that is more divergent than the drama classroom. You have the vast number of different students who end up in your classroom, some...

Episode 170: Musical Theatre in the Drama Classroom Have you ever considered including musical theatre in the drama classroom? Does the thought of singing in front of others scare your students to...

Episode 169: Drama Teachers Directing Shakespeare for the First time If you’re a drama teacher, at some point Shakespeare should make it on to your stage. But what if you’ve hated him since high...

Episode 168: Putting on a play your administration doesn’t like Sometimes you want to do a show on a tough subject matter. Sometimes your administration doesn’t want you to. In this episode,...

Episode 167: Drama Teachers: Solving problems within play production Two drama teachers and co-directors talk about the process of putting on a play, the choices that have to be made and the...

Episode 166: Theatre Etiquette 101 When teaching students who are brand-new to theatre, it’s important to discuss and apply the expectations of the drama classroom, and the theatrical world. Join...

Episode 165: Drama Teachers: Theatre is community. Michael Wehrli thought he was going to be an actor. Then he thought he would be a director. And finally found a love for teaching and educational...

Episode 164: Drama Teachers Directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream Four drama teachers talk about their vision, their experience, their successes and their struggles directing A Midsummer Night’s...

Episode 163: Engaging the Non-Theatre student in the drama classroom The non­-theatre student is a fact of life for every drama teacher. There are those who end up in drama by accident, because...

Episode 162: Drama Teachers: Tips for Travelling with Students Does the thought of taking 30 or more students to New York or London sound exciting or like a nightmare? At some point in every...

Episode 161: Spoken Word Do you have students who just don’t want to be in your drama class? How many of you are struggling to find a way in? In this podcast teacher Christa Vogt talks about...