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Teaching Drama

Teaching drama made practical.

Explore strategies, ideas, and insights to help you plan, teach, and inspire with confidence.

Scene Spurs: Writing Prompts for Dramatic Depth
Teaching Drama

Scene Spurs: Writing Prompts for Dramatic Depth

The hardest part of writing for a novice is finding a place to start. The blank page intimidates as it stares back at you. A lack of inspiration is often blamed – I’m not inspired. There’s nothing...
Much Ado High School Interview
Teaching Drama

Much Ado High School Interview

After recording a Spread the Love video for Much Ado High School, I talked further with California student Mary Sherg about the challenges and successes of directing the play with middle school...
Social Issue Plays for High Schools / Middle Schools
Teaching Drama

Social Issue Plays for High Schools / Middle Schools

Our website lists all of our plays with social issue themes but it struck me that they’re only lumped as “issue plays” without a good guide to sorting out which title addresses which issue. So I’ve...
New Play: Censorbleep by Lindsay Price
Teaching Drama

New Play: Censorbleep by Lindsay Price

“The Bleep Bleep Girls are the greatest group in school. They know what’s best for you. They know what you should say and how you should behave. And today they’re going to show you a great skit....
Ten Skills the Arts Teach
Teaching Drama

10 Skills the Arts Teach

How many times a day do you have to explain the value of arts education, or defend your program against the nay-sayers who think drama class is just a bunch of games? Drama teacher, your class is...