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Pros and Cons: Assigned Groups vs. Class-Chosen Groups
Classroom Management

Pros and Cons: Assigned Groups vs. Class-Chosen Groups

Group work is an enormous part of drama class. Students are always working in groups, whether for warm-ups, improvisation, scene work, playwriting, working backstage, and more. Even if your entire...
Choosing Your Artistic Team
Directing

Choosing Your Artistic Team

As a busy teacher and director, having a great artistic team is essential to a successful school production. Having a great team in place means that you have a supportive, enthusiastic group all...
Taking on the Producer's Role: Elevator Pitch
Production

Taking on the Producer's Role: Elevator Pitch

The following exercise gives students the opportunity to pitch their dream show to the rest of the class. This is a great exercise to do with students after you’ve polled your class. Now that...
How to Build Community with Theatre
Production

How to Build Community with Theatre

We were lucky enough to speak with two teachers at Northwest Middle School in Flowood, MS – Emily Wright and Genifer Freeman – about how the entire school (even the Principal) got involved in a...
“Improv Community” Game for Drama Students
Classroom Exercise

“Improv Community” Game for Drama Students

This improvisation game is great for students who are brand-new to improvisation. It focuses on students going with the flow and joining in the scene, rather than trying to one-up another and...
12 Days of Classroom Exercises
Classroom Exercise

12 Days of Classroom Exercises

We’re counting down the 12 Days of Christmas with 12 of our most popular Classroom Exercises! No matter which holidays you celebrate, these exercises are a useful tool to keep in your back pocket –...
21st Century Skills In the Drama Classroom
Teaching Drama

21st Century Skills In the Drama Classroom

Drama is one of the few classes that teachers real world skills. This is something that every drama teacher knows well. You know this. Despite resistance you may receive from parents,...
Don't Tell Paul: Secret Code Exercise
Classroom Exercise

Don't Tell Paul: Secret Code Exercise

How do you communicate when you can’t talk directly?Have you ever been in a situation where you see something or someone and you want to comment out loud, but it’s just not possible? Perhaps you’re...
Brainstorming: Effective Group Work
Teaching Drama

Brainstorming: Effective Group Work

“How can you get your students to brainstorm effectively?” Brainstorm: a group discussion to come up with ideas and solve problems. Brainstorming is a great idea generation and problem solving...
Collaboration Games: The Human Knot
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: The Human Knot

Sometimes it’s the simple games and the ones we’ve played over and over again that can offer the most learning. Take The Human Knot. It’s a game that’s been played in playgrounds, camps, and drama...
Ensemble: Is it time to dismantle the pyramid?
Production

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,...
Collaboration Games: The Marshmallow Challenge
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: The Marshmallow Challenge

How do you get students to work together in a creation? Try this pre-exercise to have students practice collaborating to make a finished product. It’s an exercise that has been around for years but...
Collaboration Games: The Negotiation
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: The Negotiation

If you want your students to devise a theatre piece in class, it’s important to practice the act of collaboration as much as possible. Ideally, you should use the month beforehand getting students...
Top 10 Classroom Management tips for Drama Teachers
Classroom Management

Top 10 Classroom Management tips for Drama Teachers

These tips are designed to help you lay a solid foundation for discipline. Whether you’re a beginning teacher facing a classroom full of students for the first time, or a theatre veteran (with the...