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Collaboration Games: Big, Tiny, Twisted
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: Big, Tiny, Twisted

Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, uses Big, Tiny, Twisted as the last warm up before moving...
Devising Exercises for the Drama Classroom
Classroom Exercise

Devising Exercises for the Drama Classroom

What is devising?The hallmarks of a devised theatre piece is that it: • does not start with a script, it start with a idea/concept/topic • is a collaborative creation • there are no traditionally...
Devising Exercise: Playing With Change
Classroom Exercise

Devising Exercise: Playing With Change

“Devising: A project that starts with an idea/concept/source material rather than a completed script” The culminating activity for collaboration in the drama classroom is to have your students work...
The Importance of Student Stage Managers
Production

The Importance of Student Stage Managers

Do you use student stage managers? Introduce your students to a skillset that not only benefits your productions but will also strengthen their analytical thinking, organization, teamwork, and...
Improv Game: Job Interview
Games

Improv Game: Job Interview

Jennine Profeta, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Yes… And How to Teach Improv always uses the game Job Interview in her classes. In this game, one student has more knowledge than the...
Improv Games for Collaboration
Classroom Exercise

Improv Games for Collaboration

Here are some great improv games to work on collaboration skills. Word at a Time StoryStudents sit in a circle. Give them a title for a story. “The Best Birthday Ever.” The story is told one word...
Worst Case Scenario Exercise
Classroom Exercise

Worst Case Scenario Exercise

How does your class collaborate in a crisis? To collaborate is to work together as a group to produce something. In this case, each group has to work together to create a list. But it’s not just...
Collaboration Games: Three Things in Common
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: Three Things in Common

Use this exercise for the first week of class, especially if you have a group of students who don’t know each other very well. The point of the game is to get students to not just talk to each...
Mirror Game – Modified!
Acting

Mirror Game: Modified!

The mirror game is a great stand-by in the theatre class. Students are grouped in pairs and face each other. One acts as the leader, moving their arms, legs, head, face, in a slow steady pattern so...
Making Close Reading Active in the Drama Classroom
Teaching Drama

Making Close Reading Active in the Drama Classroom

Your first reaction to using Close Reading in the Drama Classroom might be – Ugh! There’s no way my students will sit still for that. This is the only time they get up and get moving. Fair enough....
Classroom Exercise: Round Robin
Classroom Exercise

Classroom Exercise: Round Robin

One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know one another. Why should I share something with this guy who doesn’t...
Collaboration vs. Teamwork – What’s the difference?
Classroom Management

Collaboration vs. Teamwork: What’s the difference?

Collaboration has been highlighted as a 21st century skill and an important skill for students to learn. Certainly, students need to know how to work and create with others. The drama class is an...
Collaboration Games: One To Twenty
Classroom Exercise

Collaboration Games: One To Twenty

Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, includes the game One To Twenty as among his favourite....
Acting Exercise: The Ensemble Monologue
Acting

Acting Exercise: The Ensemble Monologue

How do you take a monologue (meant for one person to deliver) and act it out as a group? How do you create an Ensemble Monologue? Analyze the MonologueHere’s a monologue from my play Funhouse....
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Classroom Exercise

Exercise: Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

““I’m just one hundred and one, five months and a day.” “I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Alice...
Connect to Critical Thinking
Teaching Drama

Connect to Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is a buzzword. It’s one of the keystone 21st century skills. How do we incorporate critical thinking into the drama classroom? Provide steps not buzzwordsCritical thinking is a...