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Games & Exercises

Character Development Game: What’s For Breakfast?

This is a simple and fun improvised game that is great to use in your show rehearsals. I’ve found it’s especially useful for younger, newer, or shyer students, who might be afraid of looking silly...
Curriculum & Lesson Planning

Tips for Creating a Positive Digital Footprint

A “digital footprint” is the information about a particular person or company that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity. This goes hand-in-hand with the concept of “digital...
Curriculum & Lesson Planning

Quiz: Are You a Good Digital Citizen?

In our last blog post, we talked about what digital citizenship in the drama classroom is. Teachers, let’s now take a look at your own digital citizenship skills and knowledge with this quiz. 1....
Curriculum & Lesson Planning

What Is Digital Citizenship for the Drama Classroom?

Digital citizenship is all about the confident, positive, and safe use of digital technology both within and outside of the classroom for communication, collaboration, education, and entertainment....
Games & Exercises

Taking Away the Script: A Game

It’s easy for students to get hyper-focused on their lines when they’re working on a scene or on a show – counting how many lines they have, memorizing the lines, knowing what order the lines come...
Games & Exercises

Classroom Activity: Question of the Day

Starting your drama class with a Question of the Day is a great way to get your students into the “drama class” mindset. It’s a way to help create a routine for your students – they know that as...
Games & Exercises

Using Improv to Address Fear of Failure

Fear of failure is a huge concern in drama class. Nobody wants to fail – it’s not a good feeling, and students are hyper-aware of not only their own feelings, but their perceptions of what others...
Acting Technique

Theatre Game: Dramatic Rules

This classroom exercise is a mash-up of two of my most favourite theatre games: Scenes from a Bag and Act It Out. This game works as a warm-up activity. It’s great for getting students to explore...
Acting Technique

Exercise: Same Lines, Different Meanings

One of the exciting aspects of rehearsal is experimenting with the text of the script and figuring out what the characters are saying and how they should say it. Each approach to the text will...
Games & Exercises

What’s Your Character’s Signature Gesture?

What is a signature gesture? It’s a nonverbal, repeated movement your character is known for, that you perform in a particular way that is unique and identifiable. Common, well-known gestures...
Games & Exercises

Creating Atmosphere Using Music

When creating a theatrical piece, it’s important to engage as many of the five senses as possible, including sound. It’s easy when you’re working on a musical; the sounds of the show are written...
Acting Technique

Auditions Exercise Part 2: Mock Auditions

The following is Part Two of our Mock Audition Exercise, which allows students to practice preparing for and presenting an audition in a safe environment. Click here to read Part One. Outside of...
Acting Technique

Auditions Exercise Part 1: Perform on Video

The following exercise is the first of a two-part class exercise (Part 2 will come later this month), giving students the opportunity to practice audition prep in a safe environment. Although...
Games & Exercises

Lesson Plan: Create and Perform a Radio Play

Radio plays are theatrical performances that are purely auditory; they’re meant to be performed on the radio, hence the name! There is no visual aspect, so performers must rely on their vocal...