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Picture Prompt: What are they talking about?
Classroom Exercise

Picture Prompt: What are they talking about?

Ideas can come from anything and everything. But it’s always a good idea to give students a jumping off point. Pictures are a great jumping off point for creative writing. Here, we’re looking at a...
Picture Prompt: The Aftermath
Classroom Exercise

Picture Prompt: The Aftermath

Ideas can come from anything and everything. But it’s always a good idea to give students a jumping off point. Pictures are a great jumping off point for creative writing. Today we’re looking at...
Picture Prompt: Location, location, location
Playwriting

Picture Prompt: Location, location, location

Ideas can come from anything and everything. But it’s always a good idea to give students a jumping off point. Pictures are a great jumping off point for creative writing. Today we’re looking at...
Dealing With Rehearsal Rut
Directing

Dealing With Rehearsal Rut

It’s easy to get caught in a rhythm during the rehearsal process. Lines must be memorized, blocking must be learned, it’s the same rhythm over and over again. Before you know it, it’s opening night...
Sense Scenes
Playwriting

Sense Scenes

Have fun with the five senses! Students write a different header on five different pieces paper: 1. Sight (objects) 2. Sound 3. Smell 4. Touch (Textures) 5. Taste Go through the headers with the...
Tag Team Scene
Playwriting

Tag Team Scene

What: Tag Team Scene Who: Divide class into pairs Materials: Pens/Pencils, Character/Location/Line Pages, Timer Why: Use this exercise to practice writing natural-sounding dialogue. With this...
The Best Writing Exercise Ever
Playwriting

The Best Writing Exercise Ever

The Best Writing Exercise ever? How can there be just ONE? Surely there’s a different “best” exercise for playwrights or novelists or poets? It’s impossible to make that claim! I am making that...
Classroom Exercise: Fear In A Hat
Classroom Exercise

Classroom Exercise: Fear In A Hat

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...
Classroom Exercise: What’s in a Name?
Classroom Exercise

Classroom Exercise: What’s in a Name?

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...
Classroom Exercise: Whaddya Know?
Classroom Exercise

Classroom Exercise: Whaddya Know?

One of the keys to Classroom Management is getting students to work well together. Group work is tricky if students don’t know each other. Why should I share something with this guy who doesn’t say...
Classroom Exercise: Verbatim Theatre
Classroom Exercise

Classroom Exercise: Verbatim Theatre

If you’re looking for a great cross-curricular activity for your drama classroom, delve into verbatim theatre. Verbatim: in exactly the same words, word for word Verbatim theatre uses a process in...
Expression Exercise: Who Am I?
Classroom Exercise

Expression Exercise: Who Am I?

Who am I? It’s a question not a lot of people ask. Who am I? What defines me? Effective artistic expression begins with you. If you’re going to write a well detailed character, you should know...
Playwriting Exercise: What’s in a Word?
Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: What’s in a Word?

Did you know that the word moment actually used to mean a specific time? It’s so general now – Just a moment….. I’ll be there in a moment…. wait a moment.” In medieval time a moment meant 90...
Playwriting Exercise: Happy Birthday to Me
Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: Happy Birthday to Me

Birthdays are wonderful character development material because every human being has an immediate emotional reaction to their birthday. It could be that the character hates getting older or isn’t...
Playwriting & Acting Exercise: One Word
Classroom Exercise

Playwriting & Acting Exercise: One Word

This exercise works for both playwrights and actors. It can be done by playwright working on a new play, or by an actor in rehearsal. It’s very simple, but also illuminating. It will encourage you...
Playwriting Exercise: A Month of Monologues
Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: A Month of Monologues

If you want writing to become a tangible act, practice it with consistency. Consistency does not mean volume – there’s no need to start with a 400 page project. That will weaken your resolve almost...
Playwriting Exercise: Fun with Words
Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: Fun with Words

This is a great Fun with Words Exercise. Hopefully you can use this in your writing, or take them in your classroom. We’re taking a word that means a mouthful and using it as an inspiration for a...