Melodrama Articles for Drama Teachers

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. She Wrote, Died, Then Wrote Some More by Steven Stack is a fast-paced quirky melodrama that would definitely be a showstopper for any school! Tonight was...

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Are you looking to keep your audience on the edge of their seats? The high school mystery, Ashland Falls by Steven Stack is an intense theatrical experience...

Looking for a melodrama with all the traditional fixings? Young heroine, dashing hero, moustache-twirling villain…. With it’s broad appeal and easy staging, Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure...

This is a Guest Post from Alina Deveraux, famed author (or so she tells us). See the bottom of the post for a free printable PDF melodrama activity including two monologues and a scene from the...

This week on Spread the Love, Lindsay and Craig talk about Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure, a charming melodrama suitable for high schools, middle schools, and community theatres by John...