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Distance Learning Articles for Drama Teachers

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Improv Game: Imposter
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Improv Game: Imposter

The following improvisation game challenges students to stay in character, think on their feet, keep the scene going, and react to each other. They’re also likely going to laugh, because one of the...
Exercise: Outdoor Virtual Monologues
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Exercise: Outdoor Virtual Monologues

The following distance learning exercise challenges students to take their performances outdoors. Students will select a monologue, perform and film it outdoors, and submit it for evaluation....
Lessons Learned from Directing a Virtual Show
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Lessons Learned from Directing a Virtual Show

If you miss doing shows with your students, you’re not alone. We’re all missing live theatre! Luckily, there are playwrights writing virtual plays for online platforms that you can do right now....
Make the Weather Come Alive Onstage and Onscreen
Classroom Exercise

Make the Weather Come Alive Onstage and Onscreen

Unless you have perfect timing, when you’re producing a show with your students, you will be performing it at a different time of year than what the show is set in. For example, you might be...
Make Your Own Mini Musical Revue
Classroom Exercise

Make Your Own Mini Musical Revue

First things first: what is a musical revue? A musical revue is a style of musical theatre that combines singing, dancing, music, and sketches. The material included in the revue focuses on a...
Playwriting Exercise: Clothing Prompt
Classroom Exercise

Playwriting Exercise: Clothing Prompt

The following exercise is flexible. It can be completed via distance learning or live in class. If students are completing this exercise online, they do not need to turn on their cameras or...
Theatrefolk Featured Play – The Date by Steven Stack
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Theatrefolk Featured Play – The Date by Steven Stack

*Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. * The Date by Steven Stack is a theatrical horror masterpiece that’s written specifically for online performances. You don’t want to miss this one! Chris is...
Warm-up Exercises for Trust Building
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Warm-up Exercises for Trust Building

It’s not unusual to feel slightly disconnected from students while teaching virtually (and we don’t mean when the internet stops working!). Drama classes are all about human connection and trust,...
What Is Your Body Language Saying?
Classroom Exercise

What Is Your Body Language Saying?

When teaching virtually to students with their cameras on, teachers get to witness all sorts of interesting student antics — students tuning in from strange locations (their closet, their family’s...