Production Articles for Drama Teachers

If you were to make a graph of emotions throughout a rehearsal process of a show, I think it would take on a U-shape. The process starts on a high note, with everyone excited about the show and...

Students, imagine this: You’ve been cast into a show that you know is going to be awesome. You’re in the middle of rehearsal, and your director has just asked you to do something really...

Attention all high school Drama Teachers: Get on the move with Moving by Lindsay Price. As part of Moving/Still, a collection of two one-act plays, Moving is a rapid-fire character-driven comedy...

If you’re a drama teacher, Shakespeare should make it onto your stage at some point. But what if you’ve avoided The Bard at all costs and have no idea where to start? Shakespeare is a great...

Creating a rehearsal schedule is one of the most challenging parts of producing a show, but it makes theatrical life so much easier. Teachers and directors: When making your rehearsal schedule, I’m...

Students are busy people. Drama students are no exception! They’re constantly juggling rehearsals, learning lines, working backstage, preparing for auditions, performing in shows (often all at the...

Being sixteen may not always be easy but making the decision to perform Sixteen in 10 Minutes by Bradley Hayward should be. This collection of humorous and bittersweet ten-minute plays about the...

When selecting a show for your school to produce, you want to choose a show that is fun, appeals to your students, challenges them, and helps them grow as performers and technicians. But choosing a...

No Horse Town by Lindsay Price is all about style—style in the language with the specific manner in which the characters speak, style in the action with the numerous character ‘poses’ and the very...

Romeo and Juliet may never be the same, thanks to the comedic classical adaptation, Drop Dead, Juliet!, by Allison Williams. Director Catie Reardon and the drama students at Rio Grande High School...

When working on a production with students, one of the first rehearsals (if not the very first rehearsal) is often dedicated to a full read-through of the script. This generally consists of the...

Writing may be a struggle but tackling Backspaceby Lindsay Price definitely is not. This movement-based high school drama explores personification in a unique and vivid manner. Where else can you...

Ahoy, Drama teachers: take high school to the high seas with Steven Stack’s The Dread Pirate Sadie. The swashbuckling students at Miss Edgar’s & Miss Cramp’s School in Montreal, Quebec set sail on...

Prepare yourself for some sensational Shakespearean silliness! Mmmbeth, by Allison Williams is a hilarious adaptation of the Scottish play where everything goes wrong in the best possible ways....

How do you decide when to respect authority and when to question the system? Teenagers in Look Me in the Eye by Lindsay Price learn about the dark side of the utopian vision in this haunting...

Our next casting challenge is the exact opposite of our last post. What happens when you have fewer actors than named parts in the script? This can be a great acting challenge for students, as it...

Imagine this: You’ve just completed your audition for the school production. You’re feeling really confident and happy with your performance. You can’t wait to find out who is going to be playing...

Drama teachers, are you looking for a challenging, creative take on classic literature? Be inspired by this production of Shuddersome: Tales of Poe by Lindsay Price. Specters, ghosts and ghouls...