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So, What Does a Stage Manager Do, Anyway?
Directing

So, What Does a Stage Manager Do, Anyway?

“The show must go on” is a common phrase in the theatre world, and a stage manager is one of the crucial people who ensures that the show does go on. The stage manager works side by side with the...
Tips to Keep Your Rehearsals Focused
Production

Tips to Keep Your Rehearsals Focused

We asked drama teachers: What tips do you have for keeping your rehearsals focused? Let’s hear from the front lines! John H. subscribes to short and sweet: • My rehearsal schedule is short. 25 days...
Exercise: Same Lines, Different Meanings
Acting

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...
Practice How You’d Like to Perform
Acting

Practice How You’d Like to Perform

Teachers and directors – have you ever watched a run of your show, noticed a particular student, and wondered, “Now where did that performance come from?!” I’m talking about the student who plods...
Why You Need to Rehearse in Your Character’s Shoes
Production

Why You Need to Rehearse in Your Character’s Shoes

There are so many approaches to developing a character and making them fascinating and engaging. Some methods are more analytical, some are emotional, and some are physical. In this case, think of...
Tips to Make Rehearsals Efficient and Effective
Production

Tips to Make Rehearsals Efficient and Effective

We asked drama teachers: How do you make your rehearsals run efficiently and effectively? Let’s hear from teachers on the front lines. Punctuality and Preparedness• Communicate the schedule • Be on...
Dealing With Nerves
Directing

Dealing With Nerves

Performing onstage with friends, family, peers, and even strangers watching can be extremely nerve-wracking. Putting yourself out there, being vulnerable, and taking risks onstage takes a lot of...
Backstage Blues: How to Deal With a Messy Cast
Acting

Backstage Blues: How to Deal With a Messy Cast

Cleaning up anybody else’s mess is no fun. Cleaning up a messy backstage after a show is especially disheartening – it takes away any good feelings that were cultivated during a good performance,...
Advice to an Actor Who Forgets Their Lines
Acting

Advice to an Actor Who Forgets Their Lines

We asked drama teachers: What is your advice to an actor who forgets their lines during a performance? Let’s hear from teachers on the front lines. It’s more than memorizationParker M. says...
5 Props Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Acting

5 Props Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Props can add so much to a production, but they can also be challenging to work with. Here are five common props challenges, rapid-fire style, with suggestions about how to deal with them! 1....
Rehearsing in Layers
Acting

Rehearsing in Layers

Creating a theatrical piece is a bit like baking a cake – choose your recipe (the show), add ingredients (cast and crew), stir together and bake (practice and rehearse). At the end, you’ve got a...
The Curtain Call… Already?!
Acting

The Curtain Call… Already?!

A colleague of mine once told me that he always waits until the technical or dress rehearsal to choreograph the curtain call. His reasoning was that the curtain call should be the absolute last...
All About Transitions: 5 Tips for Success
Acting

All About Transitions: 5 Tips for Success

In theatre, a transition refers to the process of moving from one scene or set to the next. It seems simple enough–grab “all the stuff” at the end of one scene and take it offstage, while the rest...
Round-Up: 5 Rehearsal Problems… and Solutions!
Acting

Round-Up: 5 Rehearsal Problems… and Solutions!

From Kingston to California, drama teachers everywhere deal with similar concerns with their drama students and their theatrical productions. Here are five common rehearsal problems, rapid-fire...
Working With Stage Blood
Acting

Working With Stage Blood

From Shakespearean tragedies to zombie thrillers, stage blood can be an exciting addition to a show–it adds a sinister realism to dramatic moments, and really makes the audience gasp with surprise...