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Here's a great tool for students who are struggling with memorization. It can also be a way to make sure students who aren't rehearsing are using their time well.

This is a simple assessment my students can do after watching a required production. It is designed to get them to identify discuss concepts they have learned, as well as help instill an appreciation of theatre.

This is a simple assessment students can do after reading a script, as an alternate assignment to attending a production.

This unit takes students though shading, basic corrective, and old age makeup.

Here is a series of 6 PowerPoints I have created for my stage makeup unit. There are YouTube video links in many to provide your students with tutorials and examples. They are numbered 3.1-3.6 simply because Stage Makeup is my Unit 3 in Technical Theatre. (1 of 6)

Here is the second lesson in my Stage Makeup unit.

Third lesson of the unit.

Fourth lesson of the unit.

Fifth lesson of the unit. I spend quite a bit of time doing demos on volunteers for this one, whereas for the other ones I do partial demos to get things started for them.

Sixth and final lesson in the unit.

This is the rubric I use at the end of the Voice Unit in an Introduction to Theatre class. They apply concepts learned in the unit to create a radio commercial that I record. I ultimately used them at the end of the year when they performed their showcase. While set pieces were being set up for the next performance, instead of music, I played their commercials. It was a big hit with the audience, and really fun for the class to listen back to what they had created months prior.

This is a sample recommendation letter I wrote for a student who IS pursuing theatre in college and as a career. (I have taken out the student's last name for privacy purposes.)

This can be used to keep students focused on a target for each rehearsal, and gives them opportunity to reflect back on it in an authentic way. (The grade they receive for this written piece comes from my "written reflection rubric", and not how on-task they were during that particular rehearsal.)

This is a sample recommendation letter I wrote for a student who is NOT pursuing theatre in college or as a career. (I have taken out the student's last name for privacy purposes.)

This is a sample of a simpler recommendation letter I wrote for a student who is NOT pursuing theatre in college or as a career. I did not work with this student much beyond class time. This could be a helpful sample for those having to write letters for the first time, and/or for students they don't know very well. (I have taken out the student's last name for privacy purposes.)

Student-Created Spreadsheet to track Thespian Points. Instructions included on spreadsheet.

This is a rubric I created to match the Commedia improvised scene capstone for Todd Espeland's Commedia 2 Course. Feel free to adapt!

This is a professional development session I led at my school for how to use Augusto Boal's image theater in ANY classroom! Feel free to contact me on the Facebook group or via email with any questions.

This is a professional development session I led at my school for how to use Augusto Boal's image theater in ANY classroom! Feel free to contact me on the Facebook group or via email with any questions.

This is a professional development session I led at my school for how to use Augusto Boal's image theater in ANY classroom! Feel free to contact me on the Facebook group or via email with any questions.