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There are four Aesop’s Fables in this section. How would you adapt them for story theatre?

Posters to use during your production. All 8.5x11 size for easy printing.

Theatre-related quotes on posters and slide presentation, for the drama classroom. An 8-part series to complete 'one quote a day' for the school year. You have the option to use a printable version, or access the slide deck presentation link. Be sure to access the 'Guiding Questions and Reflections' that accompany these quotes.

You need Emergency Lesson Plans. The unexpected comes up all the time. This Emergency Lesson Plan Collection (30 lessons) will address all of your concerns and take into account all of your sub’s questions. Every Emergency Lesson Plan includes substitute instructions, handouts, and assessment suggestions.

Use these scenes in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and any other way you can imagine. Each scene comes from a published play (the complete play can be found on at theatrefolk.com) and is FREE for you to print, copy, and distribute. But wait there’s more! Each scene comes with: • Close Reading Questions • Staging Suggestions • Character Development 30 scenes in total within this eBook!

These story theatre scripts are ready for performance. Each story includes at least one narrator, and each one can be adapted further to meet your needs.

This resource has a list and description of six different warm-up games, great for improv groups or any theatre class.

We know that you’re always on the lookout for monologues. We also know you’ve no time to search for monologues. Enjoy the material in this packet. Use them in your classes. Give them to your students for their next IE’s. The full scripts for all monologues can be found at theatrefolk.com.

What do you do when you have to be unexpectedly absent from class? DTA members to the rescue with their ideas.

This packet includes an introduction for the teacher, and cover sheet for the student, to assign the Careers in Theatre packet for at-home distance learning, without technology. The attachments include separate interviews with theatre professionals, so teachers can choose which to assign. Each attachment includes an interview to read, pre-reading questions, quiz, and reflection.

A printable poster for the drama classroom or backstage.

Strike template and cast party sign up sheet.

Samples to use for backstage running orders.

These tools include a costume list and plot samples and templates.

These tools cover cast and crew tools, including notes, schedules, and rehearsal templates.

45 pages of tongue twisters and activities.

Students will present their completed design collages, including scenic, costume, and lighting designs for their assigned stories; give a presentation of the reimagined design elements of their stories based on the concept and imagery created throughout this project; and give an oral presentation that describes their concepts and the process they used to create their concepts. Students will take questions from both their teacher and their peers in order to clarify their concepts.

This Toolkit provides a variety of resource articles, tips, slide decks, videos, and handouts for you, the do-it-all drama teacher, who has to both direct and put together the costumes for a show. Further to that, perhaps you don’t have a lot of costuming experience and don’t have an extensive costume budget, but want to add this skill to your productions. Where do you start? Right here! You don’t have to know how to sew. You don’t have to know how to draw. You don’t have to create your costumes from scratch. This resource takes you from pre-rehearsal analysis right through to post-production strike. Enjoy!

This section introduces key concepts for costuming through a series of handouts, slide decks, and videos.

Posters for your classroom, and scenes for classroom study.