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Additional warm-ups with Christa Vogt

The non-theatre student is a fact of our world. Students find their way to us by accident, or by force. How do we engage them and help them find success?

This resource provides a video example of multiple tactics to spark a discussion with your students.

This handout names and describes the structural elements of a script: character, objective, obstacle, tactics, and resolution.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

A meditation to take your students through. Video, MP3, and script are included.

Learning lines comes easy for some and not so easy for others. Download these exercises you can use with your students to get those lines down pat.

This resource is designed to assist you in making your improvisation work as inclusive as possible. It includes questions to ask yourself, improv guidelines discussion, character names and pronouns, and additional discussion points. Use this guide to help create inclusive, safe spaces for all within an improvisation framework.

What if you are working on the Drama One Curriculum and you have an unexpected absence? We’ve put together Choice Board Activities for each unit in the Curriculum. • The choice board is a tic tac toe grid (three rows of three activities) of independent drama activities. • Each square of the grid has a different title of an activity. Each activity comes with an instruction sheet. • There are activities that can be completed in the classroom or at home without internet access. There are a few activities that require access to materials (but are pretty flexible with that definition) or internet access for research. Some activities have a presentation as their final product.

During Shakespearean times, the roles William Shakespeare wrote were played by white men and performed for a typically white audience. Nowadays, Shakespearean plays are being modernized as companies put on productions that utilize color-conscious casting. Color-conscious casting specifically takes into consideration an actor’s skin color and ethnicity. And you can go further to include consideration of an actor’s gender, shape, mobility, etc. Through this resource students will be able to: • Explore what it means to have BIPOC actors perform Shakespeare. • Analyze and perform Shakespearean texts as they look at the stories through a color-conscious lens. • Critically think about how we can adapt Shakespeare to reflect today’s society. With this resource, students will be able to take ownership of the text and use Shakespeare to tell the stories they want to tell.

In Respect for Acting, Uta identified 9 questions an actor should ask themselves as they prepare. It’s all about being as specific as possible. Introduce the 9 questions to your students, and use the included worksheet and reflection.

This handout lists all of the roles and positions that make up a theatre company.

Tips and tricks for preparing a Theatrical Resume - as well as a sample for students to start from.

Some professional actors attend an acting school after high school. Some don’t. Which is the right path? Training is never a bad thing. But there’s no one answer to the kind of training a professional actor needs.

Tips for student actors when looking for an agent.

Young actors fall prey to scams every day. They so want to be in the business, they’ll do anything to make it happen. Unfortunately there are many people out there who know this and will also do anything to get money out of the naive actor. Read this guide to learn how to avoid scams for actors starting out.

Headshots and resumes are necessary. They say what you look like and what you’ve done. If you want to become a professional actor it’s important to know the ins and outs of both. Make them simple and straightforward. No bells and whistles. This guide has all your student actors need to know.

Tips for becoming a professional actor.

Use these exercises when you want to get students up on their feet and moving around the room before your first activity.

The Vowel Tree is a great warm up because it gets students used to just making sounds and working the entire range from the low end of the voice to the high end. You can find a video demonstration of The Vowel Tree in Lesson Two of the Friendly Shakespeare Course. Watch the video and try the exercise for yourself!