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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.

The next tool is the Tool of Space. As student-directors work on staging their play in rehearsal, it’s more than moving actors and set pieces on and off. How do you use the space to its greatest theatrical potential?

In groups, students will research a well known acting teacher, give a presentation and teach an exercise.

A comprehensive list of theatre terms, listed by general, personnel, types of theatre, styles of theatre, acting, ancient greek theatre, Shakespeare, improv, costume, stage management, lighting, sound, and makeup.

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

By applying the elements of MELT, students will re-envision a classic story, myth, or fairy tale. Students will then share the newly envisioned story with their peers.

Access the Practical Technical Theatre digital programs. Included in your DTA membership, with 10 programs to choose from. Click the link to access - includes unique codes for student access to videos and handouts.

An Analysis and Exercise Guide to Thorton Wilder's play "Our Town."

This resources includes ideas and activities to address issues when the cast is struggling, or passion and commitment start to falter.

Resources include learning about rubrics, how to create, and how to adapt a rubric.

Examples and types of formative assessments.

In this toolkit you’ll find exercises, activities, and information that will help you get you through your first days, build your classroom management skills, and articulate the importance of your program.

A page of prompts for student-written monologues.

This the overview to the toolkit, which breaks down the process of learning how to direct into specific tools. Each tool comes with exercises, assignments, handouts, and Reflections.

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!

This tool covers finding a script and directing proposal, the first, second, third, and fourth read.

This section covers an overview of the rehearsal process and walks students through creating a rehearsal schedule/calendar.

Inspirational quotes for a new school year, all contributed by DTA members. Printable calendar to customize for any school year.

The Tool of the Actor often puts the student-director in the role of the actor in order to fully understand how to direct them. The Actor's Purpose, the Audition Process, and Communication & Assisting are key tools in this section.