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Practical Technical Theatre

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 3, VIDEO 1 A big part of stage managing is showing the actors and the other crew members that they are in good hands. You dont want anyone spending any energy wondering if youre up to your job as a stage manager. You want to make it...
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Communication (Pre-Rehearsal)

Practical Technical Theatre

STAGE MANAGEMENT LESSON 4, VIDEO 1 Once youve read the play, you will need to sit down and talk to the director. Youll need to find out if there are any special needs for this production that might not be mentioned in the text. For example, they might want to...
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Practical Technical Theatre

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 So what does a sound system look like in a professional theatre? Lets take a look at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of The University of Missouri St. Louis. There are two outstanding performance spaces here,...
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Practical Technical Theatre

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 So what does a sound system look like in a professional theatre? Lets take a look at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of The University of Missouri St. Louis. There are two outstanding performance spaces here,...
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Practical Technical Theatre

AUDIO FOR THEATRE: SOUND REINFORCEMENT LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 So what does a sound system look like in a professional theatre? Lets take a look at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of The University of Missouri St. Louis. There are two outstanding performance spaces here,...
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01 - Important Terms

These resources cover Formative vs. Summative assessment and Bloom's Taxonomy (resource and poster).
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# How to Create Assessments Toolkit # assessment

Idea for the Last Weeks of School

Compiled from the DTA Facebook group members - a list of activities and ideas for the final weeks of school - to end your year off with your drama class.
# The Classroom
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Reflection Sheets

A set of six reflection worksheets to use in rehearsals, group activities, and performance.
# The Classroom # Rehearsal and Production # Assessment # reflection # acting # rehearsal # assessment
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02 - Positive Incentives

Ways to establish positive incentives in your classroom. Rewards, class cash, and tracking charts.
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# Classroom Management Toolkit # classroom management

Analysis and Exercise - All My Sons

An Analysis and Exercise Guide to Arthur Miller's "All My Sons."
# Play Analysis Guides # analysis
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05 - Rubrics

Resources include learning about rubrics, how to create, and how to adapt a rubric.
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# How to Create Assessments Toolkit # assessment # rubric

03 - Tool of the Actor

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.
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# Teaching Students to Direct Toolkit
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07 - Summative Assessments in the Drama Classroom

Project and performance assessment ideas.
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# How to Create Assessments Toolkit # assessment

00 - Overview

In this toolkit you will find experiences to foster creativity without the stress of performance. There’s no product or assessments. The important thing is engagement in a safe environment. The overview provides a full list of resources in the toolkit.
# Creativity Toolkit
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Activities for Video Conferencing

A description of activities to do with students over video-conferencing.
# Video Conferencing Activities
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Character Warm-up

Use this exercise in the early days of rehearsal or even as part of your audition process. It allows students to get into the physical side of a character without having to worry about hitting the “thees” and “thous.” This works well with any Shakespeare play.
# Rehearsal and Production # character development # rehearsal # audition # Shakespeare
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1 - Pre-Production Tools

All the tools you'll need before production, from audition to casting, to start-up with your personnel.
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# The Organized Production Toolkit # production

04 - Character Development

One of the biggest challenges directors face when working with inexperienced actors is the need to find creative ways to guide their character development. This resource includes exercises you can work into your rehearsals.
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# Rehearsal Toolkit # rehearsal # production
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Last Minute Sub Solutions

What do you do when you have to be unexpectedly absent from class? DTA members to the rescue with their ideas.
# The Classroom # emergency lesson plan # popular
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Masterclass with Karen Loftus: Cultivating Student Leaders: Strategies, Synergy and Soft Skills

Recorded during the DTA Virtual Conference in July 2019, this is a Masterclass with Karen Loftus focused on student leadership.
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# The Classroom # Masterclass # DTA Virtual Conference 2019 # Best Practices for Drama Teachers
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