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Each experience includes the title, a list of objectives you can choose from, the goal, guidelines, and instructions.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and any other way you can imagine. Characters: True, Legit Genre: Drama

10 basics for performers to consider when evaluating their theatrical performance.

This poster series highlights the 10 Basics of Theatrical Performance and then has a set of individual posters for each basic element.

Lindsay Price talks to Keith Rollins, one of the winners of the DTA Travel Scholarship in 2017, about his experience at FX University, a hands-on, professional training event covering prosthetics application, makeup effects, mask making, sculpture, mould making, airbrush and more. See some of Keith's work and hear what he learned in this interview.

Lindsay Price talks to Ginger Alexander, one of the winners of the DTA Travel Scholarship in 2017, about her experience at the ABCDE Conference in British Columbia, Canada.

Tips on monologue blocking for students.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Melanie, Phoenix, Kensie, Kelsie, Kellie, Troll Genre: Drama

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Dunno and Fine Genre: Drama

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: What and Nothing Genre: Drama

Poster for the classroom: You Are In Control.

Poster for the classroom: Everyone Wants You to Succeed

Charts and checklists to get your classroom organized, from seating charts to supply lists.

Handouts to help you establish procedures, including passes, participation grades, rules and boundaries.

Ways to establish positive incentives in your classroom. Rewards, class cash, and tracking charts.

Ideas and tools to manage attention, volume, and group work in the classroom.

Tools for assessment in the drama classroom, including performance and written assessments.

Tools for addressing discipline issues, including conversations, reflections, and guidelines.

Posters, tips, and rules to follow during class presentations and productions.

Masterclass is a series of one-on-one interviews with experts, creators and innovators in the world of Theatre that you can study in-depth, or share with your classes. Think of this series as 'Inside the Actor's Studio' for Drama Teachers. In this masterclass, Matt Webster talks to to Reay Kaplan Maxwell, an actress and professional puppeteer. This discussion focuses on her experience as a professional puppeteer.