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Do your students use the same emotions over and over again in scene work or in improvs? Get them used to expanding their feeling horizon with this list.

If you have asked the question “what do my tech students do when I’m directing the show?” then these worksheets are for you. You can include your technical theatre team from day one by using these worksheets to have your students plan, find, organize, and execute the elements of technical theatre.

What is a 24 hour playwriting festival? Student playwrights gather together and write for 12 hours. (eg: 8pm to 8am) Student directors and actors then cast, stage, rehearse and perform during the next 12 hours (8am to 8pm). Everything from concept to production takes place within 24 hours. Follow the step by step outline in the resource.

This resource helps students and directors consider the style of a play: naturalism, epic theatre, classical/neoclassical, expressionism, surrealism, impressionism, romanticism, hyperrealism, and others.

Looking for information and searching online is too overwhelming? See if our Resource Guide has what you need.

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.

A series of reflections for both teachers and students, all related to creativity and the creative process.

A series of activities to introduce in the drama classroom with large groups, that encourage creativity.

A handout with quotes to share with your students to illicit response - all on the subject of creativity.

This resources describes a successful creative classroom, including procedures and norm setting, and also includes additional resources to encourage creativity: self-reflection sentence starters, brainstorming, bring on the silly, how do you encourage creativity, questions for creative norm setting and different ways to create groups.

A handout that includes a list and description of experiences you can introduce in the classroom, to increase student creativity.

A series of activities to use with small groups in the drama classroom, to encourage creativity.

A series of activities for students to try as individuals, to encourage creativity.

An Analysis and Exercise guide to Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire."

An Analysis and Exercise Guide for Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman."

These tips will help you answer the question: What should you look for and what do you say afterward in an improv scene?

Instructions on how to create your own Choice Board for drama activities, including options for physical exercises, vocal exercises, technical theatre, form/style adapt, playwriting and character acting/analysis. Adaptable to use with technology or without.

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.

Student-directors need to know how to communicate with designers. This section covers how directors can communicate efficiently, and how they can approach the design process when these tasks fall to them.

This toolkit is a guide to inclusion in the drama classroom, including strategies, activities, and tips for performance, along with classroom exercises to promote inclusion.