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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.

This resource addresses the challenge of classical texts, by exploring how practical drama activities can help students better identify with the complexity of the language.

If you are staging a comedy or a comedic scene, then you need to provide opportunities for your cast to play and laugh together at the beginning of rehearsals to encourage a spirit of light-hearted exploration and discovery. This resources helps you to adapt well-known activities to meet your needs, depending on the type of comedy you need to explore.

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

The final rehearsals before a show meets its audience are probably among the most critical. This resources includes exercises to help students become familiar with their production as a complete whole.

We know that you’re always on the lookout for monologues. We also know you’ve no time to search for monologues. Enjoy the material in this packet. Use them in your classes. Give them to your students for their next IE’s. The full scripts for all monologues can be found at theatrefolk.com.

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Death (immortal), Van (teenager) Genre: Drama

An inspirational poster for your classroom.

A poster for the classroom or backstage, reminding everyone that the show WILL open.

A complication of ideas from DTA members - how to fill the gap at the end of the semester.

A tongue in cheek 'permission slip' that entitles you to say 'no' without having to explain.

This tongue in cheek 'permission slip' gives the teacher a checklist of reasons he or she might have to say 'no'.

A poster for actors in the drama classroom.

The first step on the empathetic journey is with yourself. How can you connect with others if you don’t know who you are? Students will explore activities that allow them to think and reflect inward.

The second step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with others. Students take on activities where they have to work together and connect with others.

The third step on the empathetic journey is forming a link with your character. Students will work to link with characters who are quite different from them.

After forming a link with yourself, each other, and your character, the last two links in the empathetic journey are the audience and the outside world.

Students decide, design, and implement a culminating presentation that uses theatricality to share the concepts of empathy.

Use this monologue in your classroom for character study, monologue work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Character: Trina Genre: Dramedy

Use this monologue in your classroom for character study, monologue work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Character: Shrug Genre: Drama