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Use this exercise with the Shakespeare you are studying (or the included monologue) to answer the question: how can punctuation give clues an actor can use to help act the scene?

This exercise encourages students to examine the language of a scene for clues on character action. Shakespeare often tells actors exactly what to “do.”

This exercise helps students think about how their characters sound.

Use these first lines prompts (list of 35) for monologue and scene work.

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.

Use this list to inspire your students to use higher order vs. lower order thinking words.

This page is designed to be cut into four so each student has a small rubric to follow, for their participation and positive contribution to rehearsals.

This handout is designed for an evaluator to assess rehearsal participation and positive contribution. Two rubrics per page.

The format is simple. One question, one answer, and a rubric all on the same sheet. Use these answers as exit slips, as a follow up written assignment after a class discussion, or as a mid-unit check in. Covers Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, The Tempest, Othello, Macbeth, and The Taming of the Shrew.

Complete three of nine projects on The Crucible to make a tic-tac-toe! Includes a rubric for assessment.

Complete three of nine projects on Romeo and Juliet to make a tic-tac-toe! Includes a rubric for assessment.

This resource includes a guide to Agamemnon including Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities.

This resource for Medea includes Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities

This resource for Oedipus Rex includes Characters, Synopsis, Themes, Questions and Activities.

Use these character maps to help students delve deeper into character analysis.

The format is simple. One question, one answer, and a rubric all on the same sheet. Use these answers as exit slips, as a follow up written assignment after a class discussion, or as a mid-unit check in. There are questions for A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie.

A printable poster for the drama classroom or backstage.

A printable poster for the drama classroom or backstage.

A printable poster for the drama classroom, scene shop, or backstage.

A printable poster for the drama classroom, scene shop, or backstage.