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09 - Story Theatre in the Classroom

Story theatre incorporates all components of theatre into a compact form, including research and adaptation, acting and performance, interpretation and design, and directing.

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10 - Story Theatre and Community Outreach

Once you have perfected the process of story theatre, it’s time to think beyond the walls of your classroom. What community performance opportunities exist in your area?

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11 - Sample Fables for Adaptation

There are four Aesop’s Fables in this section. How would you adapt them for story theatre?

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12 - Story Theatre Fable Examples

The scripts in this section are sample adaptations of the fables in the previous section. How do these scripts compare to your adaptations?

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Carla-Jayne Samuelson at Ghost River Intensives

Join Lindsay Price as she speaks to DTA member Carla-Jayne Samuelson, one of the winners of the DTA Travel Scholarship in 2018, about her experience at Ghost River Intensives in Alberta.

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00 - Overview

This the overview to the toolkit, which breaks down the process of learning how to direct into specific tools. Each tool comes with exercises, assignments, handouts, and Reflections.

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02 - Tool of the Script

This tool covers finding a script and directing proposal, the first, second, third, and fourth read.

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01 - Tool of Self

This tool includes three parts: well of knowledge, leadership, and research, as well as activities to explore the tool of self.

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# Teaching Students to Direct Toolkit

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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04 - The Tool of Rehearsal

This section covers an overview of the rehearsal process and walks students through creating a rehearsal schedule/calendar.

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05 - Tool of Space

The next tool is the Tool of Space. As student-directors work on staging their play in rehearsal, it’s more than moving actors and set pieces on and off. How do you use the space to its greatest theatrical potential?

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06 - Tool of Design

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.

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07 - Tool of Self-Evaluation

The last tool is evaluation. But it’s not having other people critique what the student-director has done, rather it’s choosing a method of self-evaluation.

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One Question and a Rubric: 21st Century Skills

Have students demonstrate their 21st century skills knowledge with these worksheets.

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One Question and a Rubric: Close Reading

Have students demonstrate their close reading skills with these worksheets.

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Inclusion Toolkit

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.

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