From the Blog Theatrefolk Featured Play: Storied by Bradley Walton by Lindsay Price Featured Plays Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Today we look at Storied, a dramedy for high schools and middle schools where three teenagers enter a magical dimension and are pulled into a conflict between Good and Bad Ideas from classic tales. Who is to blame for the bad idea? Over the course of their adventure, they […] 3 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Recommended Middle School Plays by Lindsay Price Middle School Plays Themed Play Lists Time for a Tfolk Top Ten Plays For… Middle School! You’re a middle school teacher looking for material specifically written for your students. You’ve come to the right place! We specialize in middle school plays with age appropriate characters and look at the issues middle schoolers are dealing with right now. Click the link and […] 3 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Theatrefolk Featured Play – Discovering Rogue by Christian Kiley by Lindsay Price Featured Plays Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Discovering Rogue by Christian Kiley is a showdown of stereotypes and self-identity and an issue-based drama that your high school performers can truly relate to and connect with. Rogue has the best beachfront property ever. Right on the ocean – location, location, location. Her home happens to be a cardboard box […] 3 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Theatrefolk Featured Play – Frankenstein Among the Dead by Laramie Dean by Lindsay Price Featured Plays Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Monsters, strong roles for women, and fun death scenes – what more do you need? Ready to bring an easy-to-stage classical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to life? Then you’re ready for Frankenstein Among the Dead by Laramie Dean. Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young […] 3 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Theatrefolk Featured Play – Treasure Island by Todd Espeland by Lindsay Price Featured Plays Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Adapted by Todd Espeland, Treasure Island is a thrilling journey to Skeleton Island, complete with easy staging (including Silver’s peg leg) and gender flexible options. Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest… Pirates sponging for rum, treasure maps filled with pieces of eight! Join Jim, Long John Silver and the […] 3 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Three Ways to Engage a Large Drama Class by Kerry Hishon Large Classes / Small Classes Large drama classes can be lots of fun – they are often noisy, but full of energy and excitement, and the time absolutely flies by. But there are challenges too – with larger classes, it can be harder to get to know students individually and meet everyone’s needs. With a little bit of planning ahead, […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Warm-Up Exercise: Would You Rather… by Kerry Hishon Warm-ups Starting your class with bell work or a journal prompt is a great way to get students into the drama class mindset. Some teachers like to have students brainstorm a list of ideas or respond to a question of the day to get their creative juices flowing. Here’s another prompt that you can use with your students: […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Round-Up: 5 Rehearsal Problems… and Solutions! by Kerry Hishon Rehearsal Process From Kingston to California, drama teachers everywhere deal with similar concerns with their drama students and their theatrical productions. Here are five common rehearsal problems, rapid-fire style, with solution suggestions! 1. Constant, never-ending talking (it’s enough to drive you bonkers). Give students a minute or two of “talk time” before you get into rehearsal mode. […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Get Your First Day of Drama Class Started Out Right by Kerry Hishon End-of-Year / Back-to School Planning First impressions matter! Getting your first day of drama class started on the right foot is so important for setting the tone for the rest of the semester. No matter whether you have a classroom full of students who are brand-new to drama, a gang of seasoned drama pros, or a group of students who […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Social Issue Plays for High Schools / Middle Schools by Craig Mason Themed Play Lists Our website lists all of our plays with social issue themes but it struck me that they’re only lumped as “issue plays” without a good guide to sorting out which title addresses which issue. So I’ve categorized them for you to hopefully give you a helping hand in your quest to find the perfect script […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
Podcast Episode Production Case Study: Look Me in the Eye by Lindsay Price Podcast Episode 186: Production Case Study: Look Me In the Eye Where do you start with a play? How do you come up with a vision that spans across character development, light, sound, set, costuming? How do you execute on that vision? In this episode we have another production case study for our play Look Me […] 28 min read Read the Full Post
Podcast Episode Putting Together A Tech Theatre Unit by Lindsay Price Podcast Episode 178: Putting Together A Tech Theatre Unit Drama Teacher Josh Hatt does not have a background in Tech Theatre. In fact he shied away from teaching it for years. But when it became part of his curriculum, he dove in with both feet. It was a great experience and now he’ll never shy away […] 26 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Theatrefolk’s Top 10: Competition Pieces by Lindsay Price Competition Plays Themed Play Lists Time for a Tfolk Top Ten Plays About… Competition Pieces. You want winning plays. You want plays that fit competition rules. You want something that’s going to be easy to stage if you’re performing away from home. You want to give your students an interesting piece to take to competition, regardless of whether they win […] 4 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Playwright Spotlight: Get to Know Lindsay Price Playwright Spotlights Playwright Lindsay Price discusses her process for writing authentic middle school plays and how student feedback inspired her to tackle relevant themes like identity and depression. 5 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Props on a Budget: a Resource Guide by Kerry Hishon Budgeting Props Teachers often have the task of producing a school show with grand ideas but with little to no budget. Before you start organizing a fundraiser, digging into your own pockets (because who wants to do that?), or look for strange, unusual, or just really expensive items, check out the following nine suggestions to source props […] 5 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Best Practices for Student Front of House Volunteers: Ushers Front of House Prepare student ushers to handle latecomers, seating disputes, and patron questions with these best practices for arrival, dress code, and communication. 5 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Creating a Pre-Show Checklist by Kerry Hishon Pre-Show / Post-Show Being organized before a performance keeps everyone calm and prevents offstage drama. A great way to stay organized is to create a pre-show checklist — a list of all the tasks each theatrical department must complete before the performance can start. Here’s what you need to do to create your pre-show checklist: Start working on […] 5 min read Read the Full Post
Podcast Episode Theatrefolk Podcast: Small Budgets: Doing so Much with so Little in a Drama Program by Lindsay Price Podcast Episode 127: Small Budgets: Doing so Much with so Little For many drama teachers the dwindling production budget is an ongoing struggle. How do you put up a full production with limited funds? Beth Goodwin has the double whammy she works in a small school with a small budget. And yet her visuals are consistently […] 27 min read Read the Full Post
From the Blog Eight Great TED Talks for Arts Educators by Craig Mason Reflection & Critical Thinking Program Advocacy TED is an organization that arranges conferences around the notion of “Ideas Worth Spreading.” Many of the talks centre around science and technology, but they also have a healthy amount of arts-related presenters. Here are eight noteworthy talks that I think would be of particular interest to arts educators. Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity This […] 12 min read Read the Full Post
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