
Lesson Plans and Theatre Games

Awards Show (and the Trophy Goes to)

Creative Exercises with Character Cards

Daily Bell Work

Drama Journals

Dramatic Etudes

Emily’s Monologue from “Our Town”

Gibberish Rehearsal

How Would Your Character React?

Individual Experiences Influence Performance

Into the Woods Jr-scenes

Lady Macbeth: Why is she so successful in getting her way?

Monologue Work – The Character Game

Self Analysis – Monologue Word

Shakespeare & Genres

Shipwrecked

Teaching Expression Using Melodrama

Teaching Subtext

The Alphabet Scene

The Film To Stage Project

Three Unrelated Words

Types of Drama – Children’s Theater

Who Gets The Dollar

The Woodsman Unit

Yes, No, I Want

Acting the Song

Before the Musical – There was Vaudeville!

How to Write A Mini Musical

Music Director Lesson Plan

Musical Improv

Nursery Rhymes

Performance Principles for Musical Theater

Soundscape

Spooky Radio Show

The Truman Show

Dance Lessons for Beginners

Finding a Walk or Gesture

Short Poem Project

Story Arc In Tableaux

Tableaux Vivant with Levels

What I Did This Summer

Concept Project

Cue to Cue

Images as Inspiration

PC Article

SAT Character Words of the Day

Shakespeare’s Words and Images

Six Tricks of Stage Direction Bliss/”Director Says”

Storytelling

Timing is Everything

Trust Exercise for Theater Company

Writing Scripts from News Stories

Garbage Bag Costumes

Junk to Funk

Paper Bag Masks and Skits

Puppet Project

Television Commercial

Historical Investigation

“Little Women” Ideas

The Five Great Lessons!

Theater History Myths