News — Directing
Maria's Lesson Plans: Tips for the First Rehearsal
Posted by Maria McConville on
No matter if you’ve been doing this for years or if you are the brand new drama teacher, the first day of rehearsal is a big one. If you do your homework, it will be apparent and your actors, design team and admin will have all the more confidence in you and in the process.
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Director's Corner with Jon Jory: Making Auditions Awesome Instead of Arduous
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Master playwright and director Jon Jory shares his tips for student actor auditions in this monthly series from Stage Partners: Your source for new plays for school theater, student theater, and more!
Director's Corner with Jon Jory: A Few Suspect Notes on Directing
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Master playwright Jon Jory shares his insights on directing plays for young audiences and working with student actors in this monthly series from Stage Partners: Your source for new plays for school theater, student theater, and more!
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Exploring different interpretations of the same story
Posted by Jason Pizzarello on
Educator Peter Royston explores two play adaptations of The Jungle Book. His middle schoolers produced Jon Jory's adaptation, here's what they learned.
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Directing Your Faults: Peter Royston on "A Wrinkle in Time"
Posted by Maria McConville on
Stage Partners Education Director, Maria McConville, sat down with director and teacher Peter Royston between productions, to chat about why theatre is the BEST teaching tool there is, bar none.
He was fresh off his production of A Wrinkle in Time and had plenty to share...
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