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Creating a High School Drama Podcast
Posted by Joel Brown on
When theater teacher Joel Brown reached out and presented the idea of creating an Episodic Podcast with Del Martin’s In the Forests of the Night, we knew we had to figure out how to make it happen.
Joel has generously shared his process here.
Maybe your next production is a podcast!
- Tags: Arts Education, Exciting Adaptations, Plays, Resources
New Play Summer Reading List 2022
Posted by Maria McConville on
It’s Summer Time! Time to loosen your tight schedule, travel, enjoy the outdoors, AND read plays!
Looking for a one-act play for Fall or competition? Need a full-length to engage your audience?
We’ve put together some exciting summer reading lists to get you started.
- Tags: Arts Education, Plays, Resources
A Wind in the Door at The Kennedy Center
Posted by Maria McConville on
We were fortunate enough to spend time with playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger and Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter, Charlotte Jones Voiklis at the Kennedy Center to talk about the new stage adaptation of A Wind in the Door.
- Tags: Arts Education, Interview, Plays, Playwriting
Casting Tips from Theatre Teachers for Theatre Teachers
Posted by Nina Mansfield, Barry Weber, and Emily Hageman on
Whether you are casting your 15th show, or holding auditions for the first time, we have tips, tricks, and plans from some seasoned Stage Partners theatre teachers and theatre teacher playwrights to improve the process Before, During and After Audition.
- Tags: Arts Education, Plays, Resources
Tackling a Historical Play: Writing 'The Book Women'
Posted by Rachel Bublitz on
Playwright Rachel Bublitz shares how she approached writing a new play about a real-life group of librarians known as the ‘book women’ who delivered books on horseback to rural communities in Eastern Kentucky during the Great Depression.
- Tags: Arts Education, Plays, Playwriting