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Master playwright and director Jon Jory shares a cautionary tale for theater directors in this monthly series from Stage Partners: Your source for new plays for school theater, student theater, and more!

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!

Take this opportunity as an arts educator to draw your students in and use this ancient theater art to instill empathy, to encourage listening, and to arm these young people with tactics to sort through conflict peacefully. How do we offer guidance when there is no time in a school day? Here are a few ideas for ways to make room for these little changes in your class room.

In theatre, storytelling is king. And one of the most effective storytelling tools is now more affordable and easier to use than ever. When combined with your other design elements (actors, lighting, costumes, sets, props, etc.), projections can expand your ability to tell your story, even if you don’t have state-of-the-art equipment in your booth. How far will your creativity take you when the limits of budget and space are removed? There are certain requirements to make projections work well in your space, but here are answers to the five questions we hear most often.

Educator Peter Royston explores two play adaptations of The Jungle Book. His middle schoolers produced Jon Jory's adaptation, here's what they learned.