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This exercise is inspired by the theater game Car, where students work together to create factory machine parts with repetitive motion and sound. In The 20-Step Process, we take this a step further by making a simple task comically complicated. This exercise challenges small groups of students to think critically,…

There are times when you need a game that doesn't need much explanation to get you started. This is a great game to play with your students at the end of term when they (or you) are feeling exhausted, or the day after a performance when you're tired and need…

The next exercise is a large-scale culminating project for the whole class. Students will form small groups and work together to create design concepts for a play in six areas of technical theater: sound design, lighting design, set design, costumes, props, and hair/makeup. Each group is responsible for completing four…

If you've spent about 3.1 seconds on the internet, you'll have come across a meme. If you've seen or heard of Grumpy Cat, Condescending Wonka, Surprised Pikachu, Woman Screaming at a Cat, or Ermahgerd Girl, these are all long-standing and well-known memes. New memes appear every day – at the…

What better way to welcome students to the theater department than to allow them to make a grand entrance through a decorated door? Many teachers enjoy decorating the doors for holiday pageants, spirit week celebrations, or just to make the classroom look more welcoming. It's also fun for students. So…

Sometimes you just need a little prompt to serve your purpose, but other times you need a bunch of big, HUGE, GIANT suggestions! To get your students thinking big, we have a gigantic list of 50 gigantic (colossal, enormous) prompts below, with another 50 huge (immense, mammoth) prompts on offer…

"Bigger! Louder! More more More!" We always want our theater students to become larger than life on stage and in the classroom. How can we help our students raise the stakes and bring more energy to their work? Here are some tips to try if your students are holding back…

One of the (many!) wonderful things about theater is that the magic becomes real on stage. Fantastic stories are brought to life in the most inventive and interesting ways to keep the audience spellbound. Many theatrical performances involve magical creatures such as giants, and they are all created differently. So…

Welcome to Spotlight Play. Complex characters, great opportunities for stage work and great for competitions - Pretty Princess Dollhouse for Pretty Princesses by Emma Fonseca Halverson is an incredibly theatrical play for high school performers. Gabi wants to be a writer. Elena wants a family to love and a happy…

The following exercise gives students the opportunity to practice active listening, teamwork, leadership, and group problem solving. Acting as an ensemble with a student director, group members will create a tableau scene depicting three moments from a familiar story, using each group member in some way. The word "tableau" comes…