Audition Prep for Parents!
I recently came on as the new director at a very active-parent school. After auditions and casting for the spring musical, there was quite a bit of commotion in the community. So, I decided to use th... ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•3 min read
7 Steps to Pick Up the Pace of Scene Changes
Seven steps to speeding up the scene changes in your productions so they don’t kill the pace of your show. ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•4 min read
Teaching Tech
I know that tech remains a weak link for many middle and high school theatre educators (fewer and fewer, but still many many). And I know how overwhelming the job is, teaching multiple "preps" plus d... ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•2 min read
Teaching Leadership
Most students don’t have a lot of leadership experience, and yet a good, strong student-centered theatre program relies on a continuous round-robin of student leaders. Here are some guidelines and su... ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•4 min read
Peter Pan Show Reverie
New Blog Post DescriptionI just returned from seeing a production of Peter Pan, Jr. at the secondary school where I used to teach. This was not “a middle school show” or “a high school show,” it was s... ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•2 min read
To Keep Your Job You Gotta Have Class
I’m talking about enrollment. Here are half a dozen ideas that could help you strengthen your enrollment for next fall, because it’s already — for a lot of school systems — time to start registering k... ...more
Drama Teaching
July 20, 2025•7 min read
