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Episode 119: Shakespeare from the Outside In   A talk with teacher, physical performer, director and Drama Teacher Academy instructor Todd Espeland about looking at Shakespeare from the outside in. How can you physicalize Shakespeare? Listen in to get a great punctuation tool! Show Notes Drama Teacher Academy Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. You have arrived to Episode 119 and you can find any links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode119. Okay, let’s talk Shakespeare. Let’s talk hate and fearing of Shakespeare. You know it. You’ve seen that look in your students’ eyes. So many students hate and fear Shakespeare. And, let’s be frank, so many teachers hate and fear Shakespeare. I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that learning Shakespeare in a classroom is so ofte

Episode 117: Drama Teacher Struggles and Goals   What are you struggling with this year in your classroom? What are your goals? What do you want for your students? Find out what other drama teachers are striving for, fighting for, and hoping for as they tackle another school year. Show Notes Printable posters.  Episode Transcript Lindsay: Welcome to TFP, the Theatrefolk podcast, the place to be for drama teachers, drama students and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 117. You can find all the links for this episode at Theatrefolk.com/episode117. This week, we're talking to teachers. We were at the FATE Conference last month, the Florida Association of Theatre Educators Conference, and aside from being some of our favorite, favorite folks we wanted to talk to them. We wanted to get their point of view on two big things, struggles and goals. Oh, you're sitting there right now. I'm sur

Episode 116: The Working Actor - Children's Theatre It’s a little known fact that Theatrefolk’s own Craig Mason spent 15 years as a working actor. He has done it all from comedy, drama, musicals, commercials, TV and children’s theatre. We’re going to talk about his time touring Franklin the Turtle where he played Bear for the pre-school set. We’re also going to talk about why he left acting and has never looked back. Show Notes The Tempest Join our email list Theatrefolk Blog Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 116! You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode116. Today, we continue our Working Actor series on the podcast. What is it like to be a working actor? How did their choice of school help? What is it like to tour? What should you

Episode 115: The Working Actor - Musical Theatre Heather McGuigan is a musical theatre performer by trade and is just about to start her fifth production of Mary Poppins. She’s toured the show across North America and talks about how this is one show she never tires of. Heather also talks about what it’s like to play every single role in the musical theatre canon: swing, understudy, ensemble and principle. She shares the ups and downs of each role and the one thing you should never do as an understudy. Show Notes Heather McGuigan Join our email list Theatrefolk Blog Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 115! You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode115. And we continue on with our Working Actor series. What’s it like to be a working ac

Episode 114: The Working Actor: Back to School   Actor Steve Ross has spent 11 years at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and has performed for many years across Canada. He talks about the first step in his acting career - going to the National Theatre School. What stays with him about that time? Why did he choose that school? Why did he almost leave? Did it prepare him for a career as a working actor? Listen in and find out.   Show Notes National Theatre School of Canada Steve Ross @ The Stratford Festival Join our email list Among Friends and Clutter Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 114. You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode114. Today, we continue our Working Actor series on the podcast. What is it like to be a working actor

Episode 113: The Working Actor - Commercial Acting   What happens in the process of auditioning for and shooting a commercial? Actor Marty Moreau outlines the steps from the first call from your agent right up to the shoot. He shares the reason he got his first commercial (and it wasn’t his talent!) and the things you should never do on set. Show Notes Podcast link Join our email list Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 113. You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode113. Today, we start a Working Actor series on the podcast. What is it like to be a working actor? How did their choice of school help? What is it like to tour? What should you definitely not do on a commercial set? Which leads nicely into this week’s focus – commercial acti

Episode 112: Taking Students to Competition   How do you handle competition with your students? How do you circumvent the win, win, win mentality, especially if you don’t win? Teacher Gary Rodgers competes every year in his region and talks about his experiences. Show Notes Layers Lose Not Thy Head Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 112. You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode112. So, aside from playwriting and teaching, I also adjudicate. I’m around a lot of competition and I’ve been adjudicating individual events – monologues and scenes – for about… I think, about eight years. But, in the past four years, I’ve actively sought out adjudicating one-acts and full-lengths, and I do it. I like to sit on that side of the table because I

Episode 111: Directing the Large Cast Middle School Play   It’s one thing to want to put every middle schooler who auditions on stage. It’s another thing to pull off a successful production. How do you actually direct a large cast middle school play without feeling like a traffic cop? Show Notes The Pauper Princess Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 111 – one one one. So, you can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode111. Three ones make a… I don’t know what they make. They make three? Three ones… Three ones make a… Ah, that’s not going anywhere. So, how are you this week? Are the days flying by? Usually, around this time I am, oh, I am so grateful for the creeping fall. But, this year, our summer hasn’t been that bad. It hasn’t been that

Episode 110: Devising and Physical Theatre   Pilar Orti talks about how you can devise (create theatre from an idea) using physical theatre. How do you find stimulus for a piece, explore that stimulus physically, and (most importantly) how to fail when you create. “If you don’t fail you don’t discover.” Show Notes devisingandphysicaltheatre.com @devisingTheatre #decourse daniellehindtsdevising.blogspot.co.uk DV8 Frantic Assembly: A guide to devising (excerpt) The Theatrefolk Catalogue Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 110! You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode110. How are you this week? Are you getting back into the school swing? I’ve been out of school for twenty years, twenty-plus years, and, you know, I still get a l

Episode 109: Dealing with Student Strife   The drama class is one of the only places where students truly examine themselves and their world through reflection and contemplation. Because of that, sudden emotional tides can sweep through your activities. Teacher Christian Kiley talks about the common teen issues that can expectedly and unexpectedly arrive in your classroom and how to deal with them. He also shares his latest play Inanimate whose main character deals with her own emotional issues. Show Notes Inanimate by Christian Kiley The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note by Lindsay Price Split by Bradley Hayward Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 109. You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode109. I’m really thrilled about today’s top

Episode 108: Directing the Middle School Musical   Brian Borowka teaches a grade 8 musical theatre class which culminates in a production. He passes on his tips for directing a middle school musical, the challenges for casting an entire class and, his favourite/least favourite experience. Show Notes Roshambo by Brian Borowka Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 108. You can find all the links at theatrefolk.com/episode108. So, today, all theatre – middle school theatre – we’re talking the middle school musical and a super fun middle school play. Let’s do it! Lindsay: All right. Hello everybody! I am thrilled today to be talking to Brian Borowka. Hello, Brian. Brian: Hi there, Lindsay: So, Brian is one of our Theatrefolk playwrights. He has written a wonderful,

Episode 106: Day One of the drama classroom   For many teachers, the first day of class is the most important day of the whole year. What do you do on “day one?” Listen to five drama teachers talk about what they do with their students to make the most out of that first day. Show Notes Join the Drama Teacher Academy Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, and theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Episode 106 of TFP. You can find all the links for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode106. Now, on the day that this podcast airs, some of you will just be getting in the last throes of summer. Some of you started school two weeks ago which boggles my mind. It has been engrained in me for, I don’t know, almost forty years that school starts the day after Labor Day. School starts the day after Labor Day. You people who s

Episode 104: Why Shakespeare Today - Postcards From Shakespeare   Theatrefolk Playwright Allison Williams talks about her attraction to Shakespeare adaptations, why students should study the bard today, her best tips for acting and directing Shakespeare and her newest play Postcards From Shakespeare. Show Notes Postcards From Shakespeare Hamlette Mmmbeth Drop Dead, Juliet! The Drama Teacher Academy Video: Shakespeare’s British accent is closer to the Southern US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqY6ftqGq0 Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. This is Episode 104 and you can find all the links – and there will be links today – at theatrefolk.com/episode104 and I want to point out a very special link in those show notes, DramaTeacherAcademy.com. What is that you ask? Stay tuned to the e

Episode 103: YouTube Fireside Chat - Elaine Stritch Edition   Join Lindsay Price and Craig Mason in a YouTube Fireside Chat about Elaine Stritch. They discuss little seen performance clips and how Stritch defied the current Broadway style. Also discussed is what it means to “take the stage.” Show Notes You’re Just in Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7eFQ9O-tc Some Day My Prince Will Come https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbb2bkifwlU Ladies Who Lunch (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eSoM3s87FM Ladies Who Lunch (1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virv-1o2KjE Elaine Stritch on Ethel Merman’s tip for performing musical comedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF32PdXJ4BU Get on our mailing list! theatrefolk.com/signup Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. Okay. Here we are. E

Episode 102: Directing Youth with Kerry Hishon   Youth Director Kerry Hishon talks about the process from auditions to rehearsal to performance and shares her hints, tips, and tricks.  If you’re auditioning for Oklahoma what type of song should you definitely NOT choose? How do you build ensemble? How do you plan a rehearsal schedule? Bonus: Listen in to find out how Kerry directed Peter Pan without the wires. Show Notes Kerry Hishon Original Kids Theatre Student Directing Series: Plays and Publishers Student Directing Series: Directing Your Peers Student Directing Series: Auditions Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. This is Episode 102 and you can find any show notes for this episode at theatrefolk.com/episode102. So, it is a very unique skill to be able to direct youth well. And,

Episode 100: Writing plays for youths with Lindsay Price   It’s episode 100 of The Theatrefolk Podcast. Today we turn the tables and put Lindsay Price in the hot seat. What’s it like writing exclusively for young performers? Show Notes Plays by Lindsay Price Lindsay Price’s Website Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Craig Mason; I’m the publisher here at Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. I’ve always wanted to say that! This is Episode 100 of the Theatrefolk Podcast and you can catch the links for this episode in the show notes at theatrefolk.com/episode100. If you’re a regular listener to the podcast, you’re probably asking yourself, “What happened to Lindsay this week?” Well, maybe you’re not because you probably heard her laughing and being disruptive over the intro but, at any rate, fear not, my friend. She’s sitting right here beside me and she’ll be ba

Episode 99: What do Drama Teachers Do In the Summer? Part Two.   The biggest misconception is that all teachers head to the pool and relax for two months during the summer. We’ve got more teachers with more stories, tips, tricks and tools. Get great insight into how to plan for the year ahead. Show Notes Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. This is Episode 99 and you can catch the links for this episode in the show notes at theatrefolk.com/episode99. That’s, like, one episode away from 100! (Because I can count; math is my forte.) So, we’re back in this episode with more teachers talking about what they do during summer vacation – more stories, more tips, tricks, and tools. Get great insight into how to plan for the year ahead. On this episode, we’ve got teachers from Florida, California, V

Episode 98: What do Drama Teachers Do In the Summer? Part One.   The biggest misconception is that all teachers head to the pool and relax for two months during the summer. What to hear what really goes on? If you’re a beginning drama teacher listen in and take notes! Show Notes Roshambo by Brian Borowka Summer Preyear Checklist for New Drama Teacher Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. You are in Episode 98 and you can catch the links for this episode in the show notes at theatrefolk.com/episode98. So, the biggest misconception is that all teachers, during their summer vacation, head to the pool, put their shades on, feet up, eat bonbons, right? Well, I recently talked to ten Drama teachers from Korea to California and, let me tell you, there’s not one of them who are sitting by the pool

Episode 97: The International Teacher: when travel and teaching go hand in hand   Rita Felder teaches in an International School in Korea. What’s it like? How did she prepare to teach students who speak English as a second language? She also shares why the summer is not just a time of rest for a teacher. Show Notes Have you created unique interesting, action-packed drama lesson plans for your classes? Theatrefolk is looking for you. Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for Drama teachers, Drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. This is Episode 97 and you can catch the links for this episode in the show notes at theatrefolk.com/episode97. Okay. Welcome all! I hope you’re kicking your summer off to a great start. We are absolutely here at Theatrefolk Global Headquarters. Craig and I live quite near to Lake Erie and we have about a seven-minute walk t

Episode 95: Audio Drama in the Classroom In this podcast we talk about how to use audio drama for project-based learning, as a play review activity, an interesting exercise for directors and more! Show Notes Sonic Society Colonial Radio Theatre Celtx – writing scripts software Decoder Ring Theatre Crazy Dog Audio Theatre Audio Drama Talk We Open Tomorrow Night?! Episode Transcript Welcome to TFP – The Theatrefolk Podcast – the place to be for drama teachers, drama students, theatre educators everywhere. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. Hello, I hope you're well. Thanks for listening. So this is Episode 95 and you can catch the links for this episode in the show notes at theatrefolk.com/episode95. Very convenient, that. So it’s a best of today. But don’t click away, don’t do it! Stay with me. So we wanted to replay some of these podcasts over the summer because first because they’re a good listen. And second, if you’re looking toward next year and what you’re goin