Facts You Never Knew about White Theatrical Privilege on the Stage

Facts You never Knew about White Theatrical Privilege on the Stage I’d never really thought about this until yesterday when in my Facebook feed  this particular meme showed up with facts about white privilege on the stage. Facts You never Knew about White Theatrical Privilege on the Stage I’ve been involved with theater for over […]

How to Use a Hybrid Lesson in Your Drama Classroom Tomorrow

How to Use a Hybrid Lesson in Your Drama Classroom Tomorrow I’m a creative and imaginative person.  If you follow my blog, you’ll know that when I was ten years old I decided I would direct Mary Poppins in my backyard and have my father hire a helicopter to fly me into the yard near […]

The Blended Learning Classroom is Here to Stay

Two months ago my Google classroom and products, which could be tweaked for distance learning, were purchased hundred of times.  That’s thrilling for me for obvious reason, but more important I was relieved I could help someone in a tough predicament.  

I sensed they wanted something more than what I could offer at the moment. So I began researching the blended classroom.  

The Reasons to Teach Broadway Musicals to Your Students

The Reasons to Teach Broadway Musicals to Your Students There is a phenomena I can’t quite explain. It used to be people weren’t all that excited about musicals. Well, some people weren’t. I always liked them.  In fact, I remember the first musical I attended.  I saw Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly! on Broadway.  That […]

A Playwriting Unit or How to Help Your Students Feel Seen

A Playwriting Lesson or How to Help Your Students Feel Seen Today, let’s talk about a playwriting unit to help your students feel seen. I’m old enough to remember the days in school when we wrote notes to our friends.  Most of the time they were pretty innocent. Occasionally, they seemed very important–asking a friend […]

Learning Through Reader’s Theater Scripts

Learning Through Readers Theater Scripts Today’s let us consider an old friend of mine–readers theater.  Learning through readers theater scripts is effortless.  I’m getting ahead of myself here. Shocking News Did you know that 40% of our students can not read fluently.  Forty per cent!  Yikes. When we were raising our daughters, I made it […]