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Theatre Template: Theatre Season Planning Grid
The Theatre Season Planning Grid helps you craft your ideal season by laying out the specs in one spreadsheet to build out and review the season show-by-show...
Design & Tech
Theatre Template: Costume Measurement Chart
The Costume Measurement Chart is an all-in-one spreadsheet measurement chart that logs your performer's measurements so you onl...
Stage Management
Theatre Template: Line Changes Template
The Line Changes Template is a simple way to track any line changes you make in the script. Let's be real: line changes happen....
Stage Management
Theatre Template: Acting Line Notes Template
The Acting Line Notes Template is a streamlined way to give your actor's line notes so they stay on-script and accurate. Your S...
Producing
The Audition Form Template: How to Run Organized Theatre Auditions
The audition form template is the first document your actors ever touch — and the first impression they get of how your product...
Producing
Theatre Template: The Cast List
The Cast List template is the first document your chosen actors interact with. It's important to keep the cast list clear, clea...
Producing
Theatre Template: Production Meeting Agenda
The Production Meeting Agenda template keeps your production meetings on-track so every team member knows exactly what details ...
Stage Management
Theatre Template: Front of House Show Report
The Front of House Show Report keeps your house management team tracking performances and keeping the production, box office &...
Stage Management
Theatre Template: Master Cue Sheet
The Master Cue Sheet is the one-stop-shop spreadsheet to log every single cue in your show. From sound, lighting, follow spots...
Design & Tech
Theatre Template: Props List
The Props List.... oh yes, the mother of all spreadsheets. The props list is the number one notorious theatre template around. ...
Stage Management
Theatre Template: Daily Rehearsal Schedule
Are you ready to take your rehearsals to the next level? One key tool that can help keep everyone on track and ensure smooth ...
Producing
THEATRE READER CHALLENGE: 1 Year of Plays to Read
To be a good actor/director/teacher/person is to be a good reader. Read one play a week for a year and watch how your craft dev...
Producing
7 Ways to Monetize Your Show Program or Playbill
CLASSIC WAYS TO MONETIZE: 1) Sell full-page, half-page, and quarter-page advertisements in your program. This could in...
Producing
4 Reasons You Didn't Get the Part (and how to get it next time...)
Why didn't you get the part? Maybe you auditioned the best, but you still didn't make the cut? What goes on behind the scenes t...
Producing
How to Get Rid of the Scottish Curse
So someone said 'Macbeth' in a theater... What to do when the name of the Shakespearian Scottish play equivalent of Voldemort h...
Producing
5 Interesting Ways to Play with Your Monologues
You have your dramatic, comedic, and classic monologue ready to go at a moment's notice, right? Good job, actor! Keep them fres...
Producing
10 Ways to Turn Your Theatre Audience into Season Ticket Holders
Turn your theatre audition into raving fans and season ticket holders. Here are some ways to do it. 1. HAVE A MISSION. Know t...
Producing
10 Rehearsal Must-Haves for Actors
Wondering how to get your best work out of rehearsal? Preparation is key! Before you head to your first rehearsal take the tim...
Education
Teaching Parts of the Stage
If you're a theatre teacher one of the first things you do is familiarize your students with parts of the stages. From the pros...
Producing
The Ultimate Guide to Seeing Theatre for Free or Low Cost
Being a great artist means also being a great patron of the theatre performance. There is nothing comparable to live performanc...
Education
The Actor's Bio - A Quick & Easy Formula to Share
When I was a young actor I can recall the one agonizing moment in the rehearsal process when I was handed a piece of paper an...
Producing
THEATRE READER CHALLENGE: A Year of Plays - Part II
Based on the unending popularity of the first list for the Theatre Reader Challenge, we bring you part II! (New here? Start wit...
Design & Tech
How to Create a Show Program in Google Drive
If you’re already using Google Docs you probably know how great it is for collaboration, version control, and editing. Unlike...
Education
Top 10 Virtual Theatre Games
Virtual theatre can still engage your classroom, students, actors, and audience. Warm-up your ensemble and keep the energy hi...
Design & Tech
Virtual Production Tech - The Top Recommendations
We’re diving deep into virtual productions this year. Based on our virtual production experience we have some recommendations f...
Education
10 MORE Virtual Theatre Games
Ready for 10 MORE Virtual Theatre Games? Play these virtual theatre games with your class, troupe, rehearsal, or even Zoom me...
Education
Top 3 Improv Games for Any Level - Can You Guess Which?
1) PARK BENCH Quick Summary: Two characters sit on a park bench. One character's motivation is to get the other character off t...
Producing
Virtual Theatre Education Resources: The Epic Crowdsourced List
RESOURCES Digital Teaching Tools & Resources for Teachers TOOL - Teachable.com; an online platform to build digital classr...
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