Updated on March 9, 2017
These theatre and drama websites give students of all grade levels guidance for producing and acting in a play or drama. A few of the sites include scripts for theatre performances.
From site: Artopia is a comprehensive Web-based arts experience designed for middle school students, covering the visual and performing arts. Students can closely examine important works of art and take part in activities that teach about styles, principles and processes…
From site: Create your own play. Choose stars and assign their lines, then click the “Create My Scenario” button to see your work.
From site: This activity will help you make your own play. You can then print it out and go back to the classroom and practice it with your friends.
From site: Andrew McCann’s Drama Workshop: Ideas For Teaching Drama This site contains my own collection of ideas I have used for teaching drama both in Theatre Workshop contexts for Youth Theatre Groups and for developing spoken language skills with…
From site: Hector Elizondo, theater, television and movie star, presents four great plays: “I Ought to be in Pictures” by Neil Simon, “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand, “Othello” by Shakespeare, and “Antigone” by Sophocles. Hector tells the story of…
This resource site provides classroom ideas, theatre games and a book list of suggested readings. It also contains an extensive list of plays for performance with approporiate age level, number of characters, a synopsis and format.
From site: Young Playwrights Theater teaches students to express themselves clearly and creatively through the art of playwriting. YPT activates student learning and inspires students to understand the power of language and realize their potential as both individuals and artists.…
From site: This is a drama source book for children in grades 3 through 8. Here are: Drama vocabulary words and their definitions, and Activities to help students understand basic theatre concepts and to start developing skills for: creating stories…
From site: CENTERSTAGE is committed to arts education and to helping Maryland teachers incorporate theater into the classroom. We are pleased to provide teachers with our Playwriting Handbook, which includes suggestions for lesson plans and exercises.
From site: Conceived and directed by Ron Himes, the Founder and Producing Director of The Black Rep, “Crossin’ Over” invites the audience to witness a spiritual journey that chronicles the history of Africans in America through song, and traces the…
From site: Have your students join with Metro Theater Company to explore the production behind Hana’s Suitcase. It is the real story of students who come to know a little girl caught in the tragedy of Nazi Germany.
From site: Today, 10 years later, KinderArt ® is the largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet. What began in 1997 as a few helpful ideas for teachers and parents, has since grown into an enormous collection of…