Anything can happen after 5,6,7,8. There are more hidden gems in educational theater than Zelda.
With The Bang of a Gong
In my bag that day, I happened to have a gong!
The Happiest Day of My Life
One time… during rehearsal of Spring Awakening… I was proposed to by a 16 year old boy.
From Aristophanes to Beyonce
So about two days before the first Pick a Play is due, this kid runs into my room with this giddy, school boy, I just kissed a girl and I liked it, type look on his face. Yo… Ms. Frare… Ms. Frare… laughing so hard he could barely get through my name. The next sentence began with…
Tears of...something
How many teachers enjoy field trips? I understand the immense joy of not being under the florescent lighting in our classrooms all day long but other than that, field trips make me itchy.
"What do you have to be stressed about? You teach drama. It's not hard. You get to come have fun every day. That's all you have to do."
Six Girls and Six Chairs
So how did my three day sampler platter of devising turn in to a seven week long, fully thought out play?
Read between the lines
I am a shoulder to cry, an advice giver extraordinaire. But I have also been a punching bag and a test dummy. The thing you hit when you can't punch someone out