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Drama Game: Sausage!

Type: Focus Purpose: To help kids not break focus and stay in character. Procedure: 1.  Divide the...

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Drama Game: Bucket of Water

Type: Creativity Purpose: This is a great intro to pantomime. Looking for refreshing new plays for kids?...

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Drama Game: Pass the Sound

Type: Warm-up, Focus Procedure: 1.  In a standing circle, pass a “whoosh” around the circle. This...

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Upcoming Spring 2014 Productions

Here’s a peek at our current spring line-up that spans 6 countries; USA, Canada, United...

Drama Game: Two Person Environment

Type: Creativity, Improv Procedure: 1.  In a standing circle, give the students 30 seconds to quietly...

Drama Game: Slow Motion Emotion

Type: Creativity Purpose: This is a great primer for beginning character work. Procedure: 1.  In a bowl,...

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Drama Game: Quick Change

Type: Focus, Observation Purpose: Helps kids become aware of the details around them. Procedure: 1.  Have...

Teaching Drama: 8 Tips for a Successful Drama Sharing Day

I just came back from an end-of-semester drama presentation at a local elementary school. If...

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Drama Game: Yes, Let’s

Type: Improv Purpose:  This game reinforces the basic principle of improv; accepting.  It’s often natural for...

The World’s Trickiest Tongue Twister

Here at Beat by Beat we love tongue twisters (so much so that we compiled...

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