The Beat by Beat Blog

Drama Game: Human Knot

Type:  Activity. Purpose: Help build an ensemble. Procedure:  Group stands in circle and all come...

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Drama Game: Bippity Bippity Bop

Type:  Warm-up. Purpose: –  To be attentive and work on quick decision making. –  Learn...

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Making a Musical…Beat by Beat – Part 5

Part 5: Betina and Denver sing through the latest draft of Scene 1. Follow along as...

Making a Musical…Beat by Beat – Part 4

Part 4: Help us title our new show! Denver discusses TITLE OPTIONS and asks for your...

MUSICVILLE at Tioga Hills Elementary School [Video Slideshow]

On January 11-12 Tioga Hills Elementary in Apalachin, NY presented Musicville.  Check out the video...

Making a Musical…Beat by Beat – Part 3

Part 3: Betina and Denver sing through a rough draft of “Charlandia!”, the song in...

Making a Musical…Beat by Beat – Part 2

Part 2: Denver discusses the outline of the show in more detail. Follow along as...

Making a Musical…Beat by Beat – Part 1

Follow along as Beat by Beat writers Denver Casado & Betina Hershey create a brand...

“Noble Gnarble” Presented by Broadway, Our Way! [Photos]

This past weekend Journey of the Noble Gnarble premiered in Illinois under the direction of Debbi...

Free Christmas Song Downloads & The Holiday Magic CD

For the past 5 years I’ve collaborated with Ashley Fox Linton on creating fun, original...