Are you looking for ways to talk about climate that are positive and engaging?  This toolkit from ecoAmerica provides you with the resources to stage a skit that makes talking about climate change both fun and successful.

It’s designed for people who want to take the drama out of climate conversations and, instead, put it on the stage! Empower your community to find common ground, build understanding, and work together toward solutions.

A Code of Conduct establishes acceptable interactions and outlines the expectations and responsibilities of any person with access to children at your organization.

This document from Safe Kids Thrive explains the three Steps to creating and using a Code of Conduct.

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations:
Getting Started on Policies and Procedures

Youth-serving organizations strive to create a safe environment for youth, employees, and volunteers so that youth can grow, learn, and have fun. Part of creating a safe environment is making sure that youth are not harmed in any way while participating in organization-sponsored activities. One risk in any organization working directly with youth is child sexual abuse.

Being a good actor requires more than just reciting lines from a script. There are fundamental parts of acting that all performers must learn and master—the art of stage presence and audience connection. 

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of stage presence is, “a quality that attracts attention on the stage.” This is a very simple, but absolutely accurate, definition. 

This article explores why preparation and rehearsal are what make performances great. The more prepared you are, the more professional you will appear to castmates and directors. 

Preparation is the work done before the rehearsal, while rehearsal improves confidence and  hones your craft. When you accomplish both, you are sure to bring your characters to life.

This article provides a step-by-step approach to make that happen.

Character development allows actors to not only deliver their lines, but also make the audience believe—with every action, emotion, and word—that they are real.

Put simply, character development is the process of making a character complete and real. The audience can watch a character get angry and slam a door, but without knowing the character’s personality, triggers, and backstory, they may not believe or relate to the character or their story. The audience must believe in the character, which requires that actors get to know their characters first.

This documentation explains the usage of the Script Analysis Worksheet, a downloadable Excel file that helps you capture and organize all production elements as you work through your script. Instead of scattered notes and missed details, you'll have everything in one organized system—making your production meetings, design process, and technical rehearsals run more smoothly. The design is clean, simple, and flexible enough to work for any production.

The Script Analysis Worksheet is a downloadable Excel file that helps you capture and organize all production elements as you work through your script. Instead of scattered notes and missed details, you'll have everything in one organized system—making your production meetings, design process, and technical rehearsals run more smoothly.

As with any performance with an audience, rights and royalties are involved in a "Pay What You Will” performance (including a preview performance), but this is a muddy area for many of us in community theatre.  Author Michael Cochran reached out to licensing representatives at two royalty houses, and presents responses from Dramatic Publishing and Music Theatre International.
  

Side one of this form (in editable MS Word format) has an area for the auditioning actor to fill in their information, and an area at the bottom for the director's comments.

Side two is a Volunteer Disclosure & Photo Release Agreement, which also explains the theatre company's policies regarding participation.