Welcome back to Season 3 of Afterpiece: A Podcast About Educational Theatre with Billy and Annie Dragoo.  We want to invite you to be part of our new online community. Annie and I have created an online Professional Learning Community just for theatre educators called EdTC. The Educational Theatre Community. This online PLC is so great. We offer the following: We post, answer polls and questions, write down ideas, join events, and direct message each other. These things make this community richer and more valuable for each of us. For $35 per month you will get Receive one professional development session each month. Receive access to a Health & Wellness for Theatre Educators Webinar each month. Receive access to our two most popular professional development courses. Find a little inspiration, thought-provoking conversations, and expert perspective each and every day. Get access to lesson plans, activities, and directing techniques. Weekly Live Q&A Online Happy Hours If you want to join us, you can take a trial fun for a few days. Check the Show notes for links! Today we are going to talk about four hybrid activities that we’ve developed for our students to do while online and in person. Theatre II Write an absurdist play Musical Playwriting Theatre III/IV Spoon River Audition Notebooks and Portfolios To join EdTC: https://educational-theatre-consultants.mn.co/share/tiGEdrfoXa7z-Ora?flow=facebook&utm_source=manual In this Episode, Billy and Annie discuss verbatim theatre and offer some ways it works in a theatre program.  Episodes referenced:  www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com www.theatrefolk.com    

Afterpiece: A Podcast about Educational theatre

Season 3 Premiere: Verbatim Theatre

This episode features our EdTC Professional Development on cutting a play for competition.    We hope you will join our Professional Learning Community. https://community.educationaltheatreconsultants.com/plans/107265?bundle_token=828293b2e81060592ec158f022abad0a&utm_source=manual    

Cutting a One-Act Play

Billy and Annie share how they began a summer theatre camp. Since 2005, Camp Red Dragon, have been a source of revenue and program building.  Use this google folder to access the documents referenced in the episode.  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w8g2dQ-2VEo-jEgC1jix9H5Uc6OBDory?usp=sharing Join EdTC - a Professional Learning Community for Theatre Educators https://community.educationaltheatreconsultants.com/plans/107265?bundle_token=828293b2e81060592ec158f022abad0a&utm_source=manual www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com  

Creating a Summer Camp for your

We want to invite you to be part of our new online community. Annie and I have created an online Professional Learning Community just for theatre educators called EdTC. The Educational Theatre Community. We post, answer polls and questions, write down ideas, join events, and direct message each other. These things make this community richer and more valuable for each of us. For $35 per month you will get Receive one professional development session each month. Receive access to a Health & Wellness for Theatre Educators Webinar each month. Receive access to our two most popular professional development courses. Find a little inspiration, thought-provoking conversations, and expert perspective each and every day. Get access to lesson plans, activities, and directing techniques. Weekly Live Q&A Online Happy Hours https://community.educationaltheatreconsultants.com/share/tiGEdrfoXa7z-Ora?utm_source=manual   Our February PD will be Sunday, February 21, at 7 pm CST. If you want to join us, you can take a trial fun for a few days. Check the Show notes for links! www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com    

Lesson Ideas for Your Students In Class and Online

Many of you know that we have a business called Educational Theatre Consultants. We teach professional development, do one-act play clinics, write lesson plans, and offer help to theatre educators. With this new development, we realized that it is time to take our business to the next level, so we are taking it all online.  Have you ever sat through an in-service or professional development workshop that didn’t help you at all? We all know that feeling, so we are creating an online Theatre Professional Learning Community, and we are calling it EdTC Community. We're really excited about it because at this point in our careers we find ourselves wanting to work with teachers. I mean, we love our students, but we have 59 years of experience, and we really enjoy sharing it with other educators. It will launch January 1, 2021. We are going online and want to give Afterpiece listeners the first chance to check it out with a free trial during the holiday break. With this community membership, you will get A professional development webinar each month A health & wellness session each month Access to lesson plans & guest speakers Q & A Happy Hours Access to our two most popular online classes And most importantly, A professional learning community for sharing ideas and asking advice   We hope you will click on the link below:  https://community.educationaltheatreconsultants.com/plans/107265?bundle_token=828293b2e81060592ec158f022abad0a&utm_source=manual    We know you're going to benefit greatly from being a part of the EdTC Community. You can learn from us, you can learn from other members, AND, most importantly, you can offer your stories, experiences, and ideas to help other theatre educators. AND YOUR SCHOOL AND PAY FOR IT; it's tax fee.  A few things you’ll see quickly that make Educational Theatre Consultants different:  It’s Ours. As we build this community together, we have some great features for creating exclusive content, deeper conversations, richer polls, and online or live events. Plus, by building this community of social media, you can have a more efficient and valuable experience with us and each other.  There are More Ways for You to Meet Each Other. There are more ways for you to meet people who are near you, who fall into the same categories, or who care about the same topics. You can’t get this in free groups or on a website elsewhere.   We Can Bring Together Content and Community. By merging content with community, we are able to provide fresh ideas and new practices that you can take into your daily life We hope you will join us while we all take a holiday break. We will be back with our next episode on January 3, 2021 If you have any comments or questions, please reach out. “Make sure to visit our website, for show notes and links. You can also subscribe to the show in iTunes Google Play, Stitcher, and Podbean. If you found value in this show we’d appreciate a rating on your favorite podcast app – or if you’d simply tell a friend about the show, that would help us out, too.  Thanks for listening. We’ll be back after the new year. Until then . . . excellencia consuetudo est

A New Community for Theatre Educators

Rod Caspers: Creative Director, Stage Director, Producer, Writer, Teacher, Speaker Coach and Event Specialist Rod conducts directing and curriculum development workshops throughout the nation and on repeated occasions served as a guest artist/instructor for the Facing History and Ourselves Program in Switzerland, as well as in the Czech Republic. He has adjudicated the University of Texas Interscholastic League’s One-Act Play Contest for over twenty years, including the State Contests in Class 6-A, 4-A, 3-A and 1-A.   Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines. This holiday season we’re coming together to support families with special needs children. Due to the pandemic, children with special needs are facing both school closures and disruptions to their in-person therapy sessions, making this time even harder on them and their families. That’s why we’re creating holiday grants where select families will receive: Funding for special needs therapy resources A catered holiday dinner by a locally-owned restaurant A fulfilled holiday wish list A family holiday outdoor photoshoot with a local photographer Families who are interested in applying can share their story with us by filling out this link: https://onehopewine8.typeform.com/to/ciVeE5iF The ONEHOPE Foundation is funding 5 grants. If you’d like to help us fund even more, you can shop our fundraiser where 10% of every purchase supports this meaningful cause. Thank you for helping us give a little holiday magic to these deserving families in need. Annie & I are proud of the impact we’ve been able to make by purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. To order wine for this cause CLICK HERE   This week, our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won’t find deals this good anywhere else!  Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout. www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com    

A Visit with Rod Caspers, Director-Producer-Event Specialist

    Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines. This holiday season we’re coming together to support families with special needs children. Due to the pandemic, children with special needs are facing both school closures and disruptions to their in-person therapy sessions, making this time even harder on them and their families. That’s why we’re creating holiday grants where select families will receive: Funding for special needs therapy resources A catered holiday dinner by a locally-owned restaurant A fulfilled holiday wish list A family holiday outdoor photoshoot with a local photographer Families who are interested in applying can share their story with us by filling out this link: https://onehopewine8.typeform.com/to/ciVeE5iF The ONEHOPE Foundation is funding 5 grants. If you’d like to help us fund even more, you can shop our fundraiser where 10% of every purchase supports this meaningful cause. Thank you for helping us give a little holiday magic to these deserving families in need. Annie & I are proud of the impact we’ve been able to make by purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. To order wine for this cause CLICK HERE   This week, our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won’t find deals this good anywhere else!  Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout.   Tell us what you are doing during Virtual learning. What is working for you? Email us at adagoo@me.com.   If you would like us to be a guest speaker, teacher, or clinician, please visit our website  www.EdcuationalTheatreConsultants.com  

UGH! What are you doing during virtual learning?

Creating a Booster Club Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines. For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ONEHOPE wants to give moments of hope to families impacted by breast cancer. That’s why we’re partnering with Susan G. Komen to support their mission to find the cures for breast cancer. Shop our fundraiser and help us reach our goal of donating $50,000 to this incredible organization. insert link... Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. Order from the link in our show notes, to get your wine and give back. This Week, our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout. For copy of Booster Club Bylaws email adragoo@me.com. www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com  

Creating a Successful Booster Club

Our guest today is Brian O'Sullivan from Musical Theatre International. Brian is Director of Amateur Licensing and shares with us the ins and outs of copyright and streaming our production.  This Week, Our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat.   Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout.   This week OneHope Wines is also sponsoring Afterpiece. Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make by purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day.This month, we encourage you to support a cause that is special to our lives. THE HEART FOUNDATION. The Heart Foundation’s mission is to save lives by educating the public about heart disease, promoting early detection, and supporting the research taking place under the direction of world-renowned cardiologist Dr. P.K. Shah in the quest to find more effective ways to prevent and treat the #1 cause of death in the U.S. Shop to support The Heart Foundation. 10% of every purchase benefits this incredible organization. Order here: https://www.onehopewine.com/event/e549df44-167b-41cb-8895-def6471c0aa6   www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com

Copyright & Streaming Discussion with Brian O'Sullivan

In this episode, Billy and Annie discuss the streaming options for your productions. They speak indepth with Jeff Tiddwell and Steel Wallace of ShowTix4U.  www.ShowTix4u.com This Week, Our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout.   www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com  

Episode 44: Streaming Your Productions

Billy and Annie discuss directing from an actor's perspective and distance learning with Joe Reynolds, Yale Acting grad & Theatre Educator at Episopal School in Baton Rouge, Lourisanna.  Topics disccussed are: Directing from the actor perspective The actors' thought process Distance learning The perfect audition Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines and YogaClub.com ONEHOPE WINE Celebrates Pride Month It’s PRIDE month! This month marks the 50th Anniversary of Pride. While many may not be able to celebrate in person this year, there is still so much we can do to raise awareness from home. This June, OneHope Wine is helping The Trevor Project support 30,000 LGBTQ youth through their lifeline, text, and chat crisis services. Shop to support this cause on The Trevor Project’s fundraising page where 10% of every purchase benefits this incredible organization. You can find the link in our shownotes.  Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. YOGA CLUB This Week, Our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout. www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com  

Episode 43: A Yalie's Perseptive on Teaching Acting with Joe Reynolds

This is the last week Annie & Billy discuss what Billy calls his list of Random thoughts on directing and crap. Enjoy. It’s PRIDE month! This month marks the 50th Anniversary of Pride. While many may not be able to celebrate in person this year, there is still so much we can do to raise awareness from home. This June, OneHope Wine is helping The Trevor Project support 30,000 LGBTQ youth through their lifeline, text, and chat crisis services. Shop to support this where 10% of every purchase benefits this incredible organization. You can find the link in our shownotes. Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. https://www.onehopewine.com/event/780e5217-4e1f-429f-b163-93a5ef11cd34 This Week, Our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout. www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com

Episode 42: More Random Crap

This week Annie & Billy discuss what Billy calls his list of Random thoughts on directing and crap. Enjoy. It’s PRIDE month! This month marks the 50th Anniversary of Pride. While many may not be able to celebrate in person this year, there is still so much we can do to raise awareness from home. This June, OneHope Wine is helping The Trevor Project support 30,000 LGBTQ youth through their lifeline, text, and chat crisis services. Shop to support this where 10% of every purchase benefits this incredible organization. You can find the link in our shownotes.  Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. https://www.onehopewine.com/event/780e5217-4e1f-429f-b163-93a5ef11cd34 This Week, Our episode is also sponsored by YogaClub.com. As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. YogaClub.com and use the code Teach at checkout. www.EducationalTheatreConsultants.com

Episode 41: Philosophies of Directing

Annie & Billy discuss high school theatre at Floyd Central High School in Indiana with director, Robbie Steiner. The topics they discuss are: performing at the virtual ITF, directing, building a program, the best person gets the part, taking time for yourself, and the preforming educator. https://www.facebook.com/robbie.steiner1/videos/10219164033069260/ Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines & YogaClub. ONEHOPE was founded by eight friends with a lofty vision: to create exceptional products that inspire people to indulge while doing good. Their commitment to quality wine is as important as their commitment to the causes they support. To date OneHope has made nearly $5 million in donations, planted 105,172 trees, helped 65,267 pets to find a forever home, helped provide 2,758,428 meals for children, and delivered 190,802 vaccines to end Neglected Tropical Diseases. Annie & I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. This week, 10% of your wine purchase will go to support the COVID Relief Response rund and 10% will go to the bottle’s caritable cause. The link to order is in our show notes. Order here: https://www.onehopewine.com/event/0a9dc312-dcfa-4f65-98ba-0f382c048c24 As a musical theatre teacher and movement coach, I wear a lot of yoga clothes. If you’re like me, you have to wear comfortble clothes that allow you to move. YogaClub is the premier active-wear subscription box that styles you for at least 50% off retail prices so you can look good and feel good for less. Complete your profile by taking our fun and interactive style quiz. Your answers let our stylists know your style, sizes, and favorite ways to sweat. Using your unique profile, our stylists will curate an outfit that matches your personality, body type, and is perfect for the activities you love! Enjoy your new outfit delivered for at least 50% off retail. You won't find deals this good anywhere else! Afterpiece listeners can have an extra $10 off when you use the code TEACH at checkout. www.YogaClub.com and use the code "TEACH" at checkout.

Episode 40: Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central HS, & #CovidCarols

Today, Billy and Annie Discuss a the big push to end the school year with distance learning and random thoughts on directing.  Today, our episode is brought to you by OneHope Wines. ONEHOPE was founded by eight friends with a lofty vision: to create exceptional products that inspire people to indulge while doing good. Our commitment to quality wine is as important as our commitment to the causes we support. To date we have made nearly $5 million in donations, planted 105,172 trees, helped 65,267 pets to find a forever home, helped provide 2,758,428 meals for children, and delivered 190,802 vaccines to end Neglected Tropical Diseases. Billy and I are proud of the impact we've been able to make buy purchasing our wine from OneHope. It’s really amazing to be part of a movement to make giving back part of what you do every day. This week, 10% of your wine purchase will go to support the COVID Relief Response rund and 10% will go to the bottle’s caritable cause. Click this llink to order: https://www.onehopewine.com/event/ca74ab9e-c8d9-4cd2-9268-cf0fb9d0ba92    

Episdoe 40: Keep on Keeping On

Afterpiece is a podcast about Educational Theatre. Each week, we will share some of our combined 50 years of teaching and directing experience with you…from stories of the history of the Texas theatre to theatre curriculum… from directing strategies to teaching strategies…and from balancing life and work to to raising a family in the theatre. Twitter: @DragooTheatre

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