Schedule

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Workshop list (as of August 28, 2009)

1. How to write and produce your own high school musical
2. Competitive theatre: Who really wins?
3. Improvisational monologues; characterization and storytelling
4. Enticing, exciting, exhilarating ensemble experience for the class/cast/club
5. Double casting: Double the trouble, double the relief
6. Developing leadership-driven productions and ensembles
7. Improvisation for dummies
8. Ready, set, act
9. Teaching about Japan through theatre and children’s literature
10. Cuban dance for actors
11. Student ownership in the theatre classroom: How do I get these kids to want to learn for themselves?
12. Postmodernism: What is it and why is it in my classroom?
13. The drama game file: Mastering the pedagogy of teaching and learning with theatre games
14. Fresh cement: Teaching the foundations of playwriting
15. Commedia masks and Lazzi
16. Commedia performance techniques
17. Secrets of performer flying effects
18. Shakespeare applied
19. Enriching young lives, cultivating community
20. Authentic assessment in the drama classroom
21. Developing effective cases in theatre management
22. Sing for your supper!
23. Character development through process drama techniques
24. Safety and its effect on teaching
25. Whose classroom is it anyway?
26. From stage to school, integrating technology in the classroom
27. Creating a model for a theatre education position paper
28. University-Public school partnerships that work
29. High school kids rock the bar
30. Computer tech for computer wrecks
31. Auditions: Multiple purposes, benefits, and perspectives
32. "Young Arts" program
33. Painting your actors with light; lighting design for directors
34. Building your tech theatre program
35. Current information on "white spaces"
36. CETA South High School Festival, Mandatory Meeting (Saturday)

Master Classes (included in basic registration)

1. Playwriting for teachers: How to write it, teach it, and set up a successful program at your school
2. Ensemble-based theatre practices: Shaping the future of the theatre classroom
3. Documentary Theatre Ensemble (DTE, grades 5–12)
4. Shakespeare set free
5. Stage to screen, using the camera in the classroom