High School Theatre

Many of us can attribute our path to the theater to a dynamic teacher in school: the teacher that inspired us or showed us a new side of ourselves. This series is a snapshot of today's high school theater educators across the country sharing about what they do and how and why they do this work.

Acting is a physical function. It starts with the body. The body is the instrument. A theater without actors is not a theater; yet theater without words exists the world over.

Mitch Mattson offers an overview of the work accomplished by Voices of Now: India.

Carrie Wood as a teacher has seen how theatre in high school can develop students.  Turning the tables, one student came into her program and shaped her and her husband’s lives forever.

When we devise theater with students, we can look at the abilities that can guide us in our creation of a piece.  Devised work allows students to be in a brave space of not knowing.   

Jennifer Bryner writes about the many benefits to being a high school teacher, and the joy of helping young artists discover what they're capable of.

Wyckham Avery talks about her reluctance with grading high school theatre and how she overcame it.