Category: Education
YAA Lion King, Jr.
This past January I got an interesting phone call from Good Counsel alumnus, Rolando Sans. About five years ago,...
Directors Note: Titanic
Godspeed Titanic In every age mankind attempts to fabricate great works, at once magnificent and impossible… I’m struck by...
I Hope I Get It: Five vital questions, one essential answer about College Auditions
So you wanna be a theatre major, eh? As this school year winds down, you juniors (and maybe even...
Director’s Note: Taming of the Shrew
At Good Counsel Theatre Company, we’ve pushed the boundaries on what it means to produce high school theatre. So...
Director’s Note: Into the Woods
This year Good Counsel Theatre Company has explored non-traditional theatre spaces in both of our Main Stage productions. This...
The lesson plan lay-up: Proscenium, Thrust, & Arena Stages
Fellow Theatre Educators, After returning from an IB Theatre conference last month, I have had the great pleasure to...
Opportunity is NOT a lengthy visitor
A couple of weeks ago at OnStage Blog, I came across an article entitled, “Dear Theatre Students, Don’t Throw Away...
Enduring relationships: how to build relationships with students and parents
At my school, a Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Catholic school, we have a charism that we live by: build enduring...
The lesson plan lay up: teaching action & tactics
Fellow Theatre Educators, If you’re anything like me, you’re approaching the malaise that sets in at the end of the...
How to be the actor that everyone wants to work with
As Taming of the Shrew rehearsals progress into off-book work-throughs (which is when the actors first rehearse the scenes without...