Theater

Theatre Activity Links

• Transcendence Theater - Learn @ Home Series
• Luther Burbank Center for the Arts - Let's Be Creative! - Improve Classes Wednesday 1pm
• PBS Learning Media has a jam-packed theatre page with something for all grade levels!
• Make puppets from recycled items at home - Resources:
  • Puppetry Ideas video
  • Jim Henson video on how to make muppets
  • Pig Pen Theatre shadow puppetry
  • Gyre & Gimble videos on creating and using puppets in storytelling
• Smooth-On's makeup effects tutorials
• Imagineering in a Box is a partnership between Disney parks and Kahn Academy. Students create worlds, design attractions and bring characters to life!
• CA Create At Home - Theater

Videos of Interest

Theater History

• Crash Course Theater and Drama with Mike Rugnetta (youtube video playlist covering theatre history in 12-minute chunks)
• National Theatre: The Our Guide to Theatre focuses on subjects like Greek theatre, Ibsen and Shakespeare.
• History of Theatre interactive timeline. Research time period, culture and context.

Shakespeare

• Sir Patrick Stewart reads Shakespeare's Sonnets!

Musical Theatre

• Check out the show "Broadway or Bust" from KPBS, which follows 60 musical theatre students to New York to be coached for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards competition
• National Theatre's (UK) Youtube channel will stream one play per week for free - on Thursdays starting Apr 2 at 7pm UK time (noon PST).

Theatre for Young Audiences

• TYA@Home has compiled virtual performances, online education programs and digital content. TYA stands for theatre for young audiences. Check out this week's offerings. There are plays for the very young to watch (ages 2-5)
• Disney Cruise live stage productions of Tangled and Beauty and the Beast: These are well produced, shorter versions, appropriate for all age levels.

Other Resources

• The Old Globe Arts Engagement Team in San Diego is providing community programming.
  • BEHIND THE CURTAIN— Join host & Arts Engagement Laura Zablit (Scripps Ranch High Alumna!) and guests artists in this FREE workshop that shows the magic of making theatre. Learn from Costume & Set Design to Props & More from theatre professionals every Wednesday starting April 1st at 3 PM
• Broadway.com Living Room Concerts (Broadway performers singing from their shows while Broadway is shut down)