Scholars On Stage
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Why are there so few quality resources for drama teachers? On our first day as a teacher, we were given an empty classroom with zero materials, and told to "teach theater." Many drama teachers have had this experience. We have been working to remedy that situation ever since, by providing professional quality materials in acting, improv, production, playwriting, Shakespeare, and more.
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Bundle: 75 Improv and Drama Games for the Classroom
Love drama games, but you wish you knew more of them? Here, you will find 75 theater and improv games that are beloved by young actors in k-12 classes around the world. We've included step-by-step instructions, prompts, and helpful hints for your classroom! Theater games encourage students to perform, direct, devise, and gain confidence while collaborating and creating theater. A good drama game can be enjoyed by students of any age or grade level, even those with little or no acting experience
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
SL.9-10.6
, CCRA.SL.1
, CCRA.SL.6
 +10
Emergency Sub Plan - Drama Class Choice Board
Facing an unexpected sub day or need a quick, no-prep rescue for your high school drama class? This Emergency Drama Choice-Board Bundle provides instant, sub-ready activities with beginning, intermediate, and advanced tasks in acting, improv, movement, voice, playwriting, and directing—perfect for keeping theater students engaged without any preparation. Simply print and hand out the packet: students independently choose solo or group projects from 6 exciting categories and dive into meaningful,
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Bundle: Actor's Challenge: 13 No-Prep-Required Drama Lessons!
Discover the Actor's Challenge series: no-prep high school drama lessons that build essential acting skills with zero setup required! Each standalone theatre lesson spotlights a key dramatic device (subtext, stakes, physicality, status & more) to add to your students' toolkit. Just print and play—these engaging, ready-to-use activities are perfect for busy high school drama teachers and theatre classes! This bundle includes 12 diverse lessons! Commedia Dell'ArteWant to challenge your actors with
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
New to teaching high school drama and searching for fresh, ready-to-use ideas? Or an experienced theatre educator ready to refresh your lessons with exciting, professional-grade activities? Scholars On Stage partners with professional theater companies to deliver inspiring, classroom-tested resources—including drama games, acting lessons, and performance projects—that engage students and elevate your high school theatre program! Perfect for busy high school drama teachers looking for high-qualit
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Bundle: Scene Study For Actors - Advanced Acting Lesson for High School Drama
Bundle: Scene Study For ActorsDo your students have their perfect scripts, but now feel overwhelmed? This bundle will help actors through each hurdle on the way to performance. From planning and documenting rehearsals, to memorization, motivation work, and even overcoming stage fright, this bundle will help make the journey to performance as smooth and rewarding as possible. Scene Production For ActorsHave you taught your students rehearsal strategies to practice and perform scripted scenes effe
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
10 Classic Drama Games - Improv Games and Theater Activities for Actors
This must-have resource delivers 10 classic improv games with clear step-by-step instructions, ready-to-use prompts, and is aligned to theatre and language arts standards! Perfect for busy high school drama teachers who want instant, engaging, no-prep improv activities that build confidence, creativity, collaboration, and fun in every theatre class. Improv games are a highlight of any drama class. Students perform, direct, and gain confidence while creating theater with fellow actors. Amazingly,
K - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
CCSS, TEKS
CCRA.L.1
, CCRA.L.5
, LA.9-12.E1.1.A
 +2
Also included in:Â Bundle: 75 Improv and Drama Games for the Classroom
Advanced Acting - Motivation, Objectives & Tactics - High School Drama Lesson
Ready to elevate your high school drama students from basic acting to advanced performance mastery? This engaging advanced acting fundamentals lesson pack teaches core concepts like motivation, objectives, and tactics through fun, hands-on performance drills, scene work, and theatrical exercises that keep actors motivated and challenged! Perfect for intermediate/advanced high school theatre teachers seeking ready-to-use activities that build deeper character intention, strategic scene choices, a
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Actor's Challenge: Commedia Dell'Arte
Challenge your high school drama students with Commedia dell'arte! Introduce physical comedy, hilarious stock characters, and timeless humor through classic lazzi gags, improvised scenarios, and plots full of romance, mischief, and misadventure. This high-energy Commedia dell'arte lesson is ideal for high school theatre classes — build exaggerated movement, status play, comedic timing, and ensemble energy in one fun, dynamic session! This lesson gives students the introductory tools they need to
9th - 12th
Drama
Also included in:Â Bundle: Actor's Challenge: 13 No-Prep-Required Drama Lessons!
Bundle: Play & Musical Production - High School Drama Materials
For many drama students, productions of stageplays and musicals will be the highlight of their high school drama experience. But for the director, it can be overwhelming without the support you need. We put together these materials to make your production manageable, efficient, and of course, enjoyable. Included in this bundle, you will find: All the materials you need to run an auditionHelpful templates Daily Rehearsal ReportsHow to Create a Rehearsal / Production CalendarBudget and Box Office
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
The Stanislavski System for High School Actors - Theater Practitioners
"The Stanislavski System for High School Actors" focuses on guiding drama students through the system of the theater world's definitive acting practitioner. Perfect for advanced young actors or IB theater students! Students will engage in acting drills and performance activities to learn objectives & tactics, internal vs. external reactions, justification, and emotional recall among other aspects of the Stanislavski system. Click on the preview above to explore features of this resource.Click
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Bundle - Emergency Theater Lessons - Drama, Play Production, & Shakespeare
Struggling with last-minute subs or needing quick, no-prep high school drama lessons? This emergency theater bundle delivers ready-to-use choice boards for drama class, play production, and Shakespeare units—perfect for substitute days or flexible classroom fillers. Simply print and distribute: students select engaging solo or group projects from 6 creative categories and stay productive with zero prep required! These choice-board lessons are self-contained, require zero prep, and can be taught
9th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama
Actor's Challenge: Subtext Scenes - High School Drama Lesson
Are your high school drama students struggling to master subtext? This ready-to-use subtext drama lesson provides 20 mini-scenes written to be performed three times, each with a different assigned subtext for powerful contrast! A delightful, effective tool to build nuance, intention, emotional depth, and acting subtlety in your high school theatre class or advanced scene work unit. Our "Actor's Challenge" series is a collection of zero-prep-required lessons for theater teachers, each one highlig
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Bundle: Actor's Challenge: 13 No-Prep-Required Drama Lessons!
Bundle: Stanislavski & Brecht for High School Actors
Our practitioner bundle includes drama lessons focused on two of the most significant theater practitioners: Bertolt Brecht and Konstatin Stanislavski. Developed by actors, directors, and theater professionals, these materials are designed to teach student actors through performance. "The Stanislavski System for High School Actors" focuses on guiding drama students through the system of the theater world's definitive acting practitioner. Perfect for advanced young actors or IB theater students!
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Improv Prompts: Scenes From A Hat - Drama game
"Scenes from a Hat" is a classic drama game that is a favorite for theater students everywhere. This improv game includes simple instructions for the teacher, 100 prompts developed by theater artists, and 4 pages of templates for your actors to create limitless prompts of their own. This is a zero-preparation lesson for teachers, and all you need to print it out! Sample prompts: "911 calls from Sesame Street""Little known powers of the class president" "Online reviews of fictional places" And ma
9th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Memorization Strategies - Drama lessons for High School Actors
Struggling to help high school students memorize monologues, scenes, speeches, or scripts effectively? This no-prep drama memorization lesson teaches simple, proven techniques that make line-learning fast, reliable, and stress-free—perfect for theatre, language arts, debate, or public speaking classes! Ideal for busy high school drama teachers looking for ready-to-use activities that boost confidence, retention, and performance readiness. In this lesson, you will find: A memory game/activity de
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Haunting True Stories of the MacBeth Curse PowerPoint
Don't believe in the curse of "MacBeth"? Ever heard of the disaster at the very first performance? The Astor street riot? The unsolved murder that happened onstage? Want to excite your language arts & drama students about Shakespeare & "MacBeth"? Tell them about the curse! In this PowerPoint, they will learn 10 incredible true stories that have led actors to fear ever saying the name of "The Scottish Play" in a theater! This stranger-than-fiction PowerPoint presentation is an easy and exciti
8th - 12th
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
Also included in:Â Bundle: Ghosts, Superstitions, Curses, & Oddities - 4 PowerPoints
So you've Been Bit By A Zombie - A Drama Lesson For Halloween - Actor's Movement
Teach your students how to stumble, groan, and work together to create a frightening zombie hoard! Show your students specific and detailed movements that professional actors use to play the undead, then have them craft their own short scenes from our list of prompts! Perfect for Halloween, this drama lesson is great for actors in theater class, or anyone that wants to add a little spooky fun to their classroom. This is a fun, zero-prep-required lesson for your class. All you need to do is pri
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Bundle: Introduction to Shakespeare - Drama and Language Arts Lessons
Do you struggle to engage students with Shakespeare? We've collaborated with professional actors, theater historians, & experts in creative dramatics to develop these 7 intro to Shakespeare lessons, designed to inspire theater & language arts students to love the work of the Bard! This bundle includes 7 of our most popular activities, and is sold at a 25% discount from the original price! Setting the Stage for Shakespeare: Drawing Shakespeare's Metaphors addresses the visual nature of Shakes
7th - 12th, Adult Education
Drama, English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
CCRA.L.3
, CCRA.L.4
, CCRA.L.5
 +20
Play Production: Auditions - Materials for Casting Stage Plays and Musicals
Every drama teacher knows auditions can be a tough process for directors and student performers. We've consulted with professional theaters, actors, and directors on how to make the audition process run as smoothly as possible, allowing the director to lay the best possible foundation for your stage play or musical. This packet includes everything directors need to prep, streamline, and run auditions for school plays and musicals. Included with productTeacher/director instructionsActor audition
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Drama
Also included in:Â Our Full Store! - Materials, Lessons, Games & Tools for the Drama Classroom!
Bundle: Ghosts, Superstitions, Curses, & Oddities - 4 PowerPoints
Each year, our acting students beg to learn about the spooky folklore of the theater. So, we created our "Ghosts, Superstitions, Curses, and Oddities from the world of Theater" PowerPoint bundle! Every time we shared these, students begged for more! In these four PowerPoints, students will learn everything from the origins of theater superstitions, the alleged "ghosts" that inhabit the world's biggest stages, impossibly strange performances, and of course, the eerie, amazing, and little-known t
8th - 12th
Drama
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About the store
Experience
Why are there so few quality resources for drama teachers? On our first day as a teacher, we were given an empty classroom with zero materials, and told to "teach theater." Many drama teachers have had this experience. We have been working to remedy that situation ever since, by providing professional quality materials in acting, improv, production, playwriting, Shakespeare, and more.
Teaching style
Our philosophy is that our primary goal as teachers is to prepare students to make a positive contribution to society, and for that reason, we create student-centered lessons that allow every student to operate as crucial members within an ensemble. We perform knowing perfection in impossible, but we push as hard as we can to get there anyway.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Recipient of the UCLA GOFP Fellowship
Top Three finalist In the Oregon Play Prize
Winner of The Playwrights First Award
My own education history
MFA In Theater from UCLA
MAT in Education from Southern Oregon University
BA in Theater from UCLA
Additional Training: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Karlova University, Prague, Czech Republic
IB Training, Ista.
Additional biographical information
The educational lead behind Scholars On Stage is a professional theater artist with 15 Years as a full-time Drama teacher and director, developing and implementing original classes in Acting, Shakespeare, Improvisation, IB theater, and Acting Ensemble. 2 Years as a Teaching artist at a Tony-Award Winning Theater Created and Developed districts IB Theater Program. They are also an award-winning and internationally-produced playwright and theater artist. Their work has been seen in New York, the UK, Australia, South Korea, and Off-Broadway. Published in "Teaching Great Plays" and "Smith & Kraus".
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