Piecing Together a Zoom ‘Frankenstein,’ Finding Its Soul
Teens from the Rose Theater’s conservatory camp share takeaways from a virtual production of ‘Frankenstein.’
Live and Learn
This new monthly column is dedicated to theatre education and training, across all disciplines and all ages. Please send ideas and tips to Senior Editor Allison Considine at aconsidine@tcg.org.
How to Teach Design in a Pandemic? Software and Social Distance, for Starters
As students return this fall, university theatre programs look to new technologies and safety protocols.
Atlanta Theatres: Follow the Nurses’ Orders
The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University is researching safety protocols that could help Atlanta theatres eventually reopen.
When the Students Have Notes for the Teachers
Theatre students and alumni join the anti-racist groundswell in the U.S. theatre to pen statements speaking up about their experiences and demanding change.
What Clothes After Closure? 4 Young Designers Have Some Ideas
Willa Kim Scholarship recipients are using it to supplement their costume design skills, from watercolor painting to digital rendering.
Bit by Bit, Putting a Kids’ Musical Together
The title, ‘The Show Must Go Online!,’ is self-explanatory, but this new virtual musical still requires teachers, parents, and students to get in on the act.
VR Theatre Doesn’t Seem So Distant Anymore
Working with Facebook and an Oculus Quest headset, NYU students explore the possibility of staging theatre via virtual reality.
She Kills (Virtual) Monsters
Technology is a scene partner in a new made-for-Zoom version of Qui Nguyen’s action-adventure comedy at the University of Maryland.
Theatre Education Programs, Now on a Screen Near You
How U.S. theatres are innovating and adapting to stay connected with the young people they typically serve with in-person programs and classes.
All Together Now, But Virtually
How do you rehearse via Zoom and other online platforms? Training programs are figuring it out, scene by scene.