Despite Raul Julia's talents, opportunities for Latinx actors in the United States in the 1960's were scarce. In this series of two videos from the American Masters film Raul Julia: The World's a Stage, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos...

Shakespeare is not just for one type of actor or audience member. In the clip [0:43] "Bringing Myself to Shakespeare" from the American Masters film Raul Julia: The World's a Stage, Raul Julia explores what it means to bring his own...

Using the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, source material for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," lesson plan teaches students to analyze the structure of a play's text in a way that will give them a clearer understanding of how to perform...

In the first few sections, you are going to learn about monologues and soliloquies before you get to that last possibility, dramatic irony. You already know how dialogue works, but you will learn to recognize these additional dramatic...

This page is the front door to an extensive collection of play scripts, theater bills, motion pictures, sound recordings and photographs that document popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, from 1870 to 1920.

An audio slideshow narrated by the set designer for the Tony Award-winning musical "The Light in the Piazza." Discusses the set designer's art as well as the designer's inspirations for the sets, both the exterior scenes of Florentine...

In this lesson, students use their science knowledge and apply it using physical activity! Learning about the stages of matter, solid, liquid and gas, students perform an exercise for each as the teacher calls out an object such as soup...

Science and exercise unite in this activity! Students learn about the life cycle of a butterfly while performing certain physical tasks at each stage.

A thorough look at the career of acting. Areas covered include: tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter the job, working condition, employment condition, and job market. A personal profile is included along with a...

Sports statisticians, trainers and competitors create graphs, charts and diagrams to help them to analyse performance, inform training programmes or improve motivation. This activity encourages students to consider and analyse...

After training hard, Ben and Mia have improved their performance in the long jump and high jump. Can you work out the length and height of their original jumps? This activity explores multiplication, division and fractions in the context...

The perfect site for teens who have an interest in voice as a career choice. Learn how to find a voice teacher, care for your voice, and discover if you have what it takes to make it big.

CurtainUp is a source for theater-related news and reviews of U.S. and European productions written by a cadre of seasoned arts writers.

One of the largest sources of theater news, features, listings, job opportunities, insider tidbits, and statistics on the Internet. An all-encompassing news outlet with links to theaters, festivals, and specialty companies around with...

A Playwright writes a play that is performed by actors on a stage. Students will understand the components that make up a script including characters, background, setting, acts, and scenes. This animated interactive job exploration...

An interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Ancient Greek Theatre.

A list of three various machines used in ancient Greek theatre. Includes sketches and brief descriptions.

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