22 High School Stage Management

(For high school drama teachers and prospective drama teachers)

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires

—William Arthur Ward

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

—Gail Godwin

 

 

There may be as many as 21,000 drama teachers in the public, private and parochial high schools of the United States. They all have our great respect and admiration. They are the ones who spark or fan the flames of a life-long love of theatre.

Drama teachers come to their work with a great variety of theatrical backgrounds; different levels of formal theatrical education, professional experience and technical theatre knowledge, ...

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