Building Ship Ladder Escape Stairs With Student Crews
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 05/11/2026How we built two ship ladder escape stairs for about $150 each with student crews, compact stairs for tight backstage spaces, built during class periods in one day.
Backstage with freshmen: A Green Crew Story
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 29/10/2026When two student crew members with scheduling conflicts both made themselves essential to a scene, they had to solve it alone. How theater teachers build student leaders during rehearsal.
Leader vs. Boss: What a Green Crew Is Teaching Me This Week
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 22/10/2026What's the difference between being a boss and being a leader in student theater? A student deck chief starts bossing her green crew, a theater director's lesson on leading versus bossing, and how educational theater builds young leaders.
What Do High School Theater Programs Actually Look Like?
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 15/10/2026A look at two healthy high school theater programs, one after-school extracurricular, one class-based, and how program design shapes schedule, budget, and shop workflow.
