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.
Let Them Make the Mistakes: Stepping Back So Students Own the Stage
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 09/10/2026Why a veteran tech director steps back and lets students make mistakes in high school theater, and how safe, imperfect, student-built sets create real ownership and growth.
Navigating the Chaos: Teaching Stagecraft to 30+ Students
by: Jodi WilliamsPublished on: 01/10/2026Teaching stagecraft to 30+ students with one shop, limited tools, and 55 minutes? A theater teacher shares real strategies, group roles, pre-build projects, and active learning, that make big tech theater classes work.
