The Nova Scotia High School Drama Festival

String Puppet Inspiration

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert String Puppet Inspiration with Maritime Marionettes Workshop Description Puppeteers Heather and Darryll Taylor give an inspring overview of marionette artistry showing marionettes of both simple and complex design. Students will see close up basic construction and […]

Marionette Making Workshop

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Marionette Making Workshop with Maritime Marionettes Workshop Description Students create a 5-string marionette, in one hour, with several basic, everyday materials gathered by the students in advance of the workshop. During the workshop the students will […]

Playwriting Basics: The Two Hander

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Playwriting Basics: The Two Hander with Mark Foster Workshop Description This workshop has been designed to be completed in three sessions with the goal of creating and writing a two-person scene. However, Mark is happy to adapt […]

(Your Name) In Lights!

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert (Your Name) In Lights! with Margaret Muriel Legere Workshop Description What you’ll need: A memory, a dream (for the future), or an object (or the memory of an object), writing device (paper & pen, computer, phone), […]

From Scheduling to Show Reports: A Day in the Life of a Stage Manager

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert From Scheduling to Show Reports: A Day in the Life of a Stage Manager with Kate Redding Workshop Description Wonder who makes lights and sound happen when they’re supposed to while you’re watching a play? Curious […]

Intro to the Speaking Voice

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Intro to the Speaking Voice with Sherry Smith Workshop Description When you know how your voice works, you can engage the different components to achieve maximum use of your voice, safely. This is not just useful […]

Object Revolution: The Radical Puppet

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Object Revolution: The Radical Puppet with Logan Robins Workshop Description With more voices than ever shouting out across our phone screens, televisions, and computers it can feel as though we are becoming controlled and incapacitated by […]

Dissecting Text From William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Dissecting Text from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with Patricia Cerra Workshop Description This workshop focuses on Shakespeare’s language by making it accessible & current. Patricia will lead your class through the text, looking for clues […]

Find Your Inner Song

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Find Your Inner Song with Micaela Comeau Workshop Description This workshop focuses mainly on lyric writing, however, Micaela will share melody-finding techniques as well. The session will begin by covering ways to break down narratives around […]

Creating a Mini-Musical

This is an Alert DramaFest 2021 is now over. See you next year at DramaFest 2022! × Dismiss alert Creating a Mini-Musical with Carolyn Curry Workshop Description In the first session of this two-part workshop, students will work together to compose lyrics for their mini-musical. The workshop will also explore lyric writing, song form, and […]