12 Years Drama Teacher and educational professional with expertise in Performing Arts instruction.

Method 1 of 4:Teaching Drama to Actors at Any Skill Level Whether you’re teaching professional child actors or first-time old-timers, you need to run an introductory exercise. There are plenty of particularly fun ways to do this dramatically. Try a name and action exercise. Have everybody state their name while performing an action that reflects their personality. Then have everyone else – in unison – say their name out loud and perform the action as well. 2. Ask the class to greet each other while acting. Have everyone pair off and face one another. Choose some basic greetings for everyone to exchange, such as "Hello, how are you?" as well as a response, such as "Very well, thank you for asking." Then direct your students to act this exchange out as different characters