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Are you looking for new resources to enhance the study of English Language Arts and Theatre across your district?

Digital Theatre+ is the ultimate tool for teachers and students in grades 6-12, giving unlimited access to productions, poetry recitals, documentaries, and thousands of time-saving instructional resources.

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How does Digital Theatre+ support teachers, students and librarians across California?

Click the area you are most interested in below and discover how Digital Theatre+ will be a game-changing, cross-curricular resource for Middle and High Schools in your district. Ready to learn more? Jump straight to purchasing information to get started.

Why do teachers in California love Digital Theatre+?

"Not every class has an opportunity to leave campus and go on a field trip to experience theatre first hand. DT+ is the next best thing. No matter where the student lives, they can access top-notch theatre productions and other captivating materials. In addition, DT+ allows teachers to "flip" the classroom. Students can engage with the material outside of class, leaving lesson time for important collaborative and creative work. There is also the opportunity to engage with other teachers across the campus and truly integrate theatre into all disciplines of learning. The teaching resources on the platform are terrific and there are more of them every day."

- Marjorie Treger, Theatre Resource Teacher, San Diego Unified School District 

"When students enter a theatre class, it's common that they've never had the opportunity to see theatre before. I've used Digital Theatre+ to introduce them to careers in theatre, styles of theatre, and theatre history. I can now say that 100% of my students have seen at least one play. The fact that we can all watch a play together at the same time, or I can assign scenes for students to watch on their own, makes this a very useful tool."

- Jen Nocera, Head of Department, Victor Valley High School

"[...] having access to all these productions and documentaries means that knowledge is shared. Teachers and students become scholars during class discussions."

- Saint Joseph High School

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How does Digital Theatre+ support the teaching of ELA in California?

Aligned to California's Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

From engaging productions to dynamic poetry recitals, ELA teachers in your district have a range of high-quality instructional tools to bring the texts they teach to life. Access our range of standards-aligned resources to help your students develop the skills and knowledge crucial to the study of ELA. Click on a button below to learn more!

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Top Benefits for using Digital Theatre+ to teach ELA

Connect students with key texts

Connect students with key texts using captivating productions and literary adaptations of widely-taught ELA texts such as Othello, Frankenstein, Antigone, and Macbeth.

Strengthen core ELA skills

Strengthen core ELA skills such as speaking and listening, comprehension, and critical thinking with bite-sized e-learning videos and key scene analysis.

Build contextual understanding

Build contextual understanding of key writers and their work with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes documentaries.

Save crucial planning time

Save crucial planning time and support independent, classroom or flipped learning with flexible resources to suit multiple learning approaches and teaching styles.

Top resource picks for teaching ELA 

Unlocked

Get everything you need to engage students with key texts with short, accessible videos covering character, language, theme, structure and plot. Plus, accompanying study guides provide context and consolidate students’ learning.

Speaking & Listening

Support students to speak confidently and effectively with bite-sized videos designed to develop crucial speaking and listening skills, while ready-to-go worksheets encourage students to extend their learning.

Speeches & Soliloquies

Analyze the text and compare different interpretations of key speeches with a series of excerpts from Shakespeare's speeches and soliloquies, from Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" to Macbeth's "Is this a dagger which I see before me".

Poetry in Action

Bring poetry to life with engaging recitals of key poems for your curriculum, including poems from Indigenous, Latine and Black voices. Access insightful videos, alongside supporting contextual resources.

How does Digital Theatre+ support the teaching of Theatre in California?

Aligned to California Arts Standards for Public Schools - Theatre

With a range of engaging instructional tools on key practitioners, genres and styles, paired with the world's best performances, you can be confident that teachers in your district will have high-quality, standards-aligned resources to teach key theatrical skills. Click a button below to find out more!

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Top Benefits for using Digital Theatre+ to teach Theatre

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Connect students with the world’s best performances with productions from our key partners including BroadwayHD, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the BBC.

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Develop core theatrical skills across key areas of study such as acting, design, directing, and playwriting with specially designed e-learning videos, exclusive workshops, and more.

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Boost engagement with the creative industries using exclusive behind-the-scenes insights from professional actors, writers, directors and designers.

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Save crucial planning time with flexible, ready-to-go lesson plans, practical activities and assessment strategies designed to suit any teaching style.

Top resource picks for teaching Theatre 

BroadwayHD Collection

Get front-row access to show-stopping musicals and gripping dramas on Digital Theatre+, the exclusive educational partner of BroadwayHD. Plus, unique supporting resources help extend students’ knowledge of key productions and keep them engaged.

Technical Theatre

From stage management and operations to lighting and set design, with Digital Theatre+ you'll be able to give your students everything they need to deepen their understanding of technical theatre, create and develop their own work, and take the first steps toward a career behind the scenes.

Spotlight On

Provide younger learners with insight into key topics in theatre – including The Production Team, Shakespeare, World Theatre, and Theatre Foundations – with a series of short, accessible e-learning videos and student-facing graphic organizers.

Discover, Explore, Assess

Unpack the productions you’re watching with the Discover, Explore, Assess packs, which include practical teaching and learning materials to help develop knowledge and understanding of key texts such as Romeo and Juliet, Peter Pan, The Wind in the Willows, and more.

How does Digital Theatre+ boost library catalogues in California?

Want to increase student engagement, support independent study and enhance your library offering? Digital Theatre+ is the ultimate learning tool to access high-quality productions, expert insights, and thousands of time-saving resources. 

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Access anytime, anywhere, and on any device 

Libraries like yours can bring the best resources to students, with IP-authenticated campus-wide access, single-sign-on including EZ/Shibboleth, and MARC Records

With your subscription, you'll receive a customized welcome package full of guidance, access to our video training library, promotional materials, and more!

Our dedicated Customer Success team is also available to assist you throughout your subscription. You will also have access to COUNTER-compliant reports so you can monitor your institution's usage.

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Top resource picks for your Libraries

Graphic Novels

With Othello, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet, (or any other of your favorite Shakespeare plays), we have a unique and innovative way for students to connect with the stories: Manga Shakespeare. In addition, we also have other graphic novels from literary icons such as Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde.

Documentaries

We have a vast selection of documentaries that can be used across multiple subjects. These include: the BBC Bookmark series which explores the cultural impact of famous novels, novellas and poetry; "Surviving surviving", a moving Holocaust survivor documentary; and A History of Dance on Screen.

Productions

Whether it's shows that present iconic plays in new and exciting ways, performances that students may never have heard of but that address real-world issues, or simply a favorite play taken from the text and brought to the stage, we have over 550 productions for students to choose from.

Supporting students in the classroom and beyond

In addition to supporting crucial Theatre skills, your teachers will also have access to a range of resources to help students develop key career and life skills.

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Contact us today to discuss your Digital Theatre+ purchase and your Education Specialist will walk you through all your options!

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Purchasing Ideas for California

There are many ways to fund a Digital Theatre+ subscription. As a cross-curricular resource, you can purchase via ELA, Theatre, or Library Media budgets. Digital Theatre+ also aligns with the spending requirements of many grants and funds such as AMIM Discretionalry Block Grant, Proposition 28-Arts and Music Education Funding
and Art and Music K-12 Education Funding Initiative 2022!

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