Jan 1st, 2021 - Site Genesis & Skeleton Formatting
Jan 21, 2021 - Added Character Prompts, Formatting
Jan 23, 2021 - Added Character Prompts, Formatting, Progression 1 Info
Jan 25, 2021 - Added Character Prompts, Research, Progression 1
Jan 26, 2021 - Added Formatting, Improv Way Start, Progression 1
Jan 28, 2021 - Added Much More of Progression 1, Experimenting with Formatting
Jan 29, 2021 - Added More Progression 1 Games, Formatting, Progression 2 Planning
Jan 31, 2021 - Added Progression 1 Game, Details, Formatting
Feb 3, 2021 - Website Name Change! NEW NAME: Theater Teacher's Almanac (The domain will be bought!)
Feb 4, 2021 - Added Progression 1 Game, Details, Formatting, Character Prompt Details, Font Changes & Decisions
Feb 5, 2021 - Added Progression 2,3 Game Details, Formatting, Font Changes Continue.
Feb 7, 2021 - Domain bought and attached! New name is official! Font and site organization. R&D.
Feb 12, 2021 - Progression Additions, Web Building, Content Added
Feb 13, 2021 - Web Page Building, Chapter Decisions, R&D, Organization, Formatting.
Feb 15-19, 2021 - Web Page Building, Game Decisions, R&D, Formatting, Brainstorming, Listing, Game Creation.
Feb. 20-27 - Web Page Building, Game Decisions, R&D, Game Creation, Listing, Script Addition, COLOR CHANGE!?
Week Of Feb 28th. 2021 - Materials & Script Web Page Building, Script Uploads, Materials Upload, Lazzi & Impro.
Week Of March 7th 2021 - Scripts, Web Building, Materials Upload, Section Clean Up, Theme & Font Organization
Week Of March 14 2021 - Materials Upload, Web Building, Research, More Research, Content Additions.
Back Half Of March 2021 - Content Additions, Materials Creation
April 2021 - Web Building, R&D, Fiddling, Overwhelmed to what this is, Added NEW Sections, Lists.
May 2021 - Break From Creation - Regroup - Chapters / Outline Created - Better Grouping.
June 2021 - Materials, Rethinking Formatting, Experimenting, New Format Applied To Progression 1.
June 24th, 2021 - Reformatting of Character lists, Addition of entrances elements, photos added to various areas.
Week Of August 9th 2021 - Genres of Theatre, Commonly Used Stage Items: Costumes, Props, On-Stage Lighting, Theater Conventions
LONG HIATUS (new job, moving, family, personal stuff)
NEW YEAR! I am in action to have a more concerted effort to add content.
January 9th, 2022 - Added vocal dynamics & images
Feb 3rd, 2022 - Revamped Pass & Catch to be CIRCUITS! Added games, ideas, prompts, images and such. Looked at other progressions to ponder changes and what to do next. Planning.
Feb 4th, 2022 - Circuits, Games, Prompts, Ideas, Descriptions, Fiddling with formatting on front page
Feb 5th, 2022 - Values, Voice, Improvs, Lazzi, Added more random ideas.
Feb 6th, 2022 - Domain stays, host is now TTA google account! All is good now. Working on. Added proper titles, "verbs" for categories, tweaks.
Feb 7th, 2022 - Minor Tweaks, Small Additions
Month of Feb. 2022 - More small additions..
Month of March 2022 - Rethinking of all cores, seeds, and progression of games with new theories and pondering.
Month of April 2022 pt 1 - Major retooling of formats for clarity of progression and categorization.
Month of April 2022 pt 2 - Resources added, materials added - albeit slowly
Month of April 2022 pt 3 - New section PRODUCTIONS created, added to, tinkered with!
Month of May 2022 - More resources added, more major decisions made about formatting. Games added here and there.
Month of June 2022 pt 1 - Detective core changed. Lots of photos added.
Month of June 2022 pt 2 - More details to new sections added including genres, conventions
Month of June 2022 pt 3 - Improvs and Lazzi received a massive overhaul. Rethinking what the section needs as a resource.
June 26th 2022 - Elements of Power & Control created. Website goals created.
Fall & Dec 17th,. 2022 - Various Additions from prompts to scripts to formatting to layout to ideas.
Jan 1st - April 20th, 2023 - Images Added, Site Author Bio Added, Assets Added, Sections revised, lazzi organized, scripts added.
Weeks Of April 20th -> 29th, 2023 - Lots of images added, new scripts updated, links fixed, sections organized and divided, content added, assets relinked, major updates to certain pages, formatting changed.
NOTE: The site was unpublished and republished with restricted access.
Month Of May, 2023: TRAVELER'S JOURNAL BOOK COMPANION started. Tableaux elements and Entrances & Exits elements have been worked on but need to be expanded upon. Book has a format to fit the Traveler's Journal size. Thoughts. Many sections are messy and not as organized by a labeled progression.
April 12th, 2024 - Return after hiatus. Small font changes, Homepage theme change. Scripts updates.
April 15th, 2024 - Original The Hostage script ported to g-drive and added, Stiller and Meara I Hate You script ported to g-drive and added. New Mission & Updates button and section.
Week of April 21st to the 27th - Added many new scripts and texts. Continued to add the updates and mission section. Replaced some images with those that fit the newer vintage garden poster theme. Ported some texts from PDF scans or PAGES to G-DOCS for more friendly usability. More lazzi and games will come soon for they are already discovered and in notes.
Week of April 28th - May 4th - Lots and lots of NEW SCRIPTS added. New formatting and labels added to scripts to make it easier to discover. Full over-haul of SCRIPTS. New donation button added and landing page for subscription as TTA will move to a pay-for model soon. New formatting and fonts on pages that have not received the treatment as it is a slow process. New images in various places if they are missing it.
Week of May 5th - May 11th - More NEW SCRIPTS added to scripts and texts. A few resources and materials added. A full catalogue was created on G-SHEETS so I can take stock of what is needed and what it wishy washy and to see what to tackle next.
Week of May 12th - May 18th - Pantomime is getting an overhaul. Each few weeks a new section will get an overhaul treatment if needed. Pantomime was messy and weak and unfocused. Lots of great discoveries when thinking. It is coming along.
Week of May 19th - May 25th - Fleshed out Pantomime even more. Worked on Productions and Rhythm & Orchestra and Contraption. Each section was worked on to see which photos can be added. Props, Make Up & Costumes received time and additions. Resources & Prompt Lists are now different entities and are getting more organized slowly. Lazzi & Impros are now separated and ore more organized. Various lists and resources are getting their time as well.
Month Of June 2024 - Added many NEW SCRIPTS. More formatting of SCRIPTS. Added ASSETS and TOOLS created on G-SLIDES.
MONTH of July 2024 - Added a brand new section: DRAMA CLASSROOM PROJECTS. These are sample projects that were created using the book. Rearranged the HIERARCHY and ORGANIZATION of webpages. Went through various sections and helped with formatting and readability.
MONTH of August 2024 - Added more SCRIPTS. Added more PROJECTS and VIDEO EXAMPLES of Drama Classroom Projects.
TELLING GENUINE STORIES
Atmosphere
Using Beautiful Storytelling Aesthetics
Timeless Stories / Material
Seriously Silly
Empathy Can Inspire Curiosity
Always Playing When Learning, Rehearsing, Performing
Bringing Fantasy Costumes To Life Using Natural Materials
THE ARTISTIC PROCESS
Discover A Fluid, Yet Proven Creative Process
Understand "Making A Choice"
Confidence & Conviction
Clear Relationships - Affecting Your Partner
Full Body Expressions Through Belief
Using Action & Tactics
Transform {The Stage, Ourselves, Each Other, The Audience}
A Cohesive Rehearsal Process…Leads To...MEANINGFUL Performances
Being Present With Each Other
TEACHING PEDAGOGY
Project Based Learning - Purposeful, Structured & Active: To Keep Students Exploring, Curious, And Inventing
Framing Students Work To Honor It
Create Together
Art & Play Imitates Life - Life Inspires Art & Play
Foster Empathy
100% Engaging / Interactive Demonstrations
GAME PROGRESSION
Dependable
Logically Clear
Visually Pleasing
ELEMENTS & DYNAMICS
Defined
Accessible
Concrete
DEVELOP ATMOSPHERE
Storytelling Techniques
Comprehensive
Aesthetic Purposeful
PLAYFUL HUMOUR PRINCIPALS
Classical
Universal
Fun
FLUID CREATIVE PROCESS
Choice Driven
Help Connect the Dots
Easy Flow
ALWAYS ACTIVE & PLAYING
Story Driven
Step By Step Game Directions
INSPIRATION & PROMPTS
Imaginative
Visual
Fresh
Visceral
SCRIPTS, SCENARIOS, & STORIES
Curated
Purposeful
Timeless
Universally Themed
WEBSITE SPECIFIC GOALS & NEEDS
MAJOR NEEDS
Filling out descriptions and info of all games
Uniform format for all sections
Uniform format for all game descriptions
Uniform GARDEN theme started.
New links for all materials and resources (some of them are restricted or broken)
Monetization of some kind for access of site and resources.
Home page is a HOT MESS and needs to be cleaned up.
Game Core Progression Page is a amateur dumpster fire and needs attention.
Lists need to be made downloadable.
Lazzi & Impros need to be fleshed out with process and examples
META NEEDS
Lesson Planning Section Will Help These:
Readability and clarity is always always always in constant question.
Function and how a teacher uses the site for planning is in constant question.
Index Google Slide is falling behind but I feel it should be done at end.
TO DO:
Create new section of classroom virtues, policies, creative way\
Create a new page for lessons and use case scenarios
Create a how to use the site Google Slide.