Wordplay

WORDPLAY is the brain child of Thom Bray, who has been an actor and television writer/producer for over 30 years. At the age of 50, he went back to school and got his Masters in Teaching so that he might pass on to young students his love of the arts. In the last 5 years he has taught middle and high school Drama. He also teaches the craft of Television Script Writing on the university level. Wordplay Theatre Company, based in Portland, Oregon, dramatizes classic short stories and poetry, performing live, on stage, and in recordings available through the miracle of the Internet. The WORDPLAY method is unique; each story is rehearsed many times and then recorded "live" with a minimum of editing, giving these recordings a fresh feeling not found in most recorded classroom materials. students and teachers alike have been delighted by our presentations. Try us--we know you'll be happy! Many thanks, THOM

I believe that students respond best to "as-if" learning. For example, if you want students to learn science, treat them as-if the actually were scientists; create authentic performance tasks with real life excitement. For TeachersPayTeachers, I have created a series of podcasts of dramatic readings of classic Literature. These readings have been used by classrooms throughout America. It helps that I'm an actor and a teacher, and it helps that I used to do voices for cartoons--like Scooby Doo and Teenage Ninja Turtles!(For a list of my professional acting and writing credits:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106257/)

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BA Music/Drama @ HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY; MFA Graduate Studies in Theatre Management @ BROOKLYN COLLEGE; MAT @ Pacific University;

Also: thom-bray.com