Production Case Study: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Episode 208: Production Case Study: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown Bekah Schneider is a teacher in South Korea and there was a lot to overcome with this production: students not knowing the source material, fear of failure, and doing choreography by Skype. After all that this was her best production experience in 20 years. Listen in to learn why! Show Notes Drama Teacher Academy * Click the photo below to see more from the show!   Episode Transcript Welcome to the Drama Teacher Podcast brought to you by Theatrefolk – the Drama Teacher Resource Company. I’m Lindsay Price. Hello! I hope you're well. Thanks for listening! This is Episode 208, and you can find any links to this episode in the show notes which are at Theatrefolk.com/episode208. Today, we’ve got a production case study. Oh, production case studies are some of my favorite, favorite episodes. I hope you like them, too! I hope you like them, but I like them because I love learning the how and the why behind a production, and this particular conversation is a real treat. We’re talking musicals today – one particular musical – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Our guest today had quite the experience with the show. Little teaser for you! Let’s find out why! I’ll see you on the other side. LINDSAY: Hello everybody! Welcome to the podcast! I am talking with Bekah Schneider. Hello, Bekah! BEKAH: Hey there! LINDSAY: First of all, tell everyone where in the world you are. You’re in an extra special place. BEKAH: I am in Suwon, South Korea. LINDSAY: This is pretty awesome because I’m doing this recording which will mean nothing to you much later in the time when this gets posted, but it’s a Thursday night, and where you are, it’s a Friday morning. BEKAH: Yes, it’s true. It’s very fun. LINDSAY: Yes, I’m sure it is. It must be hilarious when you’re trying to communicate home, you know? BEKAH: Yes. Yes, exactly. LINDSAY: How long have you been a drama teacher? BEKAH: I have been a drama teacher officially in school systems, this is year seven. LINDSAY: Were you an unofficial drama teacher? BEKAH: Yeah. Actually, you know, I was a professional actress growing up and I did work in our state and traveled with our state. And then, I was a creative director at the church and did acting classes for students outside of that. I didn’t step into formal classroom education until much later in life, but it’s been very fun. LINDSAY: What made you want to step into the classroom? BEKAH: I loved what I did working with children, but I knew the influence of working with children would be greater if I had kind of a steady stream of students and classes. I am a single parent. And so, from a work perspective, teaching was something that I was passionate about already with the schedule and then working with children,