Designed for teachers and performing arts directors who want to up their game in re-creating the live-theatre experience with more interactive potential. As a teacher in pursuit of distinguishing the difference between drama and performing arts courses under the restrictions of a pandemic, my goal is give my performing arts students the chance to learn from their remote audience in real time as they perform. There is so much more than applause that an audience gives, and it’s high time that performing arts teachers bring that awareness and training to their students.

When the pandemic closed theatres and shifted learning and working online, the value of video conferencing exploded. Surprisingly, however, theatres have not followed the lead of some sports that have provided their athletes with audience participation. Putting individual “ticket-holder” screens in seats is obviously cost-prohibitive, but finding a way to use video conferencing to re-create the interaction between audience and performer might not be as difficult as one thinks, even for a high-school teacher.

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