![]() ![]() It wasn’t something we were looking for, but I’m so glad we’re here. We really felt like just the series of events that orchestrated us over here were pretty phenomenal and really unexpected. So, we’ve been overseas for three years now. In fact, even with our DTA community, there’s many of us from all over the world.Īnd so, he had been over here for twenty years and called me and said, “There’s a job and you should apply.” I said, “No, I’m super happy.” He’s my older brother, so he kind of bullied me and harassed me into at least looking at it.Īnd then, I applied confident that I would never get the job and confident that we would never move and, you know, we did. My brother actually moved to Korea twenty years ago and has been in the international school scene. I get to do what I want to do which is drama. And so, from a work perspective, teaching was something that I was passionate about already with the schedule and then working with children, and it just kind of all fit together. LINDSAY: What made you want to step into the classroom?īEKAH: 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 didn’t step into formal classroom education until much later in life, but it’s been very fun. And then, I was a creative director at the church and did acting classes for students outside of that. Actually, you know, I was a professional actress growing up and I did work in our state and traveled with our state. LINDSAY: Were you an unofficial drama teacher?īEKAH: Yeah. ![]() LINDSAY: How long have you been a drama teacher?īEKAH: I have been a drama teacher officially in school systems, this is year seven. It must be hilarious when you’re trying to communicate home, you know? 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. LINDSAY: First of all, tell everyone where in the world you are. ![]() LINDSAY: Hello everybody! Welcome to the podcast! Little teaser for you! Let’s find out why! Our guest today had quite the experience with the show. We’re talking musicals today – one particular musical – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. 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. Oh, production case studies are some of my favorite, favorite episodes. Today, we’ve got a production case study. This is Episode 208, and you can find any links to this episode in the show notes which are at /episode208. Welcome to the Drama Teacher Podcast brought to you by Theatrefolk – the Drama Teacher Resource Company. ![]()
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