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Producing a Show

Twelfth graders learn what a producer does — budgeting, securing a venue, marketing, running the box office, and assembling a team — the business and logistics that make a production possible.

Grade 12Production55 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Explain producing.
  • ✓Know a producer’s tasks.
  • ✓Match tasks to meanings.
  • ✓Make theater happen.
Essential Question

Behind every show is a producer making it happen — money, venue, marketing, and more. What does producing a show involve?

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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Producing Task

Project this and match each producing task to its meaning — tap a task, then tap its meaning.

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Task
What It Is
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The Lesson · Artistic Process (Warm-Up · Explore · Rehearse · Perform · Reflect)

55 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Making It Happen

6 min

Behind every show is a producer making it happen — what does producing involve?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show a production budget.
  • Ask what makes a show possible.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Wonder.
  • Warm up.
2

Explore — Producing

13 min

Students explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Match the Producing Task.
  • Match each one.
  • Discuss them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Discuss.
  • Name.
3

Rehearse — Rehearse

15 min

Students rehearse.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sketch a mini budget.
  • Plan the marketing.
  • List the team.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Budget it.
  • Market it.
  • List them.
4

Perform — Perform

13 min

Students perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present a production plan.
  • Explain a task.
  • Give critique.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Present.
  • Explain.
  • Critique.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a producing task.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre, HS Advanced).

NCAS
TH:Cr2.1.HSIII

Plan a production.

NCAS
TH:Pr6.1.HSIII

Produce and present theater.

NCAS
TH:Cn11.2.HSIII

Connect theater to careers.

NCAS
TH:Cr3.1.HSIII

Manage a production.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Task + meaning cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Use a production plan.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with budgeting and venue.
  • Match one pair at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Draft a full budget.
  • Plan a marketing campaign.
  • Assemble a team chart.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 💰A sample budget
  • 💻Match the Producing Task
  • 📋A production plan
  • ✏️Pens
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

producerwho makes a show happenbudgetthe money planvenuethe performance spacemarketingpromoting the showbox officeticket salesteamthe cast and crewlogisticsthe practical planningproductiona whole staged show
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is budgeting in a production?
Planning and tracking all the money.
QUESTION 2
What does marketing do?
Promotes the show to build an audience.
QUESTION 3
What is the box office?
Where tickets are sold and the audience is managed.

Reflect: make it happen.

Have students name two things a producer must arrange to put on a show. A printable producing sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: box office, budget, logistics, marketing, producer, production, team, venue
  1. the cast and crew
  2. a whole staged show
  3. the money plan
  4. the performance space
  5. who makes a show happen
  6. promoting the show
  7. ticket sales
  8. the practical planning

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is budgeting in a production?
  2. What does marketing do?
  3. What is the box office?
Answer key — Part A: 1) team · 2) production · 3) budget · 4) venue · 5) producer · 6) marketing · 7) box office · 8) logistics
Part B: 1) Planning and tracking all the money. 2) Promotes the show to build an audience. 3) Where tickets are sold and the audience is managed.