Are we playing a game today?

I was chatting with a fellow teaching artist recently about creating more efficient lesson plans. We both agreed we’d like to “cut the fat” and get to the meat of each lesson, but struggled with our limited time with students. My colleague said something that I had a strong reaction to — they said, “maybe I should just cut out some of the theatre games from my lesson plans so we have more time for the learning objectives.” I audibly gasped. Not the theatre games! Those are the best part!