We’re excited to introduce our newest free lesson plans, created to accompany Exquisite Corpse—a sharp, darkly funny play about creativity under pressure and the risks of being honest in the wrong room.
Set during a single after-hours meeting of a high school literary magazine, Exquisite Corpse captures the moment when feedback turns personal and collaboration begins to fracture. As deadlines loom and stakes rise, students debate whose work deserves space—and whose voice gets sidelined. What starts as an editorial discussion becomes a revealing look at power, ambition, silence, and the emotional cost of creative judgment.
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What’s Inside the Free Lesson Plans?
This flexible, classroom-ready resource is designed to help students engage deeply with the play’s ideas while reflecting on their own creative experiences. Highlights include:
📝 Pre- and Post-Reading Questions
Frame discussion around feedback, authority, and competition in creative spaces students recognize.
👥 Character Analysis Activities
Explore how fear, ambition, and insecurity shape behavior during the meeting—without reducing characters to heroes or villains.
✍️ Creative Writing Projects
Write exquisite corpse poems and original poetry inspired by the play’s themes of collaboration, anonymity, and voice.
🎨 Design-Based Activities
Design a literary magazine cover or develop costume concepts for a staged production, using visual choices to express power and tension.
📚 Text Connections & Assessment Options
Thoughtfully curated comparisons and a range of assessments, from analytical essays to production concept proposals.
Bring Exquisite Corpse into Your Classroom
Whether your students are writers, artists, performers, or quiet observers, Exquisite Corpse opens the door to meaningful conversations about voice, vulnerability, and responsibility. Download the free lesson plans and invite your students to ask a question every creative space should confront: How honest is too honest—and who gets to decide?