INTRO TO THEATRE
Week 1 & 2 August 21 - August 31 Building the ensemble and defining the Actor's Tools
Define and develop SELF DISCIPLINE, TRUST, FREEING THE ACTOR WITHIN
OUR TOOLS
VOICE -- BODY -- IMAGINATION
VOICE: Work on Articulation and Projection - choose a short poem or a longer quote to work with in class.
Breathing exercises
Ten Steps ( Vibrate the wall)
Energy Up - Energy Down ( squats, jazz hands and a ten-count to full projection)
Recite your poem or quote
Awareness of your ability to control PITCH, TEMPO, INFLECTION
Improving Focus and Concentration: Zip Zap Zop and Rabbit-Elephant-Horse-Donkey
Week of SEPT 4 Developing our skills
VOICE and BODY together----- TO TEll THe TRUTH IN groups of five select a true story of one member. All tell it as their own. can we tell who's story it really is? If you use your imagination as well to not just memorize, but visualize the story you tell as your own, it will be difficult or impossible to tell who is telling the truth. How can the audience tell if are remembering your own story or somebody else's story?
What's on Broadway? Share non- musicals now and soon to be in New York.
Week of September 10 -- Body and Imagination together
BODY -- pantomimes
Choose an activity that you do every day. Practice doing it at home, paying attention to your own hands, body, so that you can do the activity exactly WITHOUT any objects. For example, brushing your teeth -- pay attention to how much space the tube takes up in your hand and form your hand exactly that way WITHOUT the tube.
Work with partners to tell a story without words -- only your body.
Re do with selection of appropriate music.
How does the music enhance the performance?
Week of September 17 -- Putting it all together
Techs – work Monday to organize music requested
techs -- Saturdays 10-4
techs - lighting: set up portable system for gym for 10/12
What is the West Virginia rule? WVA. How many lights? Find / make connectors. Find cable/ measure to outlets in gym. Figure out control - including LCD par. Find assemble trees. Make/find sandbags. Gels.
MOnday:
Animals Animals!
Circle on stage:
Part 1 Choose an animal to imitate. Come into the circle and move like the animal. Make sounds like the animal.
Part 2 Consider whether you are predator or prey. Consider your environment. How does this affect your movement? Will movement be the same at all times? What situations affect the way you move?
Part 3 Divide into 3 groups ( use the farm animals game –ducks, sheep, cows)
Three groups : add music and lights to create a performance of a watering hole where the animals gather.
Tuesday Re do pantomimes with music.
Critically respond---
How does the music enhance the performance?
Demonstrations of purposeful lighting.
What is the purpose of stage lighting?
Apply what we have learned: Using voice, body and imagination together.
Some students may volunteer to redo their original poem/quote more skillfully than the first time by employing all tools at once.
Read through PLAY : The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Shall we put the play on its feet?
Friday September 21
360degree tag --- introduce GOTE
Going on a camping trip
Monday September 24 -- guest Colin Riebel -- Life in the Arts after high school
remaining auditions with purpose
Tues.September 25
Vocabulary: blocking, mime, characterization, cheating, Stage Directions
Tech: How would you light this play? How would the lighting affect the telling of the story? What is the purpose of stage lighting? Demonstrations of purposeful lighting.
Going on A Camping Trip -- can anyone remember the items from Friday? How do we remember? How can we use tricks to remember lines, test material? etc.
Thursday:
The Lottery read through in parts after....
Vocabulary -- blocking, ensemble, giving focus
Stage directions
Ensemble should give themselves names and backstories. Why does Jack draw for his family? Directing a play -- mining the script and making choices: time period and place. Directorial choices should not go against playwright's intentions. If not specified, a choice can be made. Character choices must not go against given circumstances. What do the people of this community do? Dramaturgy -- research kinds of people/ names ( ethnic groups settled in different areas together. ) What would people wear? How can you research to find out? Properties: Who will make our rocks and stones. Black box, etc according to script description. LIghting. Sound. Makeup ( Old Man Warner, Stageblood?)
Friday -- work on play
select performance date
Week 1 & 2 August 21 - August 31 Building the ensemble and defining the Actor's Tools
Define and develop SELF DISCIPLINE, TRUST, FREEING THE ACTOR WITHIN
OUR TOOLS
VOICE -- BODY -- IMAGINATION
VOICE: Work on Articulation and Projection - choose a short poem or a longer quote to work with in class.
Breathing exercises
Ten Steps ( Vibrate the wall)
Energy Up - Energy Down ( squats, jazz hands and a ten-count to full projection)
Recite your poem or quote
Awareness of your ability to control PITCH, TEMPO, INFLECTION
Improving Focus and Concentration: Zip Zap Zop and Rabbit-Elephant-Horse-Donkey
Week of SEPT 4 Developing our skills
VOICE and BODY together----- TO TEll THe TRUTH IN groups of five select a true story of one member. All tell it as their own. can we tell who's story it really is? If you use your imagination as well to not just memorize, but visualize the story you tell as your own, it will be difficult or impossible to tell who is telling the truth. How can the audience tell if are remembering your own story or somebody else's story?
What's on Broadway? Share non- musicals now and soon to be in New York.
Week of September 10 -- Body and Imagination together
BODY -- pantomimes
Choose an activity that you do every day. Practice doing it at home, paying attention to your own hands, body, so that you can do the activity exactly WITHOUT any objects. For example, brushing your teeth -- pay attention to how much space the tube takes up in your hand and form your hand exactly that way WITHOUT the tube.
Work with partners to tell a story without words -- only your body.
Re do with selection of appropriate music.
How does the music enhance the performance?
Week of September 17 -- Putting it all together
Techs – work Monday to organize music requested
techs -- Saturdays 10-4
techs - lighting: set up portable system for gym for 10/12
What is the West Virginia rule? WVA. How many lights? Find / make connectors. Find cable/ measure to outlets in gym. Figure out control - including LCD par. Find assemble trees. Make/find sandbags. Gels.
MOnday:
Animals Animals!
Circle on stage:
Part 1 Choose an animal to imitate. Come into the circle and move like the animal. Make sounds like the animal.
Part 2 Consider whether you are predator or prey. Consider your environment. How does this affect your movement? Will movement be the same at all times? What situations affect the way you move?
Part 3 Divide into 3 groups ( use the farm animals game –ducks, sheep, cows)
Three groups : add music and lights to create a performance of a watering hole where the animals gather.
Tuesday Re do pantomimes with music.
Critically respond---
How does the music enhance the performance?
Demonstrations of purposeful lighting.
What is the purpose of stage lighting?
Apply what we have learned: Using voice, body and imagination together.
Some students may volunteer to redo their original poem/quote more skillfully than the first time by employing all tools at once.
Read through PLAY : The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Shall we put the play on its feet?
Friday September 21
360degree tag --- introduce GOTE
Going on a camping trip
Monday September 24 -- guest Colin Riebel -- Life in the Arts after high school
remaining auditions with purpose
Tues.September 25
Vocabulary: blocking, mime, characterization, cheating, Stage Directions
Tech: How would you light this play? How would the lighting affect the telling of the story? What is the purpose of stage lighting? Demonstrations of purposeful lighting.
Going on A Camping Trip -- can anyone remember the items from Friday? How do we remember? How can we use tricks to remember lines, test material? etc.
Thursday:
The Lottery read through in parts after....
Vocabulary -- blocking, ensemble, giving focus
Stage directions
Ensemble should give themselves names and backstories. Why does Jack draw for his family? Directing a play -- mining the script and making choices: time period and place. Directorial choices should not go against playwright's intentions. If not specified, a choice can be made. Character choices must not go against given circumstances. What do the people of this community do? Dramaturgy -- research kinds of people/ names ( ethnic groups settled in different areas together. ) What would people wear? How can you research to find out? Properties: Who will make our rocks and stones. Black box, etc according to script description. LIghting. Sound. Makeup ( Old Man Warner, Stageblood?)
Friday -- work on play
select performance date