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Culminating Activity

by Lindsay Price

Students work together to come up with a solution for the famous “exit, pursued by a bear” stage direction from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale through written response, drawing, and making a design element with materials found at home.

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Slide Deck - Culminating Activity Instructions

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre

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Unit Project: Performing a Shakespearean Scene

by Matt Webster

Students analyze, rehearse, and perform Shakespearean scenes using the concepts introduced over the course of the unit.

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Slide Deck Lesson 5

# Shakespeare # Shakespeare

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The Acting Resume

by Lindsay Price

An actor needs two documents when they audition for a role: a resume and a headshot. What should go on an acting resume and what should stay off of it? What is an auditioner looking for? Students will discuss the purpose of an acting resume, review a model, and reflect on the process. Students will use this template when they create a resume for their mock audition.

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Create Your Own Drama Activities Choice Board

Instructions on how to create your own Choice Board for drama activities, including options for physical exercises, vocal exercises, technical theatre, form/style adapt, playwriting and character acting/analysis. Adaptable to use with technology or without.

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Template - Editable for Choice Board

# Send-Home Packets # choice board

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Practicing with Devised Theatre; Dreamgirls

by Laramie Dean

In this lesson, students will present their devising pieces and prepare to watch the next musical, Dreamgirls.

# Musical Theatre # musical theatre

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Problem Solving for Student Directors

by Kerry Hishon

Students will work on a problem-solving scenario that may arise while working with peers/friends during the rehearsal process. They will first work together as a group, and then individually submit an Exit Slip.

# Directing # directing

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Introduction

by Lindsay Price

In this introduction lesson, students will begin with terminology, discussion about their own knowledge and views, and try out the role of the critic in a low-stakes exercise. Is it possible to give an informed opinion about a crumpled up piece of paper?

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Scenes for Classroom Study: The Four Hags of the Apocalypse Eat Salad at their General Meeting

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Devour, Image, Purge, Starve Genre: Drama

# Scenes For Classroom Study # scene work # character development # scenes for classroom study

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Scene Assignment: Presentation

by Josh Hatt

Students review what makes a scene technically effective. They are given time to rehearse and then present their scenes. The emphasis is on the groups demonstrating a knowledge of staging effectiveness.

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre # stage management

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Scene Building and Polish

by Marsha Walner

Groups will polish their piece, ensuring everyone is clear on their responsibilities as well as requesting any production elements necessary.

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The Colour Wheel

by Holly Beardsley

Costuming with colour is another technique to unify a look for a show. It’s a great way to visualize theme and mood. How do different colours make you feel? What colours are associated with different moods? Can colour be used to identify a group? Students will first assess character types and use the colour wheel to create a costume look. Their task for the lesson is to assign colours to different groups in a play, based on relationship, mood, and era.

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Slide Deck Lesson 5

# Costumes # costuming

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Sound Assignment

by Josh Hatt

Students continue to work on their sound assignment. They will rehearse their scenes, continue to discuss sound effectiveness and reflect on their work in class.

# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre

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Scene Development

by Marsha Walner

Students will form small groups and delve into one style. They will use that style to retell a common folktale or story, conceptualizing how their story will unfold on stage.

# Theatre History

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04 - Adapting an In-Class Lesson

Lindsay Price leads a presentation on adapting an in-class lesson for distance learning, followed by a panel discussion.

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# DTA Virtual Conference 2020

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Introduction to Pantomime

by Bethany Kennedy

Students will learn and practice pantomime skills by developing, communicating and sustaining the size and shape of mimed objects.

# Genre # pantomime

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The Fourth Wall

by Elisabeth Oppelt

The fourth wall is an imaginary wall that stands between the actors and the audience. As actors we tend not to speak to, look at or acknowledge the audience when we are performing. We want the audience to be observers but not necessarily involved in the scene. There are times however when we want to speak directly to the audience. When we do, that is called breaking the fourth wall. It is a technique that can be useful in specific instances but should not be abused by actors.

# Acting # acting

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Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

Students will be able to take everything they’ve explored about commedia and create a simple scene.

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Slide Deck Unit Project

# Acting # Commedia # commedia # acting

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Medieval Drama - Morality Plays

by Lindsay Price

Lessons to cover two class periods. Students learn the elements of a Medieval Morality Play and then create their own morality play with a modern context. Includes a modern version of "Everyman" and three assessment rubrics.

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