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Part of Elements of Costume Design *Hyperdoc Unit

Pitch Presentations

by Anna Porter

Students will demonstrate their understanding of design and collaborating on a costume team by presenting their costume design and costume team pitch presentations. Students will participating in survey activities to reflect on the design and collaborative process.
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# Costumes # hyperdoc # costuming
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Example of Student and Parent Contract

This is a template and example you can use with your student actors to ensure commitment and a clear understanding of expectations across all aspects of a high school production. There is also an example parent/guardian contract included, to ensure their understanding regarding production commitments, including attendance, participation fees, and parent volunteer opportunities. These are both designed to help you communicate with your student actors and parents in order to set your cast and families up for a successful production.
# The Classroom # acting
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Character Development in the Shakespearean Monologue

by Lindsay Price

To demonstrate how modern character development exercises apply to Shakespearean characters. Students apply exercises to a character from Shakespeare by examining at the character’s foreground and background, answering character questions, and creating the character’s physicality. This will demystify the process of preparing a Shakespearean monologue and give students the tools they need to prepare a monologue on their own.
# Shakespeare # character development # monologue # Shakespeare
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Unit Project

by Lea Marshall

Students will apply what they have learned in a final project. Their goal is to demonstrate their understanding of the elements and the historical and philosophical background of absurdism. This will be a multi-day project.
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Can You Hear Me Now? A Peer-Led Volume Exercise

by Kerry Hishon

The objective of this lesson is twofold: first, for students have the opportunity to perform individually onstage to practice volume, diction, and enunciation while speaking, and receive feedback from their peers on those elements. Second, students will then observe others’ performances and give feedback to their peers. Two challenges in one lesson!
# Acting # acting
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Audience Etiquette

by Lindsay Price

In a drama class there is often a focus on onstage activities: performance skills, staging a scene, ensemble building. But the audience plays a vital and necessary role in the process. Theatre does not happen without an audience. It’s important for students to be aware of and apply audience etiquette. In this lesson, students will explore the different ways an audience behaves depending on the event, what is bad audience behaviour, establish the rules, practice critical thinking as an audience member and complete an exit slip to demonstrate comprehension.
# The Basics # analysis
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Part of Front of House Unit

Basic Marketing

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration by learning about elements of a marketing poster and applying that information by designing a poster.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Meaningless Language and The Bald Soprano

by Lea Marshall

Students will explore the absurdism theatrical convention of using meaningless language to communicate (or not communicate) a larger theme of interpersonal relationships and misunderstandings. Students will create nonsensical scenes using their own text messages.
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Part of Theatre Etiquette Unit

Real World vs. Theatre World

by Kerry Hishon

Students will learn about creating a safe and professional space in the classroom and in the theatre, and how these principles can be applied to the real world. What are the best practices for etiquette in the classroom, which can also be used in rehearsal, and which can also be used in the real world.
# The Basics # etiquette
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Part of Tools of Scene Work Unit

Stage Business

by Anna Porter

Students will participate in an observation activity and play “What Are You Doing?” to explore how stage business affects performance. In this lesson, you will coach students through a scene with stage business, then they will apply stage business to their own performances.
# Acting # acting # scene work
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Approaching Random Tasks in Character

by Kerry Hishon

The objective of this lesson is for students to delve deeper into their roles by experimenting with performing a variety of everyday tasks while in character. As well, it offers students the chance to explore different ways of moving and thinking while in character.
# Character Development # character development # acting
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Part of Playwriting: Part 2 Unit

Session 4: How Do You Give/Receive Feedback?

by Lindsay Price

Students will discuss and examine how to give and receive feedback. Then students will read their first draft aloud and receive feedback on it.
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Part of Scene Work: Part 1, Tools of Scene Work Unit

Session 5: Stage Business

by Lindsay Price

Students will participate in an observation activity and play “What Are You Doing?” to explore how stage business affects performance. In this session, you will coach students through a scene with stage business, then they will apply stage business to their own performances.
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# Character Development # scene work
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Part of Scene Work: Part 1, Tools of Scene Work Unit

Session 2: Show and Tell Characterization

by Lindsay Price

Students will use “Show and Tell” to create a detailed background for their contentless scene character and improvise a personal interview with that character.
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Part of Playwriting Unit: Beginner Unit

What is a Playwright

by Lindsay Price

In this first lesson, students discuss their preconceived notions about playwriting, their expectations and fears, and identify actions: What does a playwright do?
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Part of Creating Your Own Musical Unit

Creating Musical Components

by Laramie Dean

In this series of lessons, students will use class time to work in groups to create as many musical components as they can given the time available.
# Musical Theatre # musical theatre
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Part of Stage Movement Unit

The Technicalities of Stage Movement

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss and apply technical aspects of moving on stage: sightlines and staying open. They then apply these aspects in a short scene.
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Part of Scene Work: Part 1, Tools of Scene Work Unit

Session 1: Introduction

by Lindsay Price

Students create a situation from a picture and examine the given clues to help fill in the gaps. Students then examine the clues in a contentless scene, fill in the gaps, and create their own scenario to perform.
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# Character Development # scene work
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Part of Playwriting Unit: Beginner Unit

What is Theatricality?

by Lindsay Price

Students will answer the question “What is theatricality?” in terms of what makes a play stageable. Students will apply this concept to a stageability exercise.
# Playwriting # playwriting
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Part of Scenic Design Unit

What is Scenic Design?

by Karen Loftus

Students explore the effect scenic design can have on storytelling using designed environments from known TV shows and movies.
# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stagecraft
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