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Directing: What Is the Purpose of Production?

by Lindsay Price

The director Max Reinhardt said that, “Our standards must not be to act a play as it was acted in the days of its author.” Use this quote as a reflection point for students. Students will take a play from another era and create a 1-minute presentation that demonstrates how a production can take a play beyond how it was acted in the days of its playwright.
# Directing # directing # production
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Stage Management Calls Game

by Karen Loftus

It’s important for students to be aware of both onstage and offstage theatre roles. But applying stage management tasks to a classroom setting is not always easy to do. The Stage Management Calls Game gives students a practical way to hear and react to the various things a stage manager may say during a rehearsal or technical rehearsal.
# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stage management # technical theatre
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Cross Curricular Lesson Plan: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

by Lindsay Price

This cross-curricular lesson plan uses a picture to illuminate a historical moment that we don’t often see. How does seeing the event in a different light change the perspective? This is a great lesson to enforce the idea that characters aren’t always what they seem - whether students are preparing a character to perform, or if they are writing a play.
# Group Activities # group activities
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Part of Pantomime Unit

Defining Pantomime

by Angel Borths

To define pantomime, build a working class definition then introduce the pantomime concept through class games.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Details of Pantomime

by Angel Borths

To recognize the importance of details in pantomime and practice pantomime details.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Ground Plans & Stage Directions

by Angel Borths

To learn how ground plans and stage directions can be used for pantomime.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Rehearsal Day 1

by Angel Borths

To apply knowledge toward a pantomime performance.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Rehearsal Day 2

by Angel Borths

To apply knowledge toward a pantomime performance.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Pantomime First Showing

by Angel Borths

To apply knowledge toward a pantomime performance.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Pantomime Fix Day 1

by Angel Borths

To apply feedback and make revisions.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Pantomime Fix Day 2

by Angel Borths

To apply feedback and make revisions.
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# Acting # pantomime # acting
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Pantomime Final Showing

by Angel Borths

To apply knowledge through performance.
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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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# Acting # acting
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Gesture

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss and apply the different ways one can communicate through gesture.
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# Acting # acting # pantomime
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The Specifics of Holding an Object

by Karen Loftus

Students are introduced to the techniques of hand position, tension, follow through, action/reaction/interaction.
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# Acting # acting # pantomime
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Tableau

by Karen Loftus

Students continue exploring nonverbal communication through tableaux.
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# Acting # acting # pantomime
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Unit Project

by Karen Loftus

The final project for this unit is a simple two-person pantomime of up to one minute in length. The objective is for students to utilize mime, body language, and facial expression to tell a basic story: an activity that has an obstacle that they overcome or get past.
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# Acting # acting # pantomime
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Part of Voice Unit

What makes a “good voice?”

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss and apply aspects of what makes a voice a “good voice:” projection, articulation, posture, proper breathing.
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# Acting # voice # acting
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Resonance

by Karen Loftus

Students learn about the resonators and use them in an exercise.
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# Acting # voice # acting
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Articulation

by Karen Loftus

Students learn about the articulators and use them with tongue twisters and additional exercises.
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