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Session 2

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to the concept of specific detail in pantomime and apply it in nonverbal exercises.

# pantomime

Session 3

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to the concept of specific detail in pantomime and apply it in nonverbal exercises.

# The Basics # pantomime

The final project for this unit is a simple one-person pantomime. The objective is for them 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).

# pantomime

Session 1

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to the concept of what makes a good voice and how to achieve it through breathing and proper posture.

Session 2

by Lindsay Price

Students explore resonance and the resonators.

Session 3

by Lindsay Price

Students explore articulation and the articulators.

Unit Project

by Lindsay Price

This is a simple project. Your students are going to tell a joke to the class. The reason to use a joke or a riddle (rather than a poem, prose piece, monologue, or scene) is that students in the audience will want to hear the answer. They will be more engaged in the simple joke or riddle than passively listening to something else.

Session 1: Playwriting Project Introduction

by Lindsay Price

Students will receive the criteria for their play project and start work on their outline.

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Session 1 Slide Deck

Session 2: First Draft Writing

by Lindsay Price

Students will outline and begin writing their first draft.

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Session 2 Slide Deck

Session 3: What is Theatricality?

by Lindsay Price

Students will discuss the question “What is theatricality?” in terms of what makes a play stageable. Students continue to work on their first draft.

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Session 3 Slide Deck

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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Session 4 Slide Deck

Session 5: First Draft Submission

by Lindsay Price

The first draft is due in this class. Students will have time to work and then submit.

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Session 5 Slide Deck

Session 6: Post-First Draft Questions

by Lindsay Price

Students are given time to work on their second draft. Students also review the Post-First Draft Questions to apply critical thinking skills to their draft.

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Session 6 Slide Deck

Session 7: In-Depth Character Profile

by Lindsay Price

Students are given time to work on their second draft. Students will receive an In-depth Character Profile sheet to help them apply critical thinking skills to their draft.

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Session 7 Slide Deck

Session 8: Feedback 2

by Lindsay Price

Students are given time to work on their second draft. Students also give and receive feedback on their draft.

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Session 8 Slide Deck

Session 9: Final Writing Day

by Lindsay Price

This is the last class session students have to work on their plays.

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Session 9 Slide Deck

Sessions 10 & 11: Practice, Staged Reading, Reflection

by Lindsay Price

In these last two sessions, students will focus on the performance aspect of playwriting. Students will practice in groups, present an online staged reading, and reflect on their experience with the unit.

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Session 10 & 11 Slide Deck

Gender and Casting

by Kerry Hishon

In this lesson students will have the opportunity to explore and discuss ideas and concepts related to gender in plays, to try making casting decisions themselves, and to consider how gender can affect how an actor portrays a character and is perceived by an audience member. Can they look beyond the male/female binary and be thoughtful and inclusive in their casting choices?

# Character Development

Visual Absurdity

by Lea Marshall

To introduce Theatre of the Absurd, students will look at photos from Europe after World War II to inform the reflection monologues they will write later. First, they will discuss an assigned photo in groups. Next, they will create group tableaux and write personal reflection monologues.