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Conflict

by Lindsay Price

Along with character, conflict is one of the backbone elements of a good play. In this lesson, students will work on a conflict profile.

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Session 6 Slide Deck

# Playwriting # playwriting

The final project for Part 1 of this unit is for students to write examples of what has been explored so far in the following way: • A two-person, one-location, one-page scene. • Each character has a want, there is an obstacle to their want, and they apply tactics to get what they want. • A separate (ie: not included in the scene) half-page monologue for one of the characters in the scene. • A character profile for each of the characters. The objective is for students to apply all the elements they’ve learned so far in dramatic writing.

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Unit Project

# Playwriting # playwriting

Session 1

by Lindsay Price

Students expand on the definition of theatre and explore the excitement and intimacy of something “live” in the moment. They will discuss the differences between theatre and film, and hopefully, they will have a “dramatic moment.”

Session 2

by Lindsay Price

Students learn and apply specific theatre roles.

Bonus Session: Who's Who in a Theatre Company

by Lindsay Price

Students will identify and understand the roles and responsibilities in a theatre company: artistic, production, and business.

Guideline 1: Accept the Offer

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 1 “Accept the Offer” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.

Guideline 2: Make Choices

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 2 “Make Choices/Bring Information to a Scene” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.

Guideline 3: Make the Active Choice

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 3 “Take the Active Choice” and apply their knowledge through a warm-up and improv exercise.

Guideline 4: Make Your Partner Look Good

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 4 “Make Your Partner Look Good” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.

Guideline 5: Relax, Have Fun, and Don't Force the Humor

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to Guideline 5 “Relax, Have fun, and Don’t Force the Humor” and apply their knowledge through warm-up and improv exercises.

Unit Project

by Lindsay Price

The final project will allow students to demonstrate their improv skills in a two-person scene.

Session 1

by Lindsay Price

Students are introduced to the concept of gesture in pantomime and apply it in a nonverbal exercise.

# pantomime

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

Unit Project

by Lindsay Price

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.