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Part of Playwriting: Part 2 Unit

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 2: First Draft Writing

by Lindsay Price

Students will outline and begin writing their first draft.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 9: Final Writing Day

by Lindsay Price

This is the last class session students have to work on their plays.
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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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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?
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

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.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Out of Tune

by Lea Marshall

Students will explore one of the four background/historical elements for Theatre of the Absurd. Within their groups, they will create a way to share their area of exploration with the class. This works best as a multiple-class lesson.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Cliches, Stereotypes, and Overused Phrases

by Lea Marshall

Students will explore using clichés, stereotypes, and overused phrases in dialogue as used in Theatre of the Absurd.
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Cliches, Stereotypes, and Overused Phrases in Waiting for Godot

by Lea Marshall

Students will be introduced to Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and examine clichés, stereotypes, and overused phrases.
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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 of the Absurd Unit

Acting the Absurd

by Lea Marshall

Students will explore acting the absurd by taking a blank scene and adding specific absurd acting choices.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Circular Plot Lines

by Lea Marshall

Students will explore the absurdism theatrical convention of circular plot lines that appear to go nowhere and end in unresolved situations. They will create a conventional and an unconventional (absurdist) plot line using a well-known fairy tale.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Circular Plot Lines in The Arsonists

by Lea Marshall

Students continue to explore the absurdism theatrical convention of circular plot lines that appear to go nowhere and end in unresolved situations. Students are introduced to The Arsonists by Max Frisch.
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

The Pause

by Lea Marshall

Students will perform a blank scene, varying the placements and lengths of pauses to show the absurdist convention of using pauses to create tension and misunderstanding. They will also be introduced to the master of the pause, Harold Pinter.
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