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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 Playwriting Unit

Structure

by Karen Loftus

Students begin their exploration of playwriting by learning about structure and applying the elements in a writing exercise.
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Part of Costume Construction Unit

Research Project: Costume Construction - Stitch Lesson

by Karen Loftus

Students take what they’ve learned about a new stitch and demonstrate a way to teach it to others.
# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stagecraft
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

Impossible Things are Happening Every Day

by Lea Marshall

Students will create a scene where impossible things happen and there isn’t a conventional response. This is a multiple-class lesson.
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Part of Playwriting Unit

The Unities

by Karen Loftus

Students continue their exploration of playwriting by learning about Aristotle’s Unities of time, place, and action. They apply the Unities in an improv.
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Part of Introduction to Musical Theatre: Movement Unit

The Body is Your Instrument

by Annie Dragoo

Students will demonstrate their understanding of the body’s importance to an actor.
# Musical Theatre # musical theatre
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Part of Realism and Naturalism Unit

Culminating Activities

by Drama Teacher Academy

Decide how students will demonstrate their knowledge of the unit. You can choose to have all your students do the same activity or allow students to choose from the provided activities to demonstrate their knowledge. You could also give students the choice to create their own assignment to demonstrate how they have mastered the content.
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Part of Spoken Word Poetry Unit

Structured Spoken Word Performance Rehearsal With Feedback

by Quincy Young

Students will follow a structure to rehearse their spoken word poetry performances with peer feedback.
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Emergency Lesson Plan: Reading Reflection and Response - I Can't Do It!

by Drama Teacher Academy

Students will read the provided text that explores a playwriting “non-truth.” Students will summarize the main idea of the text and share their personal opinions of the concept by answering questions. They will then complete a theatrical response to the text. Do they agree with the text? Disagree? Do they theatricalize the concept? This could be a scene, monologue, performance poem, costume, or set design, anything that can be put on paper and submitted.
# Emergency Lesson Plans # playwriting
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Part of Theatre Radically Reimagined: Exploring Artaud, Grotowski, and Boal Unit

Boal and Forum Theatre

by Ruthie Tutterow

Students will use a few of Boal’s group warm-ups and participate in Forum Theatre to help them work out issues of importance to them. Through this, they can also see new ways of using theatre to address group dynamics and social issues.
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Part of Elizabethan Theatre Unit

Context Clues

by Karen Loftus

Students review context clues and apply it to the Prologue from Romeo and Juliet.
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# Theatre History # theatre history
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Part of Tools of Scene Work Unit

Environmental and Personal Conflict

by Anna Porter

Students will play a drama game and participate in an exercise to explore how conflict affects their active tactics. Students apply conflict to a scene for performance.
# Acting # acting # scene work
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Part of Commedia dell'Arte Unit

Final Assignment

by Todd Espeland

There are two possible assignments for this unit. One that will take a week of class time, including performances and one that can be completed in a class period.
# Acting # commedia
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Emergency Lesson Plan: The Play Synopsis Project

by Lindsay Price

Use this ELP if you have to be away from class unexpectedly for 1-2 class periods. This ELP is not only a great exercise for students but will help identify and categorize what’s in your current classroom play library.
# Emergency Lesson Plans # emergency lesson plan
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Part of What is Theatre? Unit

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.”
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Part of Theatre of the Absurd Unit

The Pause in Waiting for Godot

by Lea Marshall

Students will demonstrate the absurdist dialogue convention of strange and ill-timed pauses by adding pauses to Lucky’s monologue from Waiting For Godot and either direct or perform with varying pauses in their performance.
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Part of Introduction to Technical Theatre: Distance Learning Unit

Theatre Hierarchy

by Lindsay Price

This lesson introduces students to the various roles in the theatre and how they make up a hierarchy. Students take on the role of one of these three important roles in a theatre production through an activity.
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# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # technical theatre
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Part of Scenic Design Unit

Utilizing the Script

by Karen Loftus

Students analyze a script to determine scenic needs. They utilize thumbnail sketches to explore potential designs for a play.
# Stage Management & Technical Theatre # stagecraft
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Part of Playwriting: Part 1 Unit

What is a Playwright?

by Lindsay Price

Students write on their preconceived notions about playwriting, their expectations and fears, and identify actions: What does a playwright do?
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Part of Acting for the Camera Unit

Commercials

by Ruthie Tutterow

Students will act in and direct a commercial. They will break a script down into shots to “cover” the script. They will also format a script into video and audio. Actors will need to hit marks, make a point concisely, and hit the time format of the commercial. They should also use the acting techniques for film as much as possible.
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