Items tagged "Scene Work"
5 Units, 3 Lesson Plans, 45 Resources, and 1 PLC tagged "Scene Work" for Drama Teachers.
Units
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Tools of Scene Work
by Anna Porter
7 lessons
Students are introduced to scene work performance through a simple, contentless scene unit. In this unit, performers will use exercises like “Show and Tell” to learn how to fill in the gaps of a story by creating scenarios and detailed characters with backgrounds.
Students will further fill in the gaps by exploring environmental and physical conflict as well as stage business. The lesson “Thou Shalts of Staging” will guide students through basic staging and performance technique.
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Scene Work: Part 1, Tools of Scene Work
by Lindsay Price
7 lessons
Students are introduced to scene work performance through a contentless scene unit. Students prepare and perform a contentless scene to demonstrate their understanding of characterization, staging technique, and working with conflict and stage business in a performance context.
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Scene Work: Part 2, Student Self Staging
by Lindsay Price
12 lessons
In Part 2 of Scene Work, students take everything they learned in Part 1 and apply it to the staging of a scene.
Students work independently to block, build character, experiment and rehearse a scene. You can continue the scene work process from Part 1, or if your students have a grounding with scene work basics, perhaps they just do Part 2 of this unit.
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Abstract Scene Performance
by Annie Dragoo
5 lessons
In this unit, students will create and perform an abstract theatre scene. Abstract is a genre that does not rely on realism and deliberately breaks the rules of a given form. In the case of theatre, this refers to the commonly presented rules of performance, acting, and the relationship with the audience. Movement is often stylized and symbolic. Ideas and themes are expressed visually and aurally with little dialogue using music, lights, costumes, and props.
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Scene Staging
by Lindsay Price
15 lessons
The goal for this unit is to give students a process to work primarily on their own to create a staged scene with specific, dynamic blocking and three-dimensional characters. This unit would work well as a culminating project for a semester. In this unit, students will work independently to analyze, block, build character, experiment, and rehearse a scene. Their performance can count as a summative assessment for the class.
Material: This unit requires that students have access to scenes from plays. Ideally, students should work in pairs and prepare duet scenes.
Lesson Plans
LESSON PLAN
Emergency Lesson Plan: Scoring a Scene
by Lindsay Price
1 resource
In this ELP, students will read a scene, identify the beats, apply action words to each beat, and reflect on how they would use this information to present the scene.
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Using Statistics as Scene Starters
by Kerry Hishon
This lesson provides two different exercises for students to try: Silly Statistics (Improv Game) and Serious Statistics (Theatre Exploration Project). The objective of this lesson is to give students the chance to think differently about how scenes can be developed and to show that ideas can come from just about anywhere—even supposedly “non-theatre-related” classes and topics.
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Six-Second Scenes
by Kerry Hishon
1 resource
Can you tell a great story in six minutes? How about in six seconds? You definitely can. Prior to TikTok, there was Vine—a short-form video hosting app where users created and shared six-second-long looping videos. Even within the limit of six seconds, creators were able to make fascinating and funny content to entertain and educate their viewers.
The following lesson challenges students to make a scene and tell a story in only six seconds. They have to make quick, precise decisions and get to the point right away. And, of course, they have tobe clear and easily understood by the audience. Your students can choose to either create and perform a live six-second scene or create, film, and edit a six-second video.
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Emotions List
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Do your students use the same emotions over and over again in scene work or in improvs? Get them used to expanding their feeling horizon with this list.
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Objects List
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Looking for new objects for students to use in improvs, mimes and scene work? This sheet has over 200 objects to choose from!
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Body Body
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Madeline (15) and Emily (18)
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Boys and Girls
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Keith (17) and Cameron (16)
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Still as Stone
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Shelley and Ben (both 17)
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Sunday Lunch
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Devon (17) and Rayden (15)
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Sweep Under Rug
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Miranda, Counsellor Kelly, Conrad, Ariel
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: The Bright Blue Mailbox Suicide Note
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Jake, Ken, Moe, Dennis, Karen, Lisa, Joan (all 17)
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Look Me in the Eye
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Rul (16), Rea (16), Tor (17), Fea (14), Vio (17)
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Betweenity
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Mom (45) and Daughter (17)
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: You
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: John (17), Juan (16), Joe (17)
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Among Friends and Clutter
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Jo, May, Helen. (all 16)
Genre: Drama
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Why so Emotional? A Guide for Highly Charged Scenes
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A guide for teachers to help with their student actors; to find the right balance within an emotional performance, including exercises that can be explored to counteract overemotional acting.
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Scenes for Classroom Study: The Four Hags of the Apocalypse Eat Salad at their General Meeting
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Devour, Image, Purge, Starve
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Hoodie
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Trilby (12) and Charlotte (12)
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Body Body (Scene 2)
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Gerald and Madeline (both 16)
Genre: Comedy
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Scene Work: Where do I Start?
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What steps should you take before you start rehearsals? Use this 8 step handout to get your students ready to rehearse.
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Scenes for Classroom Study: The Snow Show
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These resources are designed for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Ramona (16) and Jenny (16)
Genre: Dramedy
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Dialogue Prompts
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Use these dialogue prompts for improvisation work. Includes characters, location, want, and a first line for each prompt.
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Compare and Contrast (Ancient Greek)
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In this exercise students will read a scene in its original form, read a modern adaptation, and then compare and contrast the two.
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Duo Scene Information Sheet
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Use this template to track a duo scene, including play details, character details, objectives, obstacles, tactics, and more.
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What Does Your Character Want to DO?
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The actor has to only ask one question—what does the character want to do? (Bill Ball, A Sense of Direction)
• The to-do part is essential. It leads to action, and action is at the core of the acting process.
• That’s why it’s called acting, not talking.
• The to-do provides the character with a purpose.
This resource offers a list of potential 'to-do's to apply to scene work.
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What STOPS Your Character?
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Obstacles are the barriers and limitations the character must overcome to achieve their goal.
• Obstacles can be internal, such as emotional, psychological factors.
• External obstacles include an “other.”
• Obstacles are not limitations. Plays are about characters in conflict, characters in crisis.
• Obstacles spark creativity.
This worksheet helps actors define the obstacles in their scene work. What stops YOUR character?
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6 ft Scenes
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A collection of 15 scenes in which no two characters get within six feet of each other. Use them to explore the physical and emotional distance between people - what causes us to stay apart? Great for class work and competition, and where social distancing is required in class.
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Dealing with Absent Students During Scene Work: The Group Scene Project
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Do you have trouble rehearsing scenes in class because of absenteeism or school testing or any number of other events that pull students from your classroom? The rehearsal and performance of scenes are a key part of the drama curriculum, and all of these obstacles can bring scene work to a halt.
The Group Scene Project is designed to help circumvent obstacles of missing scene partners and give those students who are in class the ability to continue working on their scenes.
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Scenes for Classroom Study: The Hope and Heartache Diner
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Cooper, Liam, Dean
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Anxiety is Orange
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Chloe, Tyler
Genre: Vignettes
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Characters Behaving Badly
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Vac, Palla
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Patience Chose a Party
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Mellow, Kinsey
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Skid Marks 2: Are we there yet?
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Lisa, Bill, Melody
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Commedia Chekov - The Bear
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Ludmilla, Popova
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Commedia Chekov - The Proposal
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Lomov, Natalya Stepanova
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Patience Chose a Party (2)
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Bear, Boon
Genre: Comedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Still
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Nate, Caroline
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Thought Traps
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Ariane, Essa, Kate
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Characters Behaving Badly (2)
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Feejee, Gaz
Genre: Dramedy
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Scenes for Classroom Study: 6ft Scenes
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Here, There
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: 6ft Scenes (2)
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Me, You
Genre: Drama
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Scenes for Classroom Study: Skid Marks 2: Are We There Yet? (2)
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Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine.
Characters: Officer Emma, Connie
Genre: Comedy
PLCs
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Staging Scenes in the Classroom
Hosted by Matt Webster, Shelby Steege, Jeremy Bishop
42:06
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Best practices for staging scenes in the drama classroom.
