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Part of Scene Staging Unit

Character Physicalization, Part 1

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will explore their character’s physicality. These exercises don’t require any assigned blocking, and students only have to memorize one line.
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Initial Blocking

by Lindsay Price

Students will identify and notate existing blocking for their scenes. They will also walk through each section beat by beat and notate further blocking.
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Memorization Techniques

by Lindsay Price

To apply memorization techniques as part of the goal of a staged scene with specific, dynamic blocking and three-dimensional characters. This lesson will focus on practicing a variety of memorization techniques.
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Stage Pictures

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students explore a variety of ways to create dynamic staging pictures when blocking a scene. They will discuss the results and reflect on whether or not what they’ve learned should be added to their blocking.
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Character Physicalization, Part 2

by Lindsay Price

Students will revisit character physicality choices and solidify that they are a part of their staging. Additionally, there is an exercise to further explore character physicality.
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Rehearsal

by Lindsay Price

This lesson is a straight up rehearsal period. Students will have 30 minutes to rehearse and decide on a section they’re going to show the class. They will perform their section without scripts.
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Purposeful Action

by Lindsay Price

In their rehearsal today, students will review their blocking choices with a specific objective of making every action in the scene purposeful and theatrical through character wants, audience connection, and vocal clarity.
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Removing Actor-Driven Movement

by Lindsay Price

In this rehearsal, students will share their scenes with another group with the specific focus of examining it for actor-driven movement rather than character-driven movement: shuffling their weight back and forth between their feet, playing with their hair, vaguely gesturing with their hands, etc.
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Final Rehearsal

by Lindsay Price

This is it! The final rehearsal before students perform. Students focus on getting those last few lines word perfect, reflect on where they are, and do final run-throughs.
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Performing the Scene

by Lindsay Price

Students perform their scenes and complete a Post-Performance Reflection.
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Creative Thinking: Writing the Next Scene

by Kerry Hishon

A common acting exercise for students is to imagine what their character is doing next when they exit a scene and what they’re doing when they aren’t onstage. In this lesson, students will explore this exercise through playwriting by writing the next scene for an exiting character. Where did they go? What are they doing? Why did they leave? Note: This lesson could also be used as an emergency lesson plan if you’re in the middle of a play study unit and have an unexpected absence. It could also work as an independent project.
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Critical Thinking: Fight Scene Analysis

by Drama Teacher Academy

Stage combat is a form of storytelling. The fights need to continue the story that the actors are telling through their lines and scene work. And what makes a fight look even better is the performers’ actions and reactions to the fight. If a character resorts to violence, they’re obviously feeling strong emotions. This lesson allows students to think critically about how a fight affects a character physically and mentally and how the fight tells the story.
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Emergency Lesson Plan: Write the Ending

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Students will read a text. They will respond to post-reading questions. They will then write their own versions of the next scene. What happens after the last line of dialogue? How will it end for the characters? What happens next, positively and negatively?
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

Absurdism and Other Isms

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will define the different eras of the beginning to the middle of the 20th century and apply their knowledge in exercises.
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

The Theatre of the Absurd

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the traditionally studied playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd era.
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will move beyond the traditional origins of Theatre of the Absurd through two different playwrights: Vaclav Havel (Audience) and Issam Abdel-Masih Mahfouz (The Dictator), both of whom write about environments where power has created a distorted reality. Students will be introduced to these playwrights and then write their own version of a distorted reality.
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

Through the Lens of Women Writers

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will be introduced to Sheila Callaghan and Caryl Churchill, who bring their own lens to the absurd. Students will then write their own scenes using the same meme that inspired Sheila Callaghan to write her play Women Laughing Alone with Salad.
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

A World Which No Longer Makes Sense

by Lindsay Price

In this lesson, students will be introduced to a Black writer who explores racism through the absurdist form: Adrienne Kennedy.
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Part of Absurdism: Beyond the Origins Unit

Unit Projects

by Lindsay Price

Decide how students will demonstrate their knowledge of the unit. A variety of activities have been provided. 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. Rubrics are provided.
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Part of Design Unit

Texture

by Matt Webster

Students explore the design concept of texture and how it can be used by a designer to affect an audience. They will also combine what they have learned thus far to create a dream room.
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