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Lighting Exercise

Have students brainstorm alternative lighting options for a scene when you can’t use a traditional lighting rig. What do they come up with? How can they experiment with existing lighting sources? (For example: flashlights) Sometimes their options will be the best options.

# Technical Theatre # technical theatre # lighting

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The Comedy Cornerstones for Commedia

A guide to the four necessary comedic tools for playing Commedia dell’arte: status, appetite, swing, and intention/invention.

# Commedia # acting # commedia

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Sample Rehearsal Schedule with Exercises

This is a sample six rehearsal schedule for a full length play. Use this as a model and modify according to your and your students' needs.

# Teacher Guides # Rehearsal and Production # rehearsal # directing

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Dialogue Prompts

Use these dialogue prompts for improvisation work. Includes characters, location, want, and a first line for each prompt.

# The Classroom # Improvisation # improv # scene work

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Activity: Sort the Props

A guide to the different types of props, and a sorting activity to help students identify props by category (scenic props, hand props, set dressing).

# Technical Theatre # technical theatre # props

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Stage Management Staff Breakdown

Here is one way to set up a stage management staff at your school. You know your students the best and you know that some can handle more responsibility and some may be better suited to certain tasks. Make sure your PSM is the one who represents the team especially to the actors.

# Technical Theatre # stage management # technical theatre

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Monologue This Workshop

Lindsay Price's Monologue This workshop, video taken live via Periscope.

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Monologue This Handout

# Webinars # monologue

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What is Lazzi?

Lazzi is a comic bit or piece of comic shtick based on character. In this handout, students learn where to start with Lazzi, with examples of Commedia characters and how they perform Lazzi.

# Commedia # commedia

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The Five Keys every Actor Needs to Know

Learn the five keys that every actor needs to know when rehearsing a play - designed to help students to their best work.

# Rehearsal and Production # rehearsal # acting

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Shakespeare Insults Exercise

If you want students to get comfortable with Shakespeare’s language, use insults. The objective of this exercise is to get students to use their voice and body as they practice words outside their natural normal vocabulary. To understand the statement: “Words do not mean what they mean, words mean what you intend them to mean.”

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Improvising Your Monologue Exercise

Use this exercise in the middle of a monologue project, to get students to the heart of the monologue, using improvisation techniques.

# The Classroom # acting # monologue # improv

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Scenes for Classroom Study: Funhouse

Use this scene in your classroom for character study, scene work, substitute teachers, performance, Individual Event competitions, and however else you can imagine. Characters: Popular Girl (13), Egg Girl (13) Genre: Drama

# Scenes For Classroom Study # scenes for classroom study

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Moving Warm-Ups

Use these exercises when you want to get students up on their feet and moving around the room before your first activity.

# Warm-Ups # warm-ups # games # movement

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Ten Rounds For Your Next Warm Up

Are you looking for a great vocal warm up that will improve their listening skills? Use rounds!

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The Vowel Tree

The Vowel Tree is a great warm up because it gets students used to just making sounds and working the entire range from the low end of the voice to the high end. You can find a video demonstration of The Vowel Tree in Lesson Two of the Friendly Shakespeare Course. Watch the video and try the exercise for yourself!

# Warm-Ups # warm-ups # games # voice

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Kitty in a Corner

This is a great movement and warm-up game, in which students need to communicate using eye contact as they move and switch spaces.

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Improv Warm Up Games

This resource has a list and description of six different warm-up games, great for improv groups or any theatre class.

# Improvisation # Warm-Ups # warm-ups # improv # games # movement

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Character Projection Warm Up

Use this warm up to get students not only thinking about the physicality of a character but projection as well.

# Warm-Ups # warm-ups # voice # games # movement

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Poster: The Role of the Audience

A printable poster for your classroom - with some key reminders of the role of the audience.

# The Classroom # Rehearsal and Production # Quotes & Posters # poster # acting # rehearsal

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Poster: Theatre Audience Etiquette

A printable poster for your classroom or theatre - a few simple rules for theatre audience etiquette!

# The Classroom # Rehearsal and Production # Quotes & Posters # poster # acting # rehearsal

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