Welcome to Drama!

Welcome to Drama I!

What is Theatre?

"Students who study theatre learn to develop their common sense, their will power, and their courage.  They have to, because these qualities are essential to learning the craft of acting, or stage management, or design.  theatre students also develop the muscles of their creativity." -Bruce Miller

"To watch a play is to force ourselves to look harder, to pay attention to something that will never exist again.  The play is life compressed, and we watch it ferociously, the way we sometimes forget to watch the world around us.  Theatre trains us to see voraciously." - Stephen Gregg

"Theatre is a kind of immediate and vivid enactment of the very mystery of human existence." -Vaclav Havel

"It's empathy.  When you create that moment between the audience and the people onstage, you're asking the audience to live outside of themselves.  You're asking the audience to identify with people they might not normally ordinarily identify with." -Lin-Manuel Miranda

Week of 9/26

Drama I
Objectives

- TSW experiment with vocal exercises, intonation, and connotation.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to objects, environment, character, and various scenarios using movement and neutral dialogues.

- TSW practice using stage blocking as well as writing actable actions into their scripts.

-TSW begin rehearsing their neutral dialogue scenes.

Standards

TH:Cr3.1.3.b, TH:Cr3.1.4.b, TH:Cr2.1.II.b, TH:Pr4.1.5, TH:Cr1.1.5.c, TH:Cr2.1.5.a, TH:Cr2.1.III

Important Dates

Monday - Final Object Mime Scene Performances

Drama II

Objectives

-TSW rehearse their character monologues and movement

-TSW provide feedback to each other on their performances.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and storyline

-TSW write scenes that depict environment, character motivation, and conflict.

Standards

TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Pr6.1.4.a, TH: Cr1.1.III.a, TH:Cr1.1.5.c, TH:Cr2.1.5.a, TH:Cr2.1.III

Important Dates

Tuesday - Final Monologue Performances

Drama III/IV

Objectives

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and storyline, utilizing research.

-TSW rehearse and revise their monologues.

-TSW critique and provide feedback on each other’s performances.

-TSW design character, analyze story structure, and begin writing one-act plays.

Standards

TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr1.I.III.c, TH:Cr1.1.3, TH:Cr1.1.4, TH:Cr1.1.5 

Important Dates

Tuesday - Final Local History Monologue Performances

Week of 9/19

Drama I

Objectives

-TSW demonstrate their ability to objects, environment, character, and various scenarios using movement only.

- TSW practice using stage blocking as well as writing actable actions into their scripts.

- TSW experiment with vocal exercises, intonation, and connotation.

Standards

TH:Re7.1.4, TH:Re7.1.5, TH: Cr2.1.4, TH:Cr3.1.3.a, TH:Cr3.1.3.b, TH:Pr4.1.5.b, TH:Cr3.1.4.b, TH:Cr2.1.II.b

Finish rough drafts of scripts on Monday 9/19

Final performances on Thursday 9/22

Drama II

Objectives

-TSW select characteristics for an original character and create a monologue that reflects these characteristics.

-TSW begin rehearsing their character monologues and assign movement to their characters.

-TSW memorize their monologues and movement.

-TSW provide feedback to each other on their performances.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and story line

Standards

TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr1.I.III.c, TH:Cr1.1.3, TH:Cr1.1.4, TH:Cr1.1.5, TH:Pr6.1.4.a

Critiques and Checkpoints on Thursday 9/22

Final performances on Friday 9/23

Drama III/IV

Objectives

-TSW research information about local history and brainstorm characterization ideas, based on their research.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and story line, utilizing research.

-TSW brainstorm and provide feedback for the one-act project.

-TSW rehearse and revise their monologues.

-TSW critique and provide feedback on each other’s performances.

Standards

TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr1.I.III.c, TH:Cr1.1.3, TH:Cr1.1.4, TH:Cr1.1.5

Finish writing monologues on Wednesday 9/21

Final performances on Monday 9/26

Week of 9/12

Drama I

Objectives

-TSW demonstrate their ability to objects, environment, character, and various scenarios using movement only.

-TSW demonstrate a plotline and characters for their mime scripts.

- TSW develop their skills with creating character, environment, relationship, and objects through movement

- TSW practice using stage blocking as well as writing actable actions into their scripts.

Standards

TH:Pr4.1.3.b, TH:Pr4.1.5.b, TH:Re7.1.I.a, TH: Cr2.1.4. , TH:Cr3.1.3.a, TH:Cr3.1.3.b

Drama II

Objectives

-TSW discuss and reflect on how to apply the steps required for creating a character.

- TSW select characteristics for a character.

-TSW apply these characteristics to monologue-writing.

Standards

TH:Re9.1.II.c, TH:Re9.1.III.c

TH:Cr1.1.3, TH:Cr1.1.4, TH:Cr1.1.5

Personal Reflection Topics:

1.What did you personally contribute to your group?

2.Did you improve on any of the personal goals you set for the school year?

3.What did your group do well?  What could they have improved on?

4.What did you do well?  What could you have done better?

Drama III/IV

Objectives

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and a storyline via movement and dialogue.

-TSW provide positive criticism for performance improvement.

-TSW research information about local history and brainstorm characterization ideas, based on their research.

Standards

TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr1.I.III.c, TH:Cr1.1.3

Final Performances on Tuesday

Report to the library on Wednesday & Thursday 

Week of Monday 9/5

Drama I
Objectives
-TSW discuss and practice creating objects, environment, character, and various scenarios using movement only.

-TSW develop a plotline and characters for their mime scripts.

Standards

TH:Pr4.1.3.b, TH:Pr4.1.5.b

Important Dates

Finished silent scene scripts due on Friday 9/9

Final performances on Tuesday 9/13

Drama II
Objectives

-TSW develop characterization and plotline.

-TSW rehearse movement and work on memorization.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and a storyline via movement and dialogue.

-TSW provide positive criticism for performance improvement.

-TSW discuss the steps required to creating a character.

-TSW brainstorm and select characteristics for a character.

Standards

TH:Cr3.1.5, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Cr3.1.II.a, TH:Re9.1.II.c, TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr1.1.3, TH:Cr1.1.4, TH:Cr1.1.5

Important Dates

Final performances on Wednesday 9/7

Drama III/IV
Objectives

-TSW develop characterization and plotline.

-TSW rehearse movement and work on memorization.

-TSW demonstrate their ability to create character and a storyline via movement and dialogue.

-TSW provide positive criticism for performance improvement.

-TSW brainstorm for and recall the requirements of one-act plays.

-TSW evaluate each other’s ideas and provide feedback.

Standards

TH:Cr3.1.5, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Cr3.1.II.a, TH:Re9.1.II.c, TH:Re9.1.III.c, TH:Re8.1.5.c, TH:Pr6.1.5.a, TH:Re7.1.5, TH:Cr2.1.III.a, TH:Cr1.1.5

Important Dates

Final performances of science fiction scenes on Thursday 9/8

Brainstorm potential characters and story lines for One Acts by Friday 9/9