Structure
Drama Studio’s Introduction requires a new way of thinking about words, self, and other students, including a new way of working with focus, awareness, and productive control of our “actor’s tools” (body, voice, emotion, experience, space, connections with others). It provides an orientation to the responsibility and the power of bringing words and characters to life. It creates an excited, eager self-identification as a writer.
In this introductory / ELA specific focus content program, we will be working with source texts provided by or requested by the teachers in this introductory unit. Duration of this unit will be evaluated by progress of students, and how it is supporting greater classroom work.
Q&A:
What makes a TheaterReader?
How is good theatre a form of good reading?
What do you and stories have to make the words come to life? To get the picture in the audience’s head?
Whether they want it to or not?
What are the Actor’s / Reader’s tools?
Using content improv and forms below, each session will contain:
A. Introduction: discussion and setting of goals and questions
B. Warm Up: awareness of and development of skills in essential tools of a TheaterReader
C. Content: application of theatre forms and writing techniques, with the integration of source text. The fluidity between improv and text-based source will develop fluency with both forms (text reading and on-your-feet-bring-words-to-life), and develop the understanding that TheaterReaders see, hear, feel, taste, embody good writing on-page and stage.