LESSON PLANS: COLLEGE

Attached is the handout from Mary Anna Dennard's workshop: "I Got In: A College Audition Seminar."

This is a copy of the handout given at John Tartaglia's Puppet class at the 2011 Broadway Teachers Workshop

These are notes from Jennie Marino's prop design class at the 2011 Broadway Teachers Workshop.

This UbD constructed activity was designed while earning my MA in Theatre Education from the university of Northern Colorado.  It is designed to help students treat the performance of a song...

This project will consist of two components. The first is a written Concept Statement and the second is a Visual Concept Design Board. Both parts of the project...

Students design costumes based on a general idea, concept or theme of your choice.

Students do in-depth research and song analysis.

A character building/acting excersize using etudes from Great Scenes for Young Actors - Volume II.

A writing exercise to help find the objectives of your character.

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Teachers introduce open scenes to students. Helpful actor coaching exercise. Focuses actor in importance of working with partner. Boosts imagination and variety of approaching scenework.

How to Speak the Speech, insights in to the lines of Shakespeare

Vocal Improvisation in ostinato choral parts

Students will gain part-holding independence via a vocal warm-up

Four Stage Managing Handouts were distributed during the Session C Broadway Teachers Workshop. They are entitled "Scenic Elements", "Stage Managers Calling Script", "Actors Script", and "Stage...

Enhanced physicality, reaction, expression and connection between characters

Adapt scripts from stories in the news!

Global awareness of our ecological footprint is a responsibility of our global community.  Global action to prevent the destruction of our planet is a human necessity.  International...

This is an excellent exercise to begin working with the members of a new company/production. I’ve had success with players from ages 8 through adults with both performers and technicians. All...

- Students will learn to pick up on visual clues to create characters.
- Students will understand the importance of character back-story, motivation, goals, problems and conflicts.
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A step-by-step way to teach students an effective way to understand the full process of developing and writing a musical.

Quickly familiarizes actors with the plot/story arc of a new play or musical and initiates the actor's process of looking at the arc of the story as a means to investigate changes that characters...

A list of thought provoking questions to get an actor thinking about his or her craft and the nature of acting.

To memorize a song in order to clarify the meaning of its text, to practice diction, to place emphasis on being present and preparing a set up, and to develop coordination of rhyhm of text.

An informal investigation into the world we ask actors to immerse themselves in throughout the rehearsal and performance process.

Students improvise using the alphabet to forward a story. They will learn to understand sequence in script writing, develop characters, portray two characters in dialogue and memorize lines.

Exercise as an on-going rehearsal tool to sharpen a student's grasp of his/her objective and the various tactics he/she can employ to reach it.

A few ideas for anyone interested in producing or directing Little Women.

Effective ways to keep a journal in order to understand yourself entirely through character/body/acting development.