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Middle School Theatre Ensemble: What You Need to Be An Actor!

Completed by 4 learners
Ages 10-13
Live Group Class
We'll work on acting through scripts and improvisation. We will practice scenes and monologues from plays and movies and we will look at how a director works with actors in the theater and on camera. It's an acting class.......but so much more!
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Live video meetings
1x per week
4-10 learners per class
55 min

What's included

1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
Students should expect to have some work to do between sessions. The amount will always be up to each student based on what they have going on in their life and what they can reasonably devote to this class.

Class Experience

This course is a weekly equivalent of a middle school (maybe high school or undergraduate theater course.) However, it's guaranteed to be a lot more fun!

As an ongoing class, students will develop an ensemble of theater artists working together to learn and grow. The club members will determine our focus each week. 

Expected activities include:

--working on contemporary theatrical monologues
--rehearsing and presenting scenes between two or more actors from contemporary and classic plays
--learning the fundamentals of playwriting as we write monologues and scenes for each other to perform
--creating our own characters and scenes
--developing work together through ensemble creative process
--developing an understanding of the director's role in working with actors and rehearsing plays
--gaining confidence in auditions 

However, if there is interest in performing a scene from a favorite movie or TV show, that's absolutely going to happen!

Vaudeville routines? Sure. Commedia dell'Arte? I've got you covered.

It's all the social benefits of a drama club.....but with a highly experienced (but relentlessly amusing) instructor.

Please contact me with any questions about this course.

Learning Goals

Students will learn the language and skills of contemporary acting theories and practices.

Students will learn the components of strong playwriting.

Students will learn the skills of directing actors in scene work.

Students will learn how to collaborate with other artists through consensus building and constructive criticism.

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External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from UC San Diego
I'm a professional theater director, and I've been teaching high school and college students with theater companies and a variety of public and private schools and universities for 25 years.

Please read my full biography on my teacher page and let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

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