In this class, students will meet each week to explore theatre, acting, and movement games! Through these games students will learn the basic concepts of acting: listening and responding with truth.

We will also incorporate the aspects of scene study into our games and scenes:

Who am I?
Where am I?
When is this scene taking place? (season, decade, year, month, day, time, "the moment before")
What do I want? (The character's objective)

Students will be given a scene to work on with another student. Each section (the day of the week your learner chooses to meet on a weekly, ongoing basis) will work together to find what we, as a group, are most interested in learning. If the group leans towards improvisation, we will dive deeper into those concepts. If a group is enjoying scene work, I will assign scenes and we will work together in break out rooms to study those scenes more deeply. All scenes will be age appropriate and from published works. 

***Each class will still receive a comprehensive and varied curriculum.***

 This is first and foremost a drama CLUB, and will be treated like an extracurricular activity more so than a class. There will be NO TESTS OR HOMEWORK except memorization of lines. 

This is a 8 week class and each class will build upon the last. Even though this is a "club", participation and good attendance is highly encouraged to get the most out of the class! 

Most importantly, this club is a safe space to try new things, be silly and "weird", and  GROW as a young actor! This is a "judgement free zone"! 

CLASS BREAKDOWN: (each class includes a warm up to start that includes a physical, verbal, and creative component)

Week 1: Getting to know you! Student introductions and group games

Week 2: Intro to Scene Work: What do we do when we get a script? How do we start? 

Week 3: Students receive their 1st scripts and meet their partners; students go into breakout rooms to read the scene with their partners and work ideas

Week 4: Warm up with improvisational techniques introduced, more scene work, digging deeper into scripts. Other students give each other constructive feedback and we bounce ideas off of each other. 

Week 5: Scene 1 "Performance" Students perform their scenes for each other and we reflect on how each scene has grown and changed from the first meeting; Laban efforts continued

Week 6: Scene 2 Day! Students receive new scenes and partners; Read through 1 of first scene

Week 7: Scene work and feedback day! First day of doing the scenes in front of other students; providing each other feedback and digging deeper into each script

Week 8: Scene 2 performance Day! 

* Syllabus subject to change at any time depending on class goals/attendance/teacher modifications