戲劇表演課：艾莉隊長歷險記！

In this 5-week theatre camp we'll be auditioning, rehearsing, and performing a play! 

With permission from the playwright, we will be presenting a 30-minute play called "The Adventures of Captain Ally". This is a fun, comedic play about making friends and standing up to bullying behavior, based on Committee for Children's Steps to Respect curriculum. It is an adaptation of a longer play that has been performed by a professional theatre company over two hundred times for elementary school children in Washington state.  

The synopsis: 
Louis has a problem--he's the new kid at school and he's getting bullied. While working on his school presentation on pirates, he falls asleep. When he awakens, he finds himself on a pirate ship! There Louis meets Captain Skalliwag and his crew. At first Louis is miserable--Captain Skalliwag has Louis scrubbing the decks and peeling potatoes with a dull spoon. But first-mate Davy gives Louis some much needed advice that helps him change his situation and stand up to Captain Skalliwag. Louis and the crew eventually become friends, and Louis helps the Captain hunt for hidden treasure as well as face his nemesis, the dreaded Captain No-Beard. What will become of Louis and the crew of the Buccaneer? Join us to find out!

I'll be emailing a PDF of the script before class. Students can choose to read a paper copy of the script, or read a digital copy side by side with Outschool on their computer screen during class. If using a paper copy, I'd encourage the script be stapled or kept in a 3-ring binder, to helper the students stay organized. In addition, I'll be sending out a few PDF's with additional crafts or activities for students throughout the week.

Week 1: Theatre games and an extremely laid-back audition
Week 2: Parts assigned and read through of the entire play
Week 3: Block entrances and exits on Zoom, talk about props, and read-through of play
Week 4: Character exercises, and read-through of play
Week 5: Final performance! Your family is welcome to watch the class recording after class 

*I spelled theatre two different ways in this listing so that the Outlook search engine would find this class. I prefer "theatre" but both are legitimate spellings!