Theater I: Journal Entries #5, #6, #7 (4/15-4/16)

Journal #5: WORKING INDEPENDENTLY

In what classes are you expected to work independently? What are the rules you are expected to follow?

Journal #6: NOTES

Rehearsals: A How-To Guide

What to Bring With You:

script, pencil, other work to work on!

Rehearsal Procedures

1.Actors & crew members sign in.
(Think: taking roll.)

2.Warm-ups – director’s choice.
Sometimes improv games, sometimes stretches, vocal warm-ups

3.Crew and/or cast set-up.
They get stage set up with furniture, props, etc. Sometimes they’ll just “tape it.”

4. Director gives the start.

Usually, a page number or a line.

5. Actors take places.
They know where they should be on stage!

6. Director gives blocking.

7. ACTORS WRITE THEIR BLOCKING IN THEIR SCRIPT. IN PENCIL ONLY.

Journal #7: PHOTO ANALYSIS

Find a photo of one or two people expressing emotion. (Tip: Look in your textbooks!)

Who are these people? What are they discussing? What emotions do you see?