Welcome to Theater Arts! (Week of September 9)

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Theater I students should make a habit of visiting this page to:

1. Find PowerPoints/notes from class sessions they have missed.
2. Discover additional information about class topics they are interested in.
3. Find the plan for the week and any handouts/examples needed for class.

This week in class (September 9 through September 13):

Monday 9/9: 

• Story Maps DUE.  (They will be accepted LATE until Wednesday.)
• Topic: Storytelling.
• Story Map Presentations in front of class.

Tuesday 9/10:

• Story Maps will still be accepted (count for no more than 70%).
• Topic: Pantomime and Tableau.
• Vocabulary: pantomime, tableau, blocking.
• Group work: Create and present a short series of three tableaus in class.

Wednesday 9/11:

• Final day Story Maps will be accepted (count for no more than 70%).
• Topic: Primitive Theater (Rituals)
• Vocabulary: ritual, shaman
• Notes on Primitive Theater
• Review on improvisation skills

Thursday 9/12:

• Improvisation Skills Review
• Topic: Primitive Theater (Storytelling and Dance)
• Vocabulary: myth, Homer, dance
• Notes on Primitive Theater

Friday 9/13:

• Improvisation Skills Quiz
• Review primitive theater vocabulary/terms
• Improvisation

ELLISON DRAMA INFO:
Auditions for "Guys and Dolls" 9/10, 9/11, and 9/12 after school
Sign up at the Black Box.