February 4, 2012 - February 8, 2012

 Monday, February 4th:
Warm-ups:
Students create their own vocal exercises and present to class.
"Ninja-Rock-Scissors-Paper"
Theatre Games: Taxi, Genre, Four and One

Tuesday, February 5th:
Warm-ups;
Vocal Warm-ups
Sense Memory
"A Night at the Museum"

Students will choose a picture of someone they don't know.  They will create a backstory about that person and from that backstory, the student will create a monologue, which they will perform as that person.
Choose a picture.

Wednesday, February 6th:
Warm-ups:
Standing in a circle, one person begins a simple movement which everyone in the circle copies; then the next person in the circle changes it and everyone follows.  This is repeated around the circle until we get back to the first person. 
Vocal Warm-ups
Sense Memory

Creating a Character:
Each student will hold the picture of the person s/he has chosen and discuss the person: the age, the occupation, the city or country the person lives in, the neighborhood the person lives in, her or his family and friends.  What the person wants; what the person needs; what the person hopes for, what the person fears.

Thursday, February 7th:
Warm-ups:
Theatre Games:
"Just Questions Please!"
"Finish the Thought!"
Vocal 
Continue the"Creating a Character"

Friday, February 8th:
Warm-ups:
Vocal
Theatre Games:
Walk Along the Grid. When the group "decides", everyone stops.  When the  group "decides" to move, then everyone moves.  An emotion is given and everyone in the group walks until told to stop (One-Two-Three-Stop!) Everyone gathers in a group, expressing that emotion.

An emotion is assigned.  The students line up in two lines. A student steps forward, pauses, then moves to the front of the stage, expressing that emotion.  The student then crosses the stage to the other line, pauses, looks back at the audience with the same emotion before stepping back into line.

Quiet time: Students work on creating their monologues.