SEPTEMBER 30

Today's Focus: Pantomime Project Development

Activities:
- Drop In
- Floppy Fish, Dolphin
- Concentration Arms
- The Moving Object Pantomime Exercise
- Individual Project Work Time

SEPTEMBER 29

Today's Focus: Pantomime Fine-Tuning

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- Creating the Object Warm-Up
- "Who, What, Where" Pantomime Cards
- Project Development Time

SEPTEMBER 26

Today's Focus: Pantomime Project Development

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- "Where" & "What" Pantomime Cards Warm Up
- Brainstorm Time

Homework:
- Choose a song/develop your story and character for your pantomime project

SEPTEMBER 25

Today's Focus: Introduction to Pantomime Project, Project Samples

Activities:
- Period 3: Stanislavski Basics (Objectives, Superobjectives, Action)
- Period 4: Down the Line
- Project Explanation/Rubric Discussion
- Viewing Samples

SEPTEMBER 24

Today's Focus: Attention to Detail (Pantomime)

Activities:
- Bunny Bunny
- Box in the Attic
- "What" Cards

SEPTEMBER 23

Today's Focus: Introduction to Pantomime

Activities:
- Full Student Led Warm-Up
- What's Beyond? Partner Exercise
- Box in the Attic

SEPTEMBER 22

Today's Focus: Building the "Where", Developing Environment

Activities:
- Full Student Led Warm-Up
- Group Scene Development
- Showing the "Where" Group Building

SEPTEMBER 19

Today's Focus: Improvisation Unit Wrap-Up (Review and Reflection)

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- Long Form Taster: Playing the Silence
- Small Group Poster Project

Reminder, Improv Troupe meets today after school from 2:30 - 3:30 in the Black Box.

SEPTEMBER 18

Today's Focus: Improvisation

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- Freeze Frame
- What are you Doing?
- Furniture
- The Invention of...

SEPTEMBER 17

Today's Focus: Improvisation Scenic Work

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- Word at a Time Crime
- Dr. Know-It-All
- Freeze Frame

SEPTEMBER 16

Today's Focus: Improvisation Story Development

Activities:

- Student Led Warm-Up

- Word at a Time Story

- Word at a Time Crime

- Pop Up Storybook

SEPTEMBER 15

Today's Focus: Physicality Development, Improvisation Basics

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- Action, Reaction
- Off the Bench
- Story Development Circles

SEPTEMBER 12

Today's Focus: An Actor's Warm-Up, Ensemble Review

Activities:
- Student Led Warm-Up
- The Drop In
- Breathing Exercise (Counts of 5)
- Rhythm Circle
- Machines (Period 3)

Crew Sign-Ups for the Fall Play will be posted outside the Lyceum Theatre on Monday morning.

SEPTEMBER 11

Today's Focus: Student Led Warm-Up, Muscle Relaxation & Isolation

Reminder, the first Drama Club meeting is tomorrow from 2:30 to 3:30 in room 2502.

SEPTEMBER 10

Today's Focus: An Actor's Vocal Preparation

Activities:
- Breathing Reflection
- Muscular Face Stretching/Expressions
- Articulation Development
- Diaphragm Bends
- Projection

Reminder, the first Drama Club meeting is on Friday from 2:30 - 3:30 in room 2502.

SEPTEMBER 9

Today's Focus: The Theatrical Ensemble

Activities:
- Whoosh, Woah
- Zip, Zap, Zop
- Ensemble Discussion
- Tableaus

SEPTEMBER 8

Today's Focus: Review - Focus, Theatre Fundamental - Self-Awareness

Activities:
- Zip, Zap, Zop
- Go, Freeze, Melt
- Colombian Hypnosis
- Mirrors

SEPTEMBER 5

Today's Focus: Review - Energy and "Yes, and...", Fundamental Development- Focus

Activities:
- Go
- Zip, Zap, Zop

Auditions for Fall Play are on Monday. Information is located outside the Lyceum Theatre.

SEPTEMBER 4

Today's Focus: Getting to Know You! The Fundamentals of Improvisation - Energy & "Yes, and..."

Activities:
- Name & Action Circle
- Mill & Engage
- Whoosh, Woah
- Action/Reaction

Homework:
- Syllabus Contract DUE TOMORROW

Audition Information for the Fall Play is located outside the Lyceum Theatre. Auditions begin on Monday.

SEPTEMBER 3

Today's Focus: Welcome to Theatre Arts! Course Introduction.

- Audition Information for Noises Off is located outside the Lyceum Theatre.

Homework:
- Syllabus Contract due Friday