HS Theatre 1

Fall Semester

Students will understand what safe practices are implemented in theatre spaces and procedures for emergencies.

Students will understand the effects of appropriate behavior as an actor and audience.

Students will understand different areas of the auditorium.

Students will understand areas of the stage

Students will understand the significance of an effective voice, body movement, and the ability to concentrate.

Students will understand the actor's significance of warming up the voice, body, and mind on a daily basis

Students will understand the proper ways to move, cross, and stand on stage. Students will understand stage right, stage left, upstage, downstage, cross, counter cross, above, below, body positions (profile right, profile left, full front, full back, 1/4 right, 1/4 left, 3/4 right, 3/4 left), etc.

Students will understand how to use physical, intellectual, non-verbal movement to portray believable characters in action.

Students will understand how to create improvisation scenes based on the rules of improvisation.

Students will understand that there are vast ways to developing a character and many techniques that have been developed and can be applied.

Students will understand and identify and practice memorization skills

Students will create, write, and refine original monologues, scenes, vignettes to convey meaning to the audience through live performance or media forms.

Students will understand some of the most important jobs involved in theatre and their requirements. (Director, producer, technical director, box office manager, etc)

Students will understand the significance of applying appropriate voice, body, concentration, actor's stance, stage movement, and constructive criticism.

Spring Semester

Script Analysis,

Script /Scene/ Monologue Performance

Students will understand the innovations and contributions of performing arts such as theatre, melodrama, musical theatre, radio, film, television, technology, or electronic media.

Students will understand and appreciate the cultural heritages of world drama and theatre and identify key figures, works, and trends in dramatic literature.

Students will understand the parts of a script, such as stage directions, character and costume descriptions, etc. and be able to interpret subtext at a basic level.

Students will understand the techniques used to create characters from a script using context clues and character choices to keep truth to the author's intent.

Students will understand how to create and construct designs based on prompt.

Students will understand how to create a basic makeup design from a provided prompt.

Students will understand the use of physical, intellectual, emotional, and social awareness to portray believable character and convey a story when applying acting concepts, skills, and techniques while applying technical knowledge and skills safely.

Students will understand the significance of offering and receiving constructive criticism of peer performances