The Children’s Theatre Institute “FROM STORY TO STAGE”

9-14 year olds Week Schedule

updated  8/29/07 1:51 PM

Day 1:             Story – Exploration

Orientation

• What is drama? Why are we here?
• Eliminating our inner critic
• Discuss importance of Actor and Audience

-          Energy warm-ups with imagination, body and voice

-          Discovery Exercises

-          Explore 5 Vocal Resonators and Warm-ups

-          Theatre Games

Focus Activities

• Story-telling: a frozen picture tells a story
• Use well known fairy tale to establish concepts of Beginning, Middle, End and Conflict
• Break-out to discuss begin, middle, end and main concepts
• Create frozen scenes and add lines

Presentations and Student Preferences.

• Counselors present Production areas

Day 2:             Part A: Script – Adaptation

• discuss Setting/Context, begin, middle, end and main concepts
• Frozen Pictures + Lines (capture)
• Campers indicate parts/jobs they are interested in, List of all and they number in order of preference

• Campers capture design ideas for scenic, costume, make-up, prop, lighting, sound
• Establish production staff

• Demonstrate Theatre Terms & Learn Stage Directions
• Theatre Games
• Assign roles and Read through scripts

Day 3:             PRODUCTION DAY – wear grubbies

• Final Designs, Build & Paint Sets, Gather & Adapt Costumes, Determine & Create Props
• Initial Read Through & Blocking of Script, Intro to Technical aspects      

Day 4: Put it all together

• Put scenery together. Final touch ups.

§         Finish costume adaptations. Kids bring in what they have.

§         Lighting and Sound cue to cues.

§         Tickets and Programs are printed out and copied. 

§         Imagination Exercises and Character Exploration

§         Line Memorization (Speed Thru, etc.)

• Run Through both shows
• Dress Rehearsal #1/Notes/Fix things
• Reset/Dress Rehearsal #2/Clean Up
• Run Both Shows

Day 5:             Performance – all elements come together

• Full Dress Runs
• Theatre Focus Workshops (Diction, Projection, Improvisation, Storytelling)
• 2:30pm Final Dress Reh. for Biz Campers
• 6:20pm Arrival of campers for Public performance
• 6:40pm Arrival of family and friends
• 7pm     Performance