BHS Theater Resource Guide

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL IDEAS:

Viewing / Reading ●​ Watch sections of professionally produced theatrical productions to identify and analyze technical theatre elements. ●​ Read articles on staging techniques for theatre. ●​ Red articles on technical theatre elements.

Writing ●​ Write an analysis of the technical elements of a theatrical performance. ●​ Annotate a script to indicate blocking and staging choices. ●​ Create a floor plan for a performance. ●​ Create a technical theatre cue sheet for a performance.

Speaking / Listening ●​ Present on the history of a technical theatre element or practice. ●​ Lead a group of performers in blocking and staging a scene.

Inquiry ●​ Stage a performance in a non-traditional location to explore how staging techniques and technical theatre elements must be modified. ●​ Create a tableaux to illustrate historical events focusing on staging and composition to communicate purpose, relationship, and status. ●​ Explore how different sets and spaces could create challenges in staging a theatrical performance. ●​ Find creative ways to use staging, sets, lights, or sound as part of a performance.

THEATRE 1 STANDARDS:

●​ L1.T.CR.2: Read and analyze a play for its technical requirements, identifying points in the script that require the addition of a technical element. ●​ L1.T.CR.6: Apply basic research and skills to construct ideas about the visual composition of a drama/theatre work. ●​ L1.T.P.7: Understand and apply technical elements to enhance activities and dramatizations. ●​ L1.T.P.8: Identify and use appropriate vocabulary to describe kinds of stage spaces, stage directions, areas of the stage, and blocking techniques.