MS Theater Instructional Guide

EXAMPLE LESSONS, ASSESSMENTS, and OTHER RESOURCES

BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Terminology (Unit) ​ BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions Twister ​

BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions Bingo & Blocking ​ BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions and Blocking ​ BYU Theatre Education Database: Movement and Blocking ​ BYU Theatre Education Database: Technical Theatre Introduction (Unit) Side x Side: Parts of a Stage Lesson ​ USF Educator Resources: Parts of A Proscenium Stage and the Stage Areas USF Educator Resources: Theatre Stage Performance Spaces USF Educator Resources: Exploring Technical Design PBS Learning Media: Technical Theatre

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.

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. 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 ●​ Develop ideas on how a found space could be used for a theatrical performance. ●​ Have students develop a scenario based on a tableaux created by actors. ●​ Find creative ways to use staging, sets, lights, or sound as part of a performance.

THEATRE 7/8 STANDARDS:

●​ 7–8.T.CR.2: Read and analyze a play for its technical requirements, identifying parts in the script that require the addition of a technical element. „ ●​ 7–8.T.CR.8: Imagine and explore multiple perspectives and solutions to staging problems in a drama/theatre work. ●​ 7–8.T.P.7: Identify appropriate stage properties and technical elements for a given production. ●​ 7–8.T.P.8: Identify and use appropriate vocabulary to describe kinds of stage spaces, stage directions, areas of the stage, and basic blocking techniques.