Week 1

• Welcome! What is this class?

  • Creativity Video

• Theatre Journal

• Improv Game: "If 2020 were a..."

• Discuss: WHY do we do theatre?

  • What does it "do" for the participant?

  • What does it "do" for the observer?

  • What are the many "purposes" for theatre?

• Journal:

  • Old Show Photos: What can we learn from the past?

Preparing for the future:

• --What do you hope to GAIN?​

• --What BIG IDEAS and HABITS would you like to explore?

• --How do you hope to grow as an actor/artist...whether we get to do a show or not?

• Responded: To be an artist is to...[verb]

-Discussed:

• --While most people focus on what IS, artists CREATE new realities.

• --Artists rarely grow/create without being influenced by the world around them. To be an artist is to view the world differently and create/grow from it.

• --What are YOU reading, observing, listening to, experiencing RIGHT NOW that pushes you to think/create/grow?

Go Deeper (Optional): What creativity is trying to tell you (Jonathan Tilley at TEDx - start @ 2:18 to skip intro)

• -What I appreciate about the ideas in this video:

• --The idea shared that creativity is necessary and has needs

• --3 specific things that creativity NEEDS

The Theatre Journal

• About the Use of the DW in Theatre

• 2020 The Journal

• Theatre Magic 5 Questions for the Journal

Video of advice from an actor in the industry: Jake Gyllenhaal

• Journal: What ideas shared by the actor did you find interesting, surprising, or helpful?

A look at acting (Reading Assignment)

Reminder: This is Who I Am Performance and Friday Schedule.