Week Six
Monday, 9/8/25
Read sample YPF plays.
Work on line memorization and/or YPF drafting.
Reminders, Flaky Lips off-book dates:
Pp. 5-17 due Monday, 9/22.
Pp. 18-30 due Monday, 10/6.
Tuesday, 9/9/25
Block Flaky Lips, pp. 21-31.
Homework: YPF drafting.
Wednesday, 9/10/25
Underclass photo day.
Work on line memorization and/or YPF drafting.
Thursday, 9/11/25
Full run-through of Flaky Lips with regular cast.
Full run-through of Flaky Lips with understudies.
Friday, 9/12/25
Begin blocking The Angel in the Clearing, pp. 1-10.
Reminders, The Angel in the Clearing off-book dates:
Pp. 1-13 due Monday, 10/20.
Pp. 14-27 due Monday, 11/5.
Week Five
Tuesday, 9/2/25
Block Flaky Lips, pp. 11-20.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Wednesday, 9/3/25
Senior formal portraits.
Complete the Chapter Ten worksheet.
Continue YPF drafting.
Thursday, 9/4/25
Review for Unit Test One (Theatre Timeline + Ch. 1, 4, 7, and 10).
Work on YPF drafting and/or line memorization.
Friday, 9/5/25
Unit Test One.
Read-through of Angel in the Clearing.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Week Four
Monday, 8/25/25
Second read-through: Flaky Lips.
Produce properties list, assign tech responsibilities, and discuss costuming.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Tuesday 8/26/25
Begin blocking Flaky Lips.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Wednesday, 8/27/25
Complete the Chapter Four Worksheet.
Review for Chapters One & Four Quiz.
Library visit.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Thursday 8/28/25
Quiz on Chapters One & Four.
Continue blocking Flaky Lips.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Friday, 8/29/25
Complete the Chapter Seven Worksheet.
Second read-through: The Angel in the Clearing.
Produce properties list, assign tech responsibilities, and discuss costuming.
Homework: continue YPF drafting.
Week Three
Monday, 8/18/25
Audition pieces now due tomorrow.
Independent read-through of this year's one-acts (Flaky Lips and The Angel in the Clearing) and/or starting drafting ideas for this year's YPF.
Tuesday 8/19/25
Submit finalized character sheets and scripts.
Assign the playwrighting project for Barter Theatre's Young Playwrights' Festival.
Drafts due for workshop on Monday, 9/22.
Final plays due Monday, 10/6.
YPF RESOURCES:
Begin working on play drafting.
Wednesday, 8/20/25
Perform audition pieces.
Review notes on the theatre timeline.
Continue YPF drafting.
Thursday 8/21/25
Quiz: the theatre timeline.
Cast lists distributed.
First read-through: competition piece (Flaky Lips).
Highlight scripts.
Friday, 8/22/25
First read-through: winter festival piece (The Angel in the Clearing).
Complete the Chapter One Worksheet.
Week Two
Monday, 8/11/25
Theatre timeline, pp. 1-5, with worksheet.
Work on finding audition pieces and/or line memorization.
Tuesday 8/12/25
Complete Theatre Timeline Worksheet, pp. 6-10.
Cold readings of audition pieces.
Wednesday, 8/13/25
Complete Theatre Timeline Worksheet, pp. 11-15.
When finished, work on audition prep.
Thursday 8/14/25
Work on audition prep and memorization for Monday.
Alternatively, students may start working on ideas for short plays (YPF).
Friday, 8/15/25
Final prep for auditions on Monday. Remember that character sheets, audition forms, scoring, blocking, and memorized pieces are due Monday.
Week One
Thursday, 8/7/25
Distribution and review of the course syllabus.
Google Classroom enrollment.
Review the "Parts of the Stage" resource.
Freshman class meeting.
Tour of the theatre; complete the "Theatre Diagram" worksheet.
Friday, 8/8/25
Assign monologue/audition project and begin searching for pieces (choices must be made by Tuesday).
Theatre II students will help Theatre I students to search for pieces and review potential one-act scripts for the VHSL competition.