First Week and Safety

Week One (Jan. 21-25)

Tuesday Jan. 21:

  1. First Day Stations: Presentation here and Worksheet here
  2. Review of syllabus

HW: Get syllabus signed and sign-up for Remind by Thursday.

Wednesday Jan 22:

  1. Who is Who In the theater?

HW: Get syllabus signed and sign-up for Remind due tomorrow


Thursday Jan 23:

  1. What is What in the Theater? (Chapter 1 of Stagecraft Fundamentals)
    1. Stage Types and stage parts
    2. Stage Direction Mapping and Annotations

Due Today: Signed Syllabus


Friday Jan 24:

  1. Visit the theater and get a tour :)
  2. Simon says: Stage Directions
  3. Freewrite: What has been interesting to you so far? Which jobs? What are your goals for the course now that you know a few things about the theater?

HW: Review Ch. 1 of Stagecraft Fundamentals

Week Two (Jan. 27th - 31st)

Monday Jan. 27:

  1. Circle
  2. Safety Presentation
  3. Review of Safety Manual (We will use this version, as the same rules apply to our theater)
  4. Safety Review Questions: Treat this like a practice quiz!

HW: Read safety manual, please have your parent or guardian sign the safety contract. Review materials from today and last week for quiz on Wednesday.


Tuesday, Jan 28:

  1. Review of Safety (Practice Scenarios and Practice Quiz)
  2. First Read Script: Variations on the Death of Trotsky

HW: Study for safety quiz

Wednesday Jan 22:

  1. Quiz: Safety and Parts of the Theater
  2. Play Breakdown: What do we need to produce this script?

HW: Finish your play breakdown by Friday

Thursday Jan 23:

  1. Review the Design Process (Presentation here)
  2. Watch videos from designers about the process:
    • War Horse (sound)
    • Newsies (set)
    • Bettlejuice (lighting)
    • Lion King (costumes)
  3. Time to work on script breakdown

Due Today: Safety Contract

HW: Finish Play Breakdown


Friday Jan 24:

  1. Watch the following video with notes on prop design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xWMtFtzRC0
  2. Time to finish play breakdown for "variations on the death of trotsky"

Due Today: Play Breakdown