CURTAINS UP ACTING STUDIO
Detailed Creative Dramatics Curriculum
THE CURTAINS UP CURRICULUM IS A FREE, 16 LESSON INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN CREATIVE DRAMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT UNITS—EACH CONTAINING TWO LESSONS.
The lesson plans and accompanying videos are designed to help people with or without theater training to successfully teach the course. Each lesson contains a detailed plan for 45 to 60 minutes of content taught through theater games and activities. Teachers should feel free to adapt the lessons to fit their specific class sizes, age groups, and time constraints. The course concludes with a simple workshop performance for students to present for family and friends.
Curriculum Units and Lessons
UNIT I. DEVELOPING YOUR INSTRUMENT
Body Awareness/Vocal Projection
View LESSON 1
View LESSON 2
UNIT II. STAGE TECHNIQUE
Moving and Standing on Stage/Stage Conventions
View LESSON 3
View LESSON 4
UNIT III. CONCENTRATION
Focus, Listening and Responding
UNIT IV. COMMITMENT
Bold Choices and Energy
UNIT V. TEAMWORK
Working as an Ensemble
UNIT VI. CHARACTER
Creating a Character
UNIT VII. STORY
Beginning, Middle, and End
View LESSON 13
View LESSON 14
UNIT VIII. PREPARING TO PERFORM
Putting It All Together
Curtains Up Curriculum by Friends of the Groom Theater Co. is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Curtains Up is a training program designed for young actors created by Friends of the Groom Theater Company.
It is available to the general public for free under the terms of the Creative Commons License above.
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