Drama II Scale: Winter Semester

Drama II Scale: Winter Semester

Stage Directions:

I can label all 9 acting areas correctly.

I can mark the parts of stage that have the most power for actors.

I can mark the parts of stage that are weak for actors.

Stages:

I can name the three basic types of stages.

I can explain good points and bad points to each type of stage.

Acting Positions:

I can demonstrate or label all 8 acting positions.

I can tell others when you would use each acting position.

I understand and can demonstrate shared, give and take acting positions.

I can explain the concept of being open or “cheating out” on stage.

I can explain “upstaging” and give examples.

I can demonstrate or explain shared scenes

I can tell or demonstrate how an actor can go from a give or take acting position in a scene

Special Movement Issues on Stage:

I can give the basic rules to………

crossing, sitting, slapping, eating, falling, kneeling…..

Audience Behavior:

I can identify bad audience behavior in myself and others.

I can give reasons why it is important to have good audience behavior.

I could generate a list of bad behaviors that are not welcome in theater.

Vocal Production:

I can name the body parts that make vocal production happen.

I can describe how the vocal process works.

I can give reasons why vocal warm up is important.

I can discuss different vocal aspects such as rate, pitch, volume…..

I can demonstrate a couple of vocal warm ups.

I can tell you if a sound if voiced or non-voiced.

Physical Warm Ups:

I can name two physical warm ups and demonstrate them to others.

History of Theater:

I can put at least 9 of the periods in Theater History in order.

I can match the 12 periods up with information about each period.

I can compare and contrast periods in a discussion.

I can tell you why each period was important in the development of theater.

Playwrights:

I can stack my flash cards in basic order of early to more modern playwrights.

I can connect playwrights with famous works.

I can share a few other facts about the playwrights in my stack of cards.

Playwrights:

Sophocles

Moliere

Shakespeare

Chekhov

Beckett

Wilson

Simon

Eugene O’Neil

Arthur Miller

Tennessee Williams

Key Vocab:

Character analysisProjection

Personality traitsBreath control

MannerismsBlocking

SubtestLevels

MotivationsCharacter development

ObjectivesBelievability

Back story4th Wall

EmpathySensory/Memory Recall

AestheticEnsemble

Off book

Dialog

Aside

Soliloquy

Cute

Monologue

Duet

Ensemble

Proscenium

History Vocab:

Primitive TheaterCatharsis

Greek TheaterCommedia del’ arte

Roman TheaterMelodrama

Middle Ages TheaterBroadway Musical

Elizabethan Theater

Renaissance Theater

Modern Theater

Tragedy

Comedy

Chorus

Skene

Ritualistic

Dionysus

Kabuki

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