THEATRE 1

YAWNING RANGE

Basically you yawn, but as you yawn you make noise.

Start at the lowest noise you can make and make

your way up to the highest noise you can make. Do

this several times and try not to fall asleep!!!

THE MARTHA GAME

Stand outside the designated performance space.

One person runs into the space, forms her body into

a statue and announces what she is, as in "I'm a

tree." Instantly the next person runs on and forms

something else in the same picture.  "I'm a bench

under the tree." Continue on until everyone has a

“part”.

MIMIC

In a group elect one person to be “it”. This person

will leave the group until another person is elected

as the leader. The leader will then begin any kind of

simple movement and the rest will follow. The person

elected as “it” will then return to the group and

attempt to guess who is the leader judging by who

they think the rest of the group is mimicing.

ADVANCED THEATRE

ACCENTS:

In a group of 4-5 tell a story in different accents.

Everyone has to participate.

HUMAN PUPPET

Get in groups of 4. Two of you will be the “puppet

masters” and the other two the “puppets”. The

puppet masters will set up a scene by positioning the

puppets however they want them. Once the scene

begins the puppet masters control the movement of

the puppets while the puppets control the flow of the

scene by talking to each other. Remember it has to

be school appropriate.

FREEZE AND JUSTIFY

The group sits or stands around the acting space. Two people enter the space

and begin to improvise a scene, with dialogue and as much physical action as

possible. At any moment, anyone else in the group may shout, "FREEZE!" The

actors freeze instantly and exactly. The person who stopped the scene taps one

of the actors on the shoulder.  The actor sits down and the new person takes

his or her position exactly. The new person must now initiate a new and

DIFFERENT scene.  The scene must flow naturally from the positions of the

two bodies, and it is the new person's responsibility to communicate to his or

her partner and to the audience what the new scene is about. At any moment

another person may shout, "FREEZE!" and it begins again.