{"id":6340,"date":"2021-04-24T00:19:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T00:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=6340"},"modified":"2021-04-24T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T00:35:20","slug":"actors-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tedb-old.byu.edu\/?page_id=6340","title":{"rendered":"Actor&#8217;s Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Actor\u2019s Workshop<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Objective:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will demonstrate an understanding of an actor\u2019s workshop by creating a 15 minute activity that actors can participate in to bring unity to the world of the play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Standards:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH:Re9.1.III.a. Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a drama\/theatre work to support or evaluate artistic choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH:Cn11.2.III.b. Present and support an opinion about the social, cultural, and historical understandings of a drama\/theatre work, based on critical research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Materials:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dvu-XUu2ytY\"><strong>Sword Fighting Video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1qh48_davX3nvXf5kcflz-KbzDQKOI15P\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Video in Intro to Dramaturgy Powerpoint<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projector<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pencils<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Hook:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Begin class by having them join in and participate with the video (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dvu-XUu2ytY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dvu-XUu2ytY<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). USE IMAGINARY SWORDS!!!! Ask students their experience with it, how would it help them in a show that includes sword fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday we are going to hit on one last aspect of dramaturgical work, that may be a little more up your alley if you have felt uncomfortable so far. We are going to talk about actor\u2019s workshops. Based on the word alone, what do you actor\u2019s workshops are and how are they helpful to a production?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAn actor\u2019s workshop is basically a planned activity that can be used to help the actors have a better understanding of a part of the play. This can relate to a specific moment, a theme, an activity, anything that is important to the director and would help the actors get a better understanding of the world of the play.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have two examples for us to discuss today. The first one is for Little Shop of Horrors. For this production the dramaturg decided to have a workshop for the actors on how to build flower arrangements. How might this be helpful to the actors for the show? What kind of background knowledge does it build for the actors? What characterization can it build for the actors?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith Little Shop, the workshop was mostly used to build background information in a fun way for the characters. Now let\u2019s look at an example for Wendy &amp; Peter Pan.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn this show, having a child like nature and attitude was important to the director. She wanted her actors to have a child-like behavior throughout the show in order to make sure they are having fun and help add to the light hearted spirit of the show. Here I have a short video of what the dramaturgs decided to do for the workshop. As you watch keep in mind how this activity might help the production.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pull up video of the actor&#8217;s workshop video in the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1qh48_davX3nvXf5kcflz-KbzDQKOI15P\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Intro to Dramaturgy Powerpoint.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat did you see happening in the workshop? How might this have been helpful to the actors?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor the dramaturg, the best way to learn to be a child was by actually working with a child. The actors could see how the child held energy and how he just followed every impulse. There was no reason to be tired, he just had the time of his life. Children have no cares in the world and the actors got to watch this first hand.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs you finish off your work as a dramaturg, I would like you to plan and create an activity that you could do with your actors to help them have a better understanding of the world of the play. It could be something like the flower arrangements to help gather background knowledge or it can be like the Wendy &amp; Peter Pan workshop to help with characterization. You are the dramaturg, what do you think your actors would most benefit from?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn a piece of paper write out an outline of your activity, or a description of what it would be. This activity needs to be at least 15 minutes long to ensure that your actors are having enough time to get the experience you are presenting to them. Also be sure to include why you think it would be useful to the actors. When you are done put it in your manilla folder and make you also have all your other work in there. We will be presenting our casebooks to one another next time.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give students the rest of the class period to write their actor\u2019s workshops. Rove around the classroom to ensure students are working and to answer questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor\u2019s Workshop &nbsp; Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of an actor\u2019s workshop by creating a 15 minute activity that actors can participate in to bring unity to the world of the play. &nbsp; Standards: TH:Re9.1.III.a. Research and synthesize cultural and historical information related to a drama\/theatre work to support or evaluate artistic choices. 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