New rehearsal site and time
We are going to try rehearsing at the new site tonight. Please note the 4:45 PM start time to accommodate travel. The building is a large warehouse with no sign, so we will clearly mark the correct door for everyone to enter.
24 Snake Hill Road · North Smithfield, RIWeek 3
Listening & Connection
Today’s goal
Listen, connect and react with confidence!
1Team BuilderGrandma’s Cookies
We’ll combine capture the flag, red light–green light and improv. The cast will sneak toward Grandma’s cookies, invent a new excuse whenever she wakes up, then pass the cookies back without Grandma guessing who has them.
- Goal
- Establish class expectations, encourage pragmatic skills and begin peer interaction.
- Skills
- Initiating conversations, conflict resolution and personal space/boundaries.
- Materials
- Whiteboard and marker.
2Warm-UpsBody, Face & Voice
We’ll stretch like cats, unscrew the lightbulb, pet the dog, move like marionettes, massage our faces and play with big, little and funny faces before the Addams Family voice warm-up.
- Goal
- Ready the body and voice for the activities that follow.
- Skills
- Body language, facial expressions and tone of voice.
- Materials
- None.
3Improvisation GameGrandma Is Baking a Cake
Five actors will learn a one-minute play. The other actors become directors and change the location, style or emotional tone; the scene is performed immediately, repeated with new directions and then recast.
- Goal
- Promote listening, flexibility, taking cues and quick thinking.
- Skills
- Body language, tone of voice, facial expressions, theory of mind and flexibility.
- Materials
- None.
4ProjectGeneric Scenes
Using a one-page, two-person script, partners will choose part A or B, then decide on a location, character relationship and object before rehearsing and sharing their scene.
- Goal
- Encourage quick reactions, listening to verbal and nonverbal cues, and safe use of the body.
- Skills
- Peer interaction, problem solving, body language, tone of voice, gestures and facial expressions.
- Materials
- Scenes.
5Relax & GoodbyesHealthy Coping Tools
We’ll finish with calming breaths and gentle movements so everyone can transition comfortably to the car and home.
- Goal
- Introduce healthy coping tools for a calm transition after rehearsal.
- Skills
- Coping skills.
- Materials
- None.
Weekly wrap-up
Check back after rehearsal for highlights and reminders.