Rehearsal

Thursday, October 29

🕟 4:30–5:30 PM📍 Children’s Wishes · Warwick

Week 8

Costumes & Characters

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Today’s goal

Share costume ideas, explore our characters and continue staging from page 6.

Rehearsal plan

What we’re doing today

1
Introduction/ Team Builder

Costume Creations

Costume Creations: using costume worksheets and colored pencils, markers, and crayons, the actors will get to draw and share their vision for their costumes

Goal
To establish expected and unexpected behaviors for the class, to encourage pragmatic skills, and to begin peer interaction
Skills
Initiating conversations, conflict resolution, personal space/boundaries
Materials
White Board, Marker
2
Warm Ups

Body, Face & Voice

Body: Stretch up to the ceiling like a cat, unscrew the lightbulb/pet the dog, marionette, crayons. Voice: Face massage, big face, little face, a thousand funny faces, Addams Family, lip trills, vocal waterfall, tongue twisters

Goal
To ready the body and voice for the following exercises
Skills
Body language, facial expressions, tone of voice
Materials
None
3
Improvisation Game

Can I Stay With You?

Can I Stay With You?: Actors stand in a circle with one person in the middle. The person in the middle goes around from person to person asking "Can I Stay with you?" and the answer has to be "NO!, because..." and they have to come up with a unique excuse why. Then they point to someone else for the person to ask. Then we add that everyone is swapping places behind the back of the person in the middle, and if they get to a spot before the person who is going toward it, it's their spot!

Goal
To promote listening skills, flexibility, taking cues and quick thinking.
Skills
Body language, tone of voice, facial expressions, theory of mind, being flexible
Materials
None
4
Project

Continue Staging from Page 6

Continue staging from Page 6

Goal
To encourage quick reaction time, listening to verbal and non verbal cues, and using the body in a safe way.
Skills
Peer interaction, problem solving, body language, tone of voice, gestures, facial expressions
Materials
Scripts
5
Relax/Goodbyes!

Cool Down

Teachers lead a cool-down involving breathing exercises and calming movements

Goal
To introduce healthy coping tools which will enable the students to calmly transition in the car and at home
Skills
Coping Skills
Materials
None

Weekly wrap-up

Check back after rehearsal for highlights and reminders.