Improvisations in Creative Drama : A Program of Workshops and Dramatic Sketches for Students

by Keller, Betty

• ISBN13: 9780916260514
• ISBN10: 0916260518
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-04-01
• Publisher: Meriwether Pub

Summary

Students will learn both improvisational and structured drama by using the sequential workshops and plays included in the lesson plans of this book. A two-part book with fourteen dramatic sketches that can be done in the classroom. The workshops cover the basics of sound and music, words and movement, and poetry and imagination. The sketches allow the students to apply the basics they have learned. Many students may participate simultaneously in the workshops and playlets. This book can be the basic text for any acting class. Contents Include: Part I--Creative Drama Workshops: "No Audience" Activities, Sound Patterns: Rhythm &Drama, Group Poetry Production, Group Activities, Improvisations with Large Groups. PART II--DRAMATIC SKETCHES (samples): Holed-Up, Sophie, Tea Party, The Victim.

Table of Contents

Creative Drama Workshops
Author's Note	p. 3
Preparations
Before the Students Arrive	p. 5
Preparing the Students	p. 7
"No Audience" Activities	p. 11
Painting with Music	p. 11
Hand Plays	p. 14
Sculpture with Invisible Clay	p. 15
Sculpture with People Clay	p. 16
The Prisoner	p. 17
Mirrors and Shadows	p. 18
Machines	p. 19
Combat	p. 21
Instructing	p. 22
Sound Patterns: Rhythm and Drama	p. 25
Sound Plots	p. 25
Sound Patterns and Combats	p. 27
Ceremonies	p. 28
Group Poetry Production	p. 31
Fabricating Vocabulary	p. 31
Poetry Based on Image	p. 33
Poetic Drama	p. 34
Group Activities	p. 37
Drama Activities Inspired by Music and Pictures	p. 37
Drama Activities Involving Light Sources	p. 40
Drama Activities Using Light and Music	p. 42
Lighted Table-Top Sets	p. 43
Improvisations with Large Groups	p. 45
Imposed Situations	p. 45
Semi-structured Happenings	p. 48
Semi-structured Happenings: Junk Character Encounters	p. 51
Semi-structured Happenings: Take-off!	p. 53
Dramatic Sketches
Author's Note	p. 57
Holed-Up	p. 59
Sophie	p. 67
The Victim	p. 73
Tea Party	p. 83
Winnifred and Grace	p. 91
Mr. Excelsior	p. 97
Bridgework	p. 103
In the Middle of the Night	p. 111
Trick Doors	p. 121
Down on Your Knees!	p. 131
Perfect Perley	p. 139
Love Scene: Dominic and Sadie	p. 147
Fortunes	p. 155
Walking Back	p. 159
Suggestions for Music	p. 169
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