Theatre Games for Young Performers: Improvisations and Exercises for Developing Acting Skills

by Novelly, Maria C.

• ISBN13: 9780916260316
• ISBN10: 0916260313
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-06-01
• Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service

Summary

The basics of pantomime, improvisation, voice control, monologues and dialogues presented in game formats with exercises and work sheets.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Terms and Goals for Performers
Introduction; Stage Terms; Performance Goals	1	(6)
Planning Your Program
Introduction; Time; Space; Materials; Group Work; Scene Presentation (Introduction Scene #1, Introduction Scene #2; The First Day (Drama Discussion Exercise, First-Day Pantomime); For the Classroom Teacher; For Scout, Recreational and Church Activity Leaders; Adapting Activities for Discussion and Learning	7	(16)
Pantomime
Introduction; Basic Qualities of Good Pantomime; Basics of Pantomime Story Lines; Short-Short Pantomime Activities (Simple Actions, Believable Entrances, Emotions, Walking Through, Join In, Continuation Dream, Relaxation Exercise, Imaginative Journey #1, Imaginative Journey #2, Imaginative Journey #3, Imaginative Journey #4, Living Patterns and Live Machines); Pantomime Games (The Selling Game-or the ``Bulgarian Game,'' Who Began, Duet Mirror Games, Circle Mirror); Rehearsed Pantomime Scenes (Group Mirror Pantomime, Group Focus Pantomime, Fantastic Duet Pantomime!, In-a-Vehicle Group Pantomime, Be-a-Vehicle Group Pantomime, Be-a-Household-Appliance Group Pantomime, Be-an-Animal Group Pantomime, Solo Pantomime, Solo Pantomime to Music	23	(38)
Voice
Introduction; Characteristics of a Good Stage Voice; Short-Short Voice Activities (Vocal Warm-ups, Color Your Words, Color Your Nursery Rhyme, Greeting by Number, Directed Poetry Reading); Rehearsed Voice Scenes (Advice Column Scene #1, Advice Column Scene #2, Low-Voice Radio Broadcast, Interview Scene, One Word-Three Situations Scene)	61	(28)
Improvisation and Scene-Building
Introduction; Hints for Improv Performances; Hints for Scene-Building; Short-Short Improvisations [Add-on Story Telling a Story and Acting It Out, Chain Sentence, Join-in Scene, Continuation Scene, Freeze and Go, Group Improvs with a Given Situation, Group Improvs-Three Characters, Improvs from a Given Situation, Solo Improv with Objects, TMATTY (Tell Me about the Time You ..), One Situation-Three Ways Scene, Three-Items Scene, If-I-Had-It-My-Way Scene, Exposition Scene, Picture Scene, Living Newspaper, Ending Scene, Commercials for Products That Don't Exist, One Situation-Three Attitudes Scene, Solo Emotion Scene, Monologue, Sample Monologue Script #1, Sample Monologue Script #2]	89	(50)
Index to Activities	139