
KRISTA D. PRICE
Acting Unit 3: Scene
Click HERE for "big idea" questions, key concepts, global context, "approaches to learning" & RUBRICS that will be used in Unit 3.
(Click for printable Unit 3 Schedule - more detailed information available HERE)
Below are videos & supplemental resources for Unit 3:
"KP's Theatre Class - Characterization" (NOTES)
Handout: Laban Movement Qualities
"KP's Theatre Class - Wants" (NOTES)
"KP's Theatre Class - Blocking" (NOTES)
SCENE STUDY SCENES (scenes "workshopped" in class)
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scene from To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady (concepts learned: wants & beats)
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scene from 'Night Mother by Marsha Norman (concepts learned: obstacles & tactics)
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scene from Proof by David Auburn (concepts learned: beats & opening beat)
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scene from Rumors by Neil Simon (concepts learned: opening beat & stage business)
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scene from Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (concepts learned: stage business & build)
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scene from Fools by Neil Simon (concepts learned: showing build via beats)
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scene from 1984 (concepts learned: creating build through blocking)
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scene from The Rivers & Ravines by Heather McDonald (concepts learned: build to climax)
FINAL PERFORMANCE SCENES:
(choose a partner & a scene - read descriptions of each of the scenes/plays HERE)
Scenes with 1 male & 1 female:
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scene from Rabbit Hole (dramatic)
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scene from Of Mice & Men (dramatic/difficult)
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scene from The Crucible (dramatic)
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scene from Proof (dramatic)
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scene from Whose Life is it Anyway?
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scene from Wit
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scene from The Diary of Anne Frank (option #1)
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scene from The Diary of Anne Frank (option #2)
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scene from Rumors (comedic timing)
Scenes with 2 females:
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scene from 'Night Mother (dramatic/intense)
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scene from Ascension Day
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scene from Proof (dramatic)
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scene from Steel Magnolias (dramatic)
Scenes with 2 males:
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scene from Of Mice & Men (dramatic but light)
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scene from Duck Hunter Shoots Angel (comedic)
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scene from The Odd Couple (option #1 - comedic)
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scene from The Odd Couple (option #2 - comedic)
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scene from The Odd Couple (option #3 - comedic)
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scene from The Odd Couple (option #4 - comedic)
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scene from The Odd Couple (option #5 - comedic)
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scene from 1984 (dramatic/intense)
FINAL SCENE PERFORMANCE: ASSIGNMENT & RUBRIC #1 & #2