Drama Workshop KL

Full Gospel Assembly

Creative Arts Conference

March 24-27, 2001

FRIDAY 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. – Registration

7:00 - 9:30 p.m. - Opening session  Introductions

Kimberly will do a 15 minute introduction

Warm Up Exercise:               Shake out,

In Pairs talking to one another about ___________ call out character, then switch

Put suggested characters & situations up on screen

Let them pick and their partner has to go along with it and guess.

SAT: 9:00 - 10:00 -  worship and devotion
10:00 - 12:00 noon - Session 1

IMPROVISATION

Warm Up Exercise to get them up off their butts: 1. Shake out

2. Musical sculpture 3. Walking characters in a circle 4. Mirror

What is it? Write on board their ideas (problem, beginning-middle-end)

“Rules of the Game” Handout

Teach Machine Improv for “Living Room” tonight

“Freeze” using Imrov ideas from McCusker’s book Pg. 71 to start things going.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Session 2

ACTING:

Both start with a warm up: Isolations

Faith teaches

• speech & articulation
•     voice: pitch, volume, tempo, quality
•     emphasis, inflection, pause, rhythym

IDEA: Let each participant introduce themselves with: ”People say I’m __________________, but I’m really [pantomime and action]”

•     responding/listening
• character development
• Acting (being!)

IDEA: “1-10” Dialogue that communicates character, emotion, situation. Let others guess.

• Memorising lines
• What to do with your hands
• Calisthenics/body movement

3:00 - 3:30 - Teabreak

3:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Session 3

Faith leads a Warm-up/Improv

“Scenes to Go” (pass out cards let participants suggest 3 characters, 1 big problem, 1 place & pass in. Make improv scenes from these)

Elements of a Good Script - Kimberly teaches

HOMEWORK: Overnight work - Script Analysis:

• Find the Conflict
• Theme
• Beginning-Middle-End
• Break the Scene into "Beats"

Give out scripts (The group will be divided into two - one group will be with Faith, one with Kimberly for the scene work tomorrow. The two groups will be working off of the same set of scenes - 10 or more depending on how many participants and what's reasonable to get done in a 2 hour slot tomorrow)

> 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
> 6:45 - 8:30 p.m.  "Living Room"  (showcase evening)

Faith & Kimberly:

"Teach" The Art of the Holy Backrub (10 minutes?)

Kimberly: The Prodigal Son in the Key of F (3 minutes)

Faith:

Sunday : a.m.  - 2 services  we share two items  (josephine & Andrew a dance)
p.m. -  30 minute presentation

Kimberly: Adulterous Woman

Faith: The Lord's Prayer

> MONDAY 9:00 - 10:00 -  worship and devotion
> 10:00 - 12:00 noon - Session 1

Faith leads a warm up or improvisation:

“Scenes to Go” (pass out cards let participants suggest 3 characters, 1 big problem, 1 place & pass in. Make improv scenes from these)

THE DIRECTOR'S ROLE and the other artists who make it happen

Hand out: sheet with descriptions of the other jobs in the theatre.

If there is time give groups 20+ minutes to rehearse with their assigned directors.

> 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

> 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Session 2 SCENE WORK

Warm Up: Isolations, John 3:16 one work at a time.

Half the group goes with Faith the other with Kimberly so that the participants get some experience working with us as directors. We will choose the best scene from our groups (2 total) to be part of the Living Room in the evening.

> 3:00 - 3:30 – Teabreak

> 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Session 3

The group again divides into two for separate sessions

BOOKWORK – Kimberly

Warm Up: The story train

teaches how to perform reader's theatre

The participants will come up with one example to perform in the Living Room tonight.

BODYWORK - Faith

teaches examples of more stylized theatre

The particpants will come up with one or two examples for the Living Room (Freeze Frames of a Parable or Miracle story using a Bible reading as text)

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner

6:45 - 8:30 p.m.  "Living Room"  (showcase evening)

DRAMA students present 5 pieces from what they learned during the day.