TYPES AND USAGES OF DRAMA for Ministry (Julisa Rowe's list)

List compiled by Dr. Julisa Rowe, ACT

TYPES OF DRAMA:

1. Dramatic Scripture Reading (e.g. Acts 19, bringing the riots to life).

2. Tableau — Living Slides/Pictures

Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” has often been done this way, i.e.,

as tableau with individual characters coming to life to speak their thoughts.

Try creating human tableaux out of Mark 9:31-37.

3. Readers Theatre:

Oral interpretation of literature by readers for an audience. A script or

story read in a way that substitutes for acting it out.

Can either: a) act with script in hand

b) sit and read

c) use simple choreography/movement, including using the

folders as script holder or props, as in “The Three Trees”

The narration establishes the scenes, mood, exposition. Placement of

focus in readers theatre is also important, as it audience and readers focus

on an “other” place.

4. Speech Choir:

Group spoken interpretation of stories, poems or Scripture.

5. Other Readings:

a) Antiphonal

b) Line-around

c) Cumulative/Fugue reading (e.g. Psalm 150)

d) Solo & Chorus (e.g. Ps. 136)

e) Unison (e.g. Ps. 133)

6. Skits/sketches

7. One-act plays

8. Full-length plays

9. Oral narratives/Storytelling

10. Monologues.