Theatre
Program Overview
Theatre is an art form concerned with the representation of people in time and space, their actions and the consequences of those actions. It is the purpose of these classes to integrate this initial creative impulse into formal theatrical structure.
Students will learn the various aspects of theatre: acting, stagecraft, set design and construction, directing and play writing. Students will also learn the rich cultural history of the theatre from the time of the Ancient Greeks to Broadway.
The Theatre Magnet is a rigorous and demanding program that will help prepare the student to be a performer in the modern age. All students will have various performance opportunities including small and large scale productions, back stage crew, design crew and hosting duties for our many concerts and variety shows. Students will leave the program with a better understanding of themselves and the world around them.
Full Scale Productions
Small Scale Class Productions
Class Projects & Activities to Enhance Skills of the Performer
Character Interview Project
Students will create an original character for performance in front of their peers.
Sound and Light Show
Students will write, direct and produce a small scale puppet show. Students run the production from concept to performance.
Fright Night
8th Grade theater students will be given the opportunity to write, direct and produce a small scene in front of a live audience.
Greek Mask Project
Students create an original Greek Mask as part of their Theatre History Unit.
Greek Mask Example
The student mixed what he learned within the Greek History Unit and created a Thanos Mask.
Greek Masks 2018
Students are able to explore and create their own original mask or have fun altering a well known character.
Set Design Unit
Students will learn what it takes to create a set design from concept to blueprinting and finally a 3-D Model.
Set Design Unit
3-D Models
Set Design Unit
3-D Models
Public Speaking Unit
Students will learn how to become better public speakers. This unit focuses on building confidence and life long skills that can be used outside of the theater.
Invention Convention Example
At the conclusion of the Public Speaking Unit, students are asked to "invent" a product that they can "sell" to the class. This includes utilizing their imagination, acting skills and public speaking guidelines to create a professional presentation that includes audience participation.
