KRISTA D. PRICE
Stagecraft: Week 1
(August 24-25, 2023)
Important terms are in RED.
Google Classroom assignments/tasks are in BLUE.
If ABSENT, you are REQUIRED to read / understand / do all activities posted for that day, even if it's not an "assignment".
Day 1: The world backstage
1.) Participated in "Welcome Back" activities in class. (Learning about eachother)
2.) Discussed purpose of the course:
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To learn backstage theatre through active involvement in it.
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To be involved in each area of backstage theatre through activities geared toward "sampling" each.
3.) Watched a video of the "world backstage" and all the jobs involved in that "world". (Click video featured at the top of this page)
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Analyze: What skills might be required to make a production as big as this one "work"? Backstage? Planning Phase? Etc.
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Discuss: What did you find interesting, surprising, or new? What's one thing/job you'd like to try or do?
4.) Discussed the "life skills" that will benefit students in this class:
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ability to effectively use various tools
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problem-solving skills
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people skills / job skills
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creativity / out-of-the-box thinking
5.) Discussed the roles of each of the teachers in the course: Ms. Price, John, & Logan (each introduced her/himself)
6.) Received a syllabus and discussed.
7.) Toured the theatre, the scene shop, and the adjoining theatre spaces.
Day 2: The "world of the play"
1.) Reviewed purpose of the course (see above under Day 1)
2.) Learned how scenic designers envision the "world of the play" (what the musical/play should "feel"/look like) and what it takes to create those "worlds".
3.) Watched & Discussed a scenic designer (David Korins) discuss his designs in two different shows: Misery & Hamilton (if absent, click to watch each)
4.) Played a name game to learn/review each other's names.