Curriculum Progression in CA Theatre
Wow, did I ever just delete a lot of griping about the state of arts at CA, and how everything would be better if they would just give theatre all the resources, money and students. Well, here’s what was left after I took a nap. Teaching within the IB program makes the job of scaffolding ...
Notes from a Forbidden Planet
The first in my soon-to-be-irregular series on rehearsals of Bob Carlton’s Return to the Forbidden Planet. Oh! and UH Masters Lesson Reflection #3. I hate having students develop blocking and line memorization through directorial fiat and repetition. This time though, due to an APAC-related time crunch, I panicked and drew out little maps for the ...
12/4: Laban Introduction
UH Masters Lesson Reflection #2 We spent a week at the beginning of November introducing some basic elements of Laban—specifically BESS and the eight effort combinations. The work felt productive, but detached. Good commitment from the kids, but not much sense of where it would lead. In part it’s the group. When we did an ...
9/8: Elements of Action
UH Masters Lesson Reflection #1 For my first round of educational plagiarism, I have lifted Jackie’s “get-the-dollar” activity from our first week of class. My 9/10 drama class begins with a unit on monologues, which my co-teacher and I have used primarily as a way into our voice unit. We both agreed that the vocal ...
Under Construction
My Masters course needs portfolio materials, and this is where they will be. I’ll try to keep these tucked out of sight of anyone not interested, but if you want to see what we’re doing during our Summers at UH, keep reading.