MS Theater Instructional Guide

Example Learning Progression

1. Read a script while identifying and annotating staging requirements. 2. Analyze and consider scripted stage directions.

3. Adjust any stage directions as needed for the requirements of the performance blocking. 4. Utilize appropriate stage directions and blocking when directing or staging a performance of the script. WISR CONNECTIONS:

Reading, Viewing CONCEPTS:

PRIORITY VOCABULARY: SKILLS:

● Technical Requirements ● Stage Spaces ● Stage Directions ● Stage Areas ● Blocking Techniques ● Staging Solutions

● Technical Requirements ● Stage ● Stage Directions ● Stage Areas

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Read, view, and analyze scripts for performance, staging, or technical requirements. ● Identify and utilize: appropriate stage spaces, stage directions, areas of a stage, blocking techniques, and staging solutions.

● Blocking ● Staging

EXAMPLE LESSONS, ASSESSMENTS, and OTHER RESOURCES

BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Terminology (Unit) BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions Twister

BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions Bingo & Blocking BYU Theatre Education Database: Stage Directions and Blocking BYU Theatre Education Database: Movement and Blocking BYU Theatre Education Database: Technical Theatre Introduction (Unit) Side x Side: Parts of a Stage Lesson USF Educator Resources: Parts of A Proscenium Stage and the Stage Areas USF Educator Resources: Theatre Stage Performance Spaces USF Educator Resources: Exploring Technical Design PBS Learning Media: Technical Theatre