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Give your students a fun and tasty activity while learning the physics of color theory! Stage Lighting Design affects pigments of color in costume and scenery, and occasionally makeup and props. Let them learn about the affects of lighting color and pigment color using M & Ms (or skittles for some). In addition, I added a second activity to analyze, discuss, and reflect as a lighting designer for Broadway shows choosing colors to use onstage. This assignment has 2 worksheets for the student ac

If you aren't ready for your theatre students to use power tools to build quite yet, here is a nice introduction to measuring and cutting lumber. The end result will be students making a mini 4 inch by 8 inch theatre flat. (Real life flats are traditionally 4ft by 8 ft.) Print the handout exactly or else the measurements will be slightly off. You can test this out by printing and measuring the large rectangle plywood piece, which should be 4 inches by 8 inches. You can find the exact steps and

A costume rendering, also known as a croqui design, is the beginning of a designer creating a costume design. This 2 page worksheet has a male and female body with space for answering questions about the character they are designing. Use this with a play you are reading, a character from a movie, or a new character that they invent for an activity. Find this activity in my Costume Design Powerpoint.

Instead of showing pictures of other theatres, curtains, and set designs, why not have students make their own! Using supplies you can find in the pantry like cardboard boxes and straws, make a mini theatre to learn about the parts of the stage, curtains, and set design. All pages are ready to print cut out, glue on cardboard, and build. No need to resize the design.

This worksheet goes along with the Intro to Technical Theatre Powerpoint. It is the conclusion as we compare technical theatre with our everyday lives.

This short and sweet murder mystery scene is filled with sound cues for students to research sound files online and tell the story. This activity is part of the "Sound Design for Theatre" presentation and could be a stand alone activity for your class. Have students use YouTube or Freesound.org (or another site) to locate the sounds they would use for the required cues in a theatre performance. Finally, have students perform the scene, pausing for the sounds to play.

BINGO is a simple yet fun activity for classes to shake off learning. This activity goes along with the "Sound Design in Theatre" presentation, but could be a stand alone activity for your classes. In the presentation are the sound effects and a worksheet. Print out the BINGO worksheet, and randomly click given sound effects for students to recognize sounds. Expand yourself with youtube sound effects or have your students challenge each other to guess the sounds.

We all go to the stores and look for our size shirt, pants, and shoes, but most people don't know how these measurements are decided and how to take clothing measurements. Using a printed paper or a plastic tape measurer, and with descriptions of how to take different measurements, partners will measure each other's body. I suggest you let the students have the opportunity to skip certain measurements for body issues, or for being uncomfortable with others in close proximity. Find this activit

If you are just introducing your students to theatre lighting, and maybe you don't have your own stage lighting, this is a fun 1 class period activity! Using flashlights, gel books or gel sheets, a dark space, given images, and a worksheet, you can have students pretend to be a designer before they go and break a light instead of a leg. Included is the worksheet, directions, and a variety of images.

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The Jigsaw could be a scary tool for students, but they will feel more comfortable as they have directions of what to expect next. Have them practice cutting shapes like waves, circles, and anything that has turns. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out t

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The drill is a classic tool that students should learn how to use. Have them practice drilling in a screw and pre-drill for a longer screw. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Circular Saw, Jigsaw, and Miter

Integrate close reading along with a short comedic theatre script to engage your students in the subject of Theatre Stage Management. This assignment comes with the directions, the short script, as well as the blank worksheet to complete. One of the first steps a Stage Manager does is read the script for a show and gather technical information on that show. This assignment is the first of 3 assignments in the Introduction to Theater Stage Management Presentation. Check out the Stage Management B

Have fun making costumes with newspaper, tape, and a design. This handout is only a variety of sketches that have intricate design options, and not your classic dress, vest, or pants. The task is simple- groups are given a stack of newspaper, tape, and a design. A fashion show with music is always a great way to end the activity! Find this activity in my Costume Design Powerpoint.

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The miter saw is an important tool in the shop for making basic cuts. Have Students practice cutting a miter and bevel cut. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Circular Saw, Jigsaw, and Drill.

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The table saw is most likely the most dangerous tool in the shop, but a necessary saw to have for theatre. Have students practice by cutting small pieces first before moving to larger sheets of lumber. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool

Heading to the shop, and want your students to follow along with steps to using shop power tools? The Job Operations Sheets are perfect for you all! The Circular Saw is a great tool for students to learn if you do not have a table saw. Have them practice using the saw as they follow along with these steps. The steps include: Preparation, Operation, and Clean up. They are easy to follow along and have a few suggestions and hints. Check out the other tool paperwork such as: Table Saw, Drill, Jigsa

Props in theatre and film are small, yet a valuable piece of a performance. This worksheet goes along with the Theatre Props lesson. These 2 pages have students discuss and investigate the difference between scenery props, hand props, set dressing, and costume props. Hopefully the war of "is this a prop or a costume?" is over... plot twist, it never is over.

Want an alternative to "costume design" or just a creative day for students to invent and design their own shoes? The document has 6 types of blank shoes for students to draw on and design shoes. How to use it? Analyze a character, listen to a song, introduce a historical moment in history, create your own video game and characters, discuss manufacturing and costs, the ideas are endless. Find this activity in my Costume Design Powerpoint.

No more lecturing about tools and hardware found in the shop. Instead, have the students go "shopping" for the supplies that they use every day in the class (or at least what you hope they had to use in class.) And schools will love it as you integrate math and keeping budgets. This activity can be done on the computer in small groups or individually, or even MORE EXCITING... actually take them on a field trip to a local hardware store to physically see the items they are learning about. Manag

Add a fun silly day to your Stage Manager unit by having students fill out a pretend Contact Sheet. This is the 2nd assignment as part of the Introduction to Theatre Stage Management Presentation. Students will walk around the room, talk to other students, have a laugh, and will practice gathering information for a Theatre Contact Sheet. If you want all 3 assignments, an intro activity, and the Introduction to Theatre Stage Management Presentation, find the Stage Management Bundle with all thes