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Theatre 113

Childrens Theatre

Patricia Cohill

Email:  pcohill@bcc.edu

Office: Parker 319M

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course gives the student the theory and the application in practice of how to select, mount and market a children’s theatre production.  By testing and displaying skills in a practical production situation, the student will be involved in all phases of mounting a children’s theatre production with will be performed for Burlington County elementary school students.
 

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 

 

1. Students will be familiar with the guidelines for directing Children’s Theatre including emotional truth, visualization, variety, multi-age considerations, casting and identification, audience participation and theatrical “magic.”
2. Students will demonstrate and understanding and ability to fulfill the role of a actor to the audience of a children’s play.    It is absolutely essential that the actor be able to convince the audience that he believes in the truth of what he is doing.
3. Students will learn as actors of children’s theatre to demonstrate the almost intangible skill to play to and with and audience.
4. Students will understand and accept the responsibility that actors in children’s theatre have for the spiritual growth of their audience.
5. Students will demonstrate and understanding of the guidelines for prop and costume selection in children’s theatre.
6. Students will articulate a response to the rehearsal and performance process.

COURSE SCHEDULE
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GRADE CALCULATION
 
 

***Attendance and participation                       60 points

                                                         Props                                                           10

                                                        Costumes                                                      10

                                                      **Journal                                                        10

                                                       * Childrens Theatre Critique Paper                 10

TOTAL                                                  100
 
 
 
 

91-100              A
89-90    +B
80-88      B
78-79    +C
70-77               C
65-69     D
64-0      F

 

***Attendance and participation credit will be earned through arriving ON TIME, prepared to work with the appropriate lines memorized and props and costumes when required.    Students who do not fulfill these obligations will be docked points.
 

 

**  Each student will be required to keep a daily journal documenting the rehearsal and performance experience.  Journals may be hand written but must be legible to the instructor.  Journals are due on December 15, 2004 and may be picked up from the instructor after final exam week.

* Each student will be required to attend one performance of a children’s play and write a response paper.  The paper should include the following:

Identify:

Title of the work

Book Author

Lyrics Author (if applicable)

Music Composer (if applicable)

Where the work was performed

Length of the run

Date of Attendance
 

 

Content:

What do you think the primary intention of the writer was?

What was the subject of the work?

How did the actors display emotional truth?

Was visualization than in a play for an adult audience?

How was variety in the production?

Was the play appropriate to a wide age range?

Was degree of audience participation was use?

Discuss the use of space.

Discuss the passage of time.

Discuss the technical elements (lights, costumes, props, make-up, score).  How were they used?
 

 
   

Impact

   

PAPERS are due by October 27, 2004.