Technical Theatre (Theatre Arts 1)

By Tracy Brooke

This unit is for the acting teacher who needs to cover technical aspects in a first year theatre course. It is an easy to teach, easy to understand technical theatre unit. Choose videos that teach each category, or, show you tube videos (free) of the different elements of tech theatre. Simple worksheets aid in the students ability to comprehend the various categories of tech theatre. Quizes test students ability to remember what they watched, heard, and read. In this unit students will... Identify the contributions of each tech element such as lighting, costuming, makeup, and sound. Know the safety techniques of the technical aspects of theatre. Identify the process of design and construction. Students get into production teams and create a concept supporting this with lighting, staging, costuming, and makeup decisions. After this unit, students should understand the many jobs and opportunities of technical theatre and know if they would like to go in that direction. Class management section included. New is a "Call To Order" to support the technical theatre teacher in maintaining class control when students break out into theatrical projects. This unit contains Civic Education / Character Education. Teach students to create habits of action, to be community minded, and deepen their abilities to problem solve, communicate, and think critically and intuitively Prompts in the lesson plan show when civic education skill is being taught. Information in the back on how to deepen the civic minded nature of your students.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481897845
• ISBN13: 9781481897846
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"