Theatre Games
It’s time to let your inner actor out with Theatre Games. Through a variety of creative dramatic exercises, we will explore gross and fine motor skills, problem solving, listening and speaking skills, following directions, and building confidence. Theatre games takes place Thursdays at 1:30 p.m.
Atten-tion! Today we will follow our leader. When they walk, we walk. When they jump, we jump. When they wiggle, we wiggle. That is until it’s time for the next leader. Join us, as we take turns copying each other being as silly as we can.
July 18, July 25: Dice StoryEmotions are hard for us actors. Fortunately, we have dice to tell us how to feel. A new puppy. The dice say we’re sad. It’s raining outside. The dice say we’re hungry. Roll for emotions to see how you feel about our theatre game!
August 1, August 8: Imagination StationWhen is a banana not a banana? When it’s a boomerang! Or a baby! Or a boomerang baby! We’ll use our imagination to turn items into all sorts of weird and wonderful objects.
August 15, August 22, August 29: Half a PlayOh no! I was supposed to write a play for Theatre Games and I totally forgot! Can you help me fill in the blanks and then perform what we come up with?
September 5, September 12: Do Re You!In theatre, we can’t just warm up our bodies, we also have to warm up our voices! Breathe in, breathe out. Hiss like a snake for as loooooooong as you can. Stretch your voice up high and way down low as we explore all the sounds we can make with our mouths.
September 19, September 26: TelephoneHow well can we listen? Can we pass a phrase around the circle? What about an action? See how what we say and do can change as it goes from person to person in this fun theatre game.