“Class Act for Kids"at the Flagler Playhouse 2022

Flagler Playhouse, Inc.

Basic Acting for Kids (ages 8 to 14)

May-June 2022

Instructor: Les Ober

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Classes will include the following:

Physical Warmups

Stretches, balance, posture, relaxing, focus, and movement for the stage.

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Vocal Warmups

Relaxing, projection, enunciation, breathing, and speech for the stage.

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Theater games for warming up and creativity

Can include ball game, spacewalk/explosion (emotion-no emotion), sports movements, New York (what do you do), objects game, and more.

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Use of improv

Can include the party, slips of paper (nouns/emotions), animal behavior to human, and more.

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Theory work

Simple introduction to method acting (sensory recall, mask), objectives, use of spine, motivation, obstacle, strategy, action, outcome.

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Scene work

Short piece (age appropriate) to be worked on each week.

Final class presentation for parents and friends – regular class, followed by 45-to-60-minute presentation, to include a short scene for all students and demonstration of favorite games and improvisations.