Warm-ups

"Bombs and Shields”

Pick one person in group who is your bomb but do not tell that person s/he is your bomb; now, choose someone who is your shield, but do not tell that person s/he is your shield. When the director yells, “Bomb!” if the shield is 

not between you and your bomb, then you are dead!

Carnival!

Actors stand in a circle. Someone steps into circle to introduce a sound and a movement; everyone imitates; another person enters from the circle to take over and introduce another sound and movement. 

Cat and Mouse

Students pair up

Students decide which is the cat and which is the mouse.

The cat chases the mouse. If the cat eats (catches) the mouse then the cat becomes the mouse. The mouse can avoid the cat if s/he links up with another pair. The person furthest away from the mouse becomes a dog and chases the cat. 

Statues: 
Four actors are on stage. One of the actors is the sculptor who "sculpts" the actors into poses like sculptures of people. Once the "sculptor" is finished the actors then begin a scene  based on their poses as sculptures. 

Symphony of Emotions:
Actors are given emotions to express through  sound and movement. The actors are then assigned different emotions and the director "directs" them in a symphony of emotional sounds.
 The actors then say their lines from their  scene  using the emotion assigned. The actors all stand onstage and say their lines simultaneously.

Statues: actors strike different pose each time director strikes drum, creating different emotionally expressive poses..

Statues 

music playing

Students walking  about

Director says:

Statue - actors stop and strike a pose

Statue - different pose

Statue - different pose

Director says walk and the actors start walking

Statue - diffferent pose

Statue - different pose 

Addition/Subtraction: students in circle; 1st actor starts with a number; 2nd says plus or minus; 3rd says another number; 4th says equals the number; next go around kids change the numbers to silly objects

Props: kids take an object and turns it into whatever it is not and creates an issue with it, drawing everyone into the drama; for example, a sweater turns into a radio which will not work. Everyone tries to make it work. Then  the sweater is thrown to another student, where it will become something else.