By Lori Nelson | Project Leader
Before we train educators using interactive theatre, we need to prepare the young actors who will participate in the trainings. Our class begins with activities designed to build trust and safety in the group, we also introduce some of the basics of improvisational acting.
One fun activity is called "The Restaurant". The stage is transformed into a restaurant and students are assigned to play different types of customers or restaurant workers. Students are randomly assigned roles and are allowed to experience improvisation all together. It's easier to learn this type of natural (non-comedic) improv without having an audience. We also have some great storytelling activities. Students sit in groups of four and tell a true story of something unusual that has happened to them. Eventually, they choose one of these stories and every group member learns to tell it as if it was their own experience. We develop this into a contest that awards points for convincing the audience that this experience happened to the storyteller (whether it did or not) and also for guessing the true storytellers.
We have a great time and everyone begins to learn the skills that will be needed when we beginning trainings in October!
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