I recommend a simple keyboard and someone who can play impromptu background music. Nothing fancy is necessary — just music that conveys different emotions. Have the audience members suggest a location. For example: library, zoo, kindergarten class, driving school, etc. The actors begin the scene with a normal, everyday exchange:. Once the conversation is underway, the instructor or whoever is manning the keyboard plays background music.
The melody can alternate between dramatic, whimsical, suspenseful, western, science-fiction, romantic, and so forth. The actors must then create action and dialogue that matches the mood of the music. Whenever the music changes, the behavior of the characters change. This drama exercise is terrific for large groups.
One person perhaps the drama instructor or group leader serves as the "orchestra conductor. However, instead of having a string section or a brass section, the conductor will create "emotion sections.
Just ask 80s band Milli Vanilli! However, students can take their first step toward a song-writing career by spoofing existing songs. Choose partners. Sit back to back on the floor, legs straight out in front.
Interlock arms. Children imagine that strings are attached to various parts of their bodies. They move about the room led by that part. Example: right thumb, nose, knees. Eyelashes etc. Form a circle. Each person chooses one other person in the circle to secretly watch.
Everyone closes their eyes and strikes a pose. In posture, pose, stance, etc. Watch as the whole team morphs into the same pose! This exercise demonstrate to children how important it is to project their voices. Place three bean bags in front of a row of children. One about 10 feet away from them — the second about 20 feet away, the third about feet away this can obviously be changed to suit the physical environment of the class. Ask each child to look directly at the first bean bag, say their name and the name of their favorite animal.
Instruct them to say the exact same things to the second bean bag. Would they speak with the same volume? When asked to address the third bean bag, they obviously should be projecting their voices as loud as they can.
After the entire group has addressed the bean bags, let them know they were really acting in a play just then — reaching the first three rows, the middle rows, and the back rows of the theater. Good for Day Camp , in stages for an event …and those full days of programming. In the planning stages, have participants decide on a theme for the show such as fall fashions or holiday outfits ; plan music and which roles children will play.
Help the players plan the set up; where youth will enter and exit—as well as where the audience will sit. Make a list of special clothing to wear during the show and any other props you may need. Second session: Give members time to set up the show and get organized. Get the audience seated a let the show begin! Think of all the silliness you can! I love how the concept of this game makes it a challenge for the actors to keep up, and play along until another person changes the tone of the scene.
It allows you to be so many things that you could probably be somewhere else in the future. This would serve as inspiration for many actors who want to get their feet into the theater world. Concept: Everyone gathers around in a circle. That other person Well, you get the jist.
The voice to an actor is so important and these games will help you think like an athlete when it comes to developing this skill. Your vocal chords need warming-up then exercising to build stamina, strength and flexibility - this in turn will help clarity, diction and expression.
The nature of drama games is that they are shared, adapted and extended. The original author is not so important as the shared practice. We hope that among the known games are ideas of how to refresh old ones as well as new games to use.
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