#readingplays

Yeah, that’s how my blog begins, like a FAIRYTALE!  I am beginning my journey of becoming a teacher - which at the moment results in lots of pinning on Pinterest and a board that has almost 1k pins.

As I write this, I am in the midst of reading plays and better educating myself in different forms on theatre and ideas.  I am also currently reading “Directors On Directing” by Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy.  

One of the subjects that I would like to focus on from that book is the idea of “Theatrical Impulse” in an effort to create organic theatre.  While this idea might seem a little grown up (it even feels grown up to me now lol), it is experimental and I believe that kids might understand more clearly if it is spoken plainly and laid out on the table.  By just saying, act on your impulse, I am allowing the students feed into that improvisation.  

While this tool will probably only be used in those improv scenarios, I think that this skill can be carried over to acting in scenes and full productions with “Acting & Reacting”. 

In closing, while I haven’t had any classes to go towards the education part of my major, I have spent some time volunteering with 2 productions this spring and summer and learned a lot from the people in charge of that so I will likely be writing weekly recaps of things I’ve learned or games we’ve played in class.

This may seem premature, as I am only a college sophomore lol but I just need to track my progress and I thought a blog would the best way to keep track.