Beginning Acting Class 
Daily Schedule & Assignments

January
​January 8
  • ​Syllabus
  • Name Bingo
January 9​
  • Speeches of Introduction
  • Theatre Word Web
January 11 January 16
  • Stage Tour Quiz
  • Infomercials Introduction
January 18
  • Infomercials Script Due!
  • Infomercials Rehearsal
January 22
  • Infomercial Rehearsal
​January 24
  • Infomercials Due!
January 26
  • Vocal Techniques
  • Creating a character voice 
January 30
  • Continue creating a character voice
February
February 1
  • Assign Interview Scenes
  • Begin Memorization
​February 5
  • Interview Scene Memorization Check
February 7
  • Rehearse Interview Scenes
February 9
  • Interview Scenes Due!
February 13
  • British Dialect Day
February 15
  • New York Dialect Day
February 20
  • Southern Dialect Day
​February 22
  • Dialect Monologues Due!
February 26
  • Begin Playwriting Unit
  • Plot Lines
February 28
  • Playwriting
  • Setting/Location
March
​​ March 2
  • Playwriting
  • Character Development
March 6
  • Playwriting
  • Character Development
March 8
  • Begin Rehearsal
  • Playwriting Scenes
March 12-16
  • Playwriting Rehearsals
March 20
  • Playwriting Scenes Due!
  • (rubric)
​March 22
  • Begin Acting Unit
  • Pick Scenes and Monologues
April
April 2
  • Monologue Memorization Check!
April 4
  • Scene Memorization Check!
April 6-13
  • Monolgue and Scene Rehearsal
April 17
  • Monologues Due!
April 19
  • Scenes Due!
April 23
  • Begin Stage Combat
  • (handout)
  • Safety Quiz
​April 25
  • Stage Combat
  • Lecture
April 27
  • Stage Combat
  • Lecture
May
May 1
  • Stage Combat
  • Stage Falls
  • Lecture
May 3 May 7-17
  • Stage Combat Scene Rehearsal
May 24 (FINAL)
  • Final Stage Combat Scenes Due!