English for musical theatre actors 60211100 Study manual for students of musical theatre actor

Task 6. Emotion Game
Emotion Game is a theater game for groups to warm up and break the ice. To play this game, determine an order. Then one person acts as the caller. The caller will shout out emotions like “excited” or “moody,” and the first participant will come out to act out the emotion for a few seconds. Then, other participants will take turns acting out emotions called by the supervisor.
Emotion Game is an excellent theater game that helps students develop improvisation skills and emotional intelligence.
Task 7. Communication Chain
Communication Chain is one of the best theater games for teams. The game involves participants expressing activities through gestures. Here is how to play Communication Chain:

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   Have participants form a straight line. All participants should face the same direction
   
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   Select another participant who will be the last person on the line and take the lead
   
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   The leader will write down an action. For instance, “I was taking a walk and saw someone. I waved and fell”
   
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   After, the leader will tap the participant standing in front of them and demonstrate the action they wrote without verbal cues
   
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   Then that participant taps the next person and demonstrates the action
   
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   The demonstration will continue up to the beginning of the line. Then, the first person on the line will have to guess what the action is
   

The fun of the game lies in misunderstanding. When players misinterpret a gesture, the message gets muddled and miscommunicated, and the final participant’s guess can become hilariously off-base.
Task 8. One-Word Story
Storytelling exercises like One-Word Story are great theater games for small groups. The game involves each player volunteering a word to form a meaningful story. You can play One-Word Story in these steps: Have the players sit round in a circle. There will be a coordinator who will start the game. The game starts with the coordinator saying, “Once upon a time.” Then the coordinator follows the phrase with a random word. The second player sitting next to the coordinator will say another word. The third, fourth, fifth, and other players will also take turns to say a word. The words should form a meaningful sentence. Then the players keep taking turns to say the words until the final players say “the” and “end”. You can make the one-word game challenging by eliminating players who take exceed a set amount of time to find a word that fits into the context. This game helps groups to improve thinking, improvisation, and listening skills.