Our day began with a morning ritual - the daily edit, and then campers were able to write their biography to be included in a playbill for Friday's performances for our family and friends. Today's theater game was actually disguised as script-writing and was called "Create-a-Scene." Groups of two had about eight minutes to write a script centered around a beginning theme or setting with two pieces of dialogue that were required elements. These scripts were published and shared with the group. We cannot wait to see them in our anthology!
Before practicing our group scripts, we AGAIN did a run-through of "Who Done It?" Campers are improving their theater skills with every practice, and the props are getting more and more elaborate!
For the majority of time, campers rehearsed their group scripts on stage. One group finished their first run-through that was begun yesterday, and the second group was able to practice only a portion of their mystery script. As the scripts were played out on the stage, campers realized that some elements of their scripts were confusing and unclear, especially to would-be audience members. Tomorrow there will be a mini-lesson on including more concise stage direction, narration, character development, and dialogue so that the audience is not left asking themselves questions. Campers had a blast with these scripts however...Alex played an old lady and a doctor, Naomi took on the role of a police man and a nurse, Chloe pretended to be an surgery patient and a nurse, Brooke played a nosy neighbor and a grieving husband, and Allison role-played a police chief and a young girl.
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