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This four-week musical theatre camp will put on a production of Annie Jr. for students ages 8-12. Students will learn about auditioning, rehearsing, performing, character development, vocal music, dance, and set construction. The camp is divided into weeks focusing on ensemble building, blocking, rehearsing, and a final technical week. Students will work on memorization, presenting skills, and applying theatre techniques while gaining confidence. The goal is for students to have a fun, creative experience celebrating musical theatre.

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This four-week musical theatre camp will put on a production of Annie Jr. for students ages 8-12. Students will learn about auditioning, rehearsing, performing, character development, vocal music, dance, and set construction. The camp is divided into weeks focusing on ensemble building, blocking, rehearsing, and a final technical week. Students will work on memorization, presenting skills, and applying theatre techniques while gaining confidence. The goal is for students to have a fun, creative experience celebrating musical theatre.

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ANNIE Jr.

Instructors: Stephanie Jacobson, Erin Stover, Nicole Korpela, Brady Reed and Chloe Langford.
Class Age: 8-12
Time: 9:00am -4:00pm
Location: Hitchcock Theatre
Curriculum Areas: Musical theatre, drama, character education, dance, vocal music, ensemble.
Class Description: This four week-long camp offers students the ability to celebrate theatre
in the best way possible Making it, and learning about it in a fun and safe way. For this camp,
we will explore the audition process, rehearsing process and performance comfortably of a
musical theatre production as well as having the opportunity for the students to create their
character persona through ensemble activities which will add to the story of the production!
Also the students will have the chance to use their arts and crafts skills to also create (some of
the technical elements) a physical world of 1933 New York City that the show will take place in!
Students will be challenged to memorize their lines and music, as well as effectively present
dance and vocal technique in front of an audience.
Class/ Student Objectives:

To challenge the students to use their bodies, voice and imagination.


To implement rehearsal work into a performance.
To create an environment the students can make acting choices in confidently.
To understand how to learn and perform vocal music and Choreography.
To explore Character Development individually and as an ensemble through participation
in teacher led lessons with student led activities.
To experience and learn from the auditioning process.
To celebrate theatre in a safe and fun creative musical experience.
To understand dramaturgical work through class research and activities that help create a
setting for the production.
To learn the teamwork involved in a set construction process.

General daily Schedule:


9:00-10:00- Question of the day, body and vocal warm ups and ensemble exercise.
10:00-11:00- Blocking rehearsal
11:00-12:00 Dance Rehearsal
12:00- 1:00- Lunch
1:00-1:45 re warm up and ensemble character development activity.
1:45- 2:45 vocal rehearsal
2:45- 4:00- creative time for costume and set creation/ ensemble building.

Week 1: Ensemble, Auditions and Casting, first rehearsals and blocking


This week will be focused on building a sense of ensemble while introducing the use of an
actors tools, the process of auditioning and casting of the show.
Day 1: Monday June 29th- Get to know you, intro to Actors tools/ Practice audition material.
Day 2: Tuesday June 30th- Auditions and art design contest (for flyer).
Day 3: Wednesday June 1st- Announce Casting, and read/ sing through the show.
Day 4: Thursday June 2nd- Annie 1930s Dramaturgical Scavenger hunt.
Day 5: Friday June 3rd- No Camp

Week 2: Rehearsing, Ensemble Building.


This week will be focused on ensemble work and character development through ensemble
activities. We will also continue working more on staging/ blocking, music and choreography as
well as work the first half of the show off book.
Day 6: Monday July 6th- Ensemble character Building- Acting with purpose
Day 7: Tuesday July 7th- Start Working choreography and blocking.
Day 8: Wednesday July 8th- Rehearse Vocals Choreography and blocking.
Day 9: Thursday July 9th- Finish blocking first half of the show.
Day 10: Friday July 10th- Run first half off book.

Week 3: Finish blocking, rehearse off book, constructing.


This week will be focused on acting out the scenes with blocking off book for the second half of
the show. We will also work as ensemble to create some set pieces and props. Putting on the final
touches.
Day 11: Monday July 13th- Pull costume pieces/ Set construction day one.
Day 12: Tuesday July 14th- Set construction Day 2 (finish up)/ blocking and choreography.
Day 13: Wednesday July 15th- Finish learning choreography and finish blocking second half.
Day 14: Thursday July 16th- Run second half off book and then run whole show (no set).
Day 15: Friday July 17th- Run and clean whole show first time with set/ props.

Week 4: Tech week/ Performance.

This week will be focused on polishing up our scenes with choreography and music while
running the show as if it were the real performance using proper technical rehearsal/ performance
etiquette in costume.
Day 16: Monday July 20th- Run show with lights- give notes.
Day 17: Tuesday July 21st- Get costumes fitted/ run show with lights.
Day 18: Wednesday July 22nd- Run show with costumes and lights/ Complete Bios.
Day 19: Thursday July 23rd- Run show last time in front of class audience.
Day 20: Friday July 24th- Performance at 2pm & 7pm
Day 21: Saturday July 25th- Performance at 2pm & 4:30 pm/ Strike at 6:30pm.

National Standards for theatre Education


Content Standard #2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in
improvisations and informal or formal productions
Achievement Standard, Proficient:
a) Students analyze the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of characters found in
dramatic texts from various genres and media
b) Students compare and demonstrate various classical and contemporary acting techniques and
methods
c) Students in an ensemble, create and sustain characters that communicate with audiences
Achievement Standard, Advanced:
d) Students demonstrate artistic discipline to achieve an ensemble in rehearsal and performance
e) Students create consistent characters from classical, contemporary, realistic, and nonrealistic
dramatic texts in informal and formal theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions.
Content Standard #3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic
interpretations for informal or formal productions
Achievement Standard, Proficient:
a) Students explain the basic physical and chemical properties of the technical aspects of theatre
(such as light, color, electricity, paint, and makeup)
b) Students analyze a variety of dramatic texts from cultural and historical perspectives to
determine production requirements
c) Students develop designs that use visual and aural elements to convey environments that
clearly support the text
d) Students apply technical knowledge and skills to collaboratively and safely create functional
scenery, properties, lighting, sound, costumes, and makeup
Content Standard #5: Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical
information to support artistic choices

Achievement Standard, Proficient:


a) Students identify and research cultural, historical, and symbolic clues in dramatic texts, and
evaluate the validity and practicality of the information to assist in making artistic choices for
informal and formal productions
Achievement Standard, Advanced:
b) Students research and describe appropriate historical production designs, techniques, and
performances from various cultures to assist in making artistic choices for informal and formal
theatre, film, television, or electronic media productions.

Role of the teacher:


This four week musical theatre camp was proposed and developed by Stephanie Jacobson and
the educational staff of the Omaha Theatre Company. Brady Reed served as co-director and
assistant teacher and helped plan and lead lessons on ensemble building, dramaturgical work,
actors tools, as well as blocking and leading scenes in rehearsals for one third of the script, as
part of his duty as a summer intern for the Omaha Theatre Company.

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