Technical Theatre Curriculum

written by Brandon Goodman - August 2019

Two Eighteen Week Semesters - Average of 5 classes per week

Week Days Objective Standards

Week One 3 Introductions TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Two 5 Types of Stages TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Three 5 Theatre History TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Four 4 Stage Diorama TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Five 5 Tool Safety TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Six 5 Tool Applicaiton TH:Cn10.1.I. TH:Cn10.1.II. TH:Cn10.1.III.

Week Seven 5 Types of Set Items TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week Eight 5 Building Application TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week Nine 5 Painting Techniques TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week Ten 5 Scene Change Challenge TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week Eleven 5 Ground Plans TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week Twelve 5 Set presentation TH:Pr5.1.I. TH:Pr5.1.II. TH:Pr5.1.III.

Week
Thirteen 5 Intro to Costumes TH:Cr1.1.I. TH:Cr1.1.II. TH:Cr1.1.III
Week
Fourteen 5 Cosplay Construction TH:Cr1.1.I. TH:Cr1.1.II. TH:Cr1.1.III
Week Fifteen 5 Prop Costruction TH:Cr1.1.I. TH:Cr1.1.II. TH:Cr1.1.III

Week Sixteen 5 Make - Up Morgue TH:Cr1.1.I. TH:Cr1.1.II. TH:Cr1.1.III

Week
Seventeen 5 Make Up Presentations TH:Cr1.1.I. TH:Cr1.1.II. TH:Cr1.1.III
Week
Eighteen 5

Week
Nineteen 4 Intro to Lighting Instruments TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week Twenty 5 Lighting Paperwork TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-One 4 Hang and Focus TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Two 5 Gobo Design TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Three 5 LED and Color Theory TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.
Week-
Twenty Four 5 Programming Test TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Five 4 Sound Design Research TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Six 5 Sound Design Work TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Seven 5 Final Sound Presentations TH:Cr3.1.I. TH:Cr3.1.II. TH:Cr3.1.III.

Week
Twenty-Eight 5 Theatre Marketing Overview TH:Pr6.1.I. TH:Pr6.1.II. TH:Pr6.1.III.
 Week
Twenty-Nine 5 Playbills and Budgets TH:Pr6.1.I. TH:Pr6.1.II. TH:Pr6.1.III.

Week Thirty 5 Social Media Plan for Ads TH:Pr6.1.I. TH:Pr6.1.II. TH:Pr6.1.III.

Week Thirty-
One 4 Roles in Theatre TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.

Week Thirty-
Two 5 Professional Research Proj. TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.

Week Thirty-
Three 5 Professional Presentation TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.

Week Thirty-
Four 5 Final Portfolio Starts TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.

Week Thirty-
Five 5 Portfolio Work TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.

Week Thirty-
Six 5 Portfolio Due - 1 on 1 TH:Cr2.1.I. TH:Cr2.1.II. TH:Cr2.1.III.
 Essential Questions Handouts Assessments
First Semester
UNIT 1

Core Values, Elements of

How do you connect to the world of theatre? Design, Personality Types

What essentail elements are needed for a theatrical

performance?

How has society shaped the way we view theatre

through performance spaces? Types of Stages Quiz

What elements of the space have stayed constant over

the history of Theatre? Stage Diorama

How can we incorporate the 5S model into our daily

lives? 5-S

How does a clean workspace affect productivity? Tool Test

UNIT 2
How can design choices impact the audiences Theatre/Hollywood/
perception? Platform
Types of cuts - Flat
Why is it important to identify the tools needed? Construction

How does color theory affect design choices? Measurements

How did communication with your team affect your

performance?

Where can we see the use of ground plans in real life?

What considerations will you be adding for the next
design? Presentation
UNIT 3

How has fashion impacted Theatre over the years?

Can the costume be created before the character?

 How can found objects be modified on a budget? Finish Project

How do environmental elements affect the nautre of the

human face/body?

What style do you identify with most and why? Presentation

Finals
Holiday Break

Second Semester
UNIT 4

How has the history of lighting impacted performance?

What is the difference between an ME and LD?

Why is it important to collaborate with all areas of

technical theatre when creating a lighting design?

How can lighting change the environment on stage?

How can color affect the audience?

10 cues - color - Moving
What steps were the most difficult to navigate? Heads
UNIT 5

How does sound design affect a production?

What editing tools have you used through this proccess?

How can you apply these skills to everyday life?

Spring Break
UNIT 6

What is the value of the "Ad"?

Hypothesize the cost of a production - were you over or
under value?

How can social media affect attendance?

UNIT 7

What area best fits your future goals?

How do you connect with your designer?

What is the extent of influence your designer has on

your choices?

Which element of your work are you most proud?

What elements were difficult for you to complete?

Where will you go with the tools you have learned this
year?
Finals
 Activity Lesson Notes Space & Other Considerations

Have students express their current

interests to find the area of technical
Introductions theatre that suits them best
Explore the ideas around various
performing spaces - what stages do
Types of Stages you have? 21st - PAC TOUR
Look at the progression of stages
through the years and highlight
Theatre History similarities to your space.

Have students create a diorama of a

Stage Diorama performing space and present them.
Saftey First - Create a standard for
keeping your space organized and
Tool Safety rehease expectations - 5S

Model Use - have students model for

Tool Applicaiton you - test accuracy for mastery Production Week

Raked Stages - Periaktoi - Flats -

Types of Set Items Ramps - Platforms
1 Theatre Flat - 1 Hollywood Flat - 1
Building Application Platform
Scumble - Wet Blend - Dry Brush -
Painting Techniques Stencil - Spatter - Glaze
Learn how to spike the set and use
communication to acheive a scene
Scene Change Challenge change

Have student draw a ground plan for

thier living room to help merge stage
Groud Plans ground plans to real life. Production Week
Have students set thier projects out
Set presentation and do a gallery walk

Dramaturgical research driving

designs - Cultural impact on time
Intro to Costumes period.
Use elements of costuming to create
Cosplay Construction a new character.
 Expand on the character from
Cosplay to create a prop the
Prop Costruction character would need. Production Week

Have students complie photos online

Make - Up Morgue into a google slide presentation.
Take student photo - trace to create
make-up chart - 1. Old Age 2. Fantasy
Make Up Presentations 3. Basic Corrective Production Week

History of Lenses - Light house Use -

Intro to Lighting convex Vs. concave - Degrees in
Instruments lighting instruments
Light Plot - Magic Sheets - Cue Sheets
Lighting Paperwork - Script Driven Needs Production Week
Create a sample light plot that can be
developed in short time - McCandles
Hang and Focus areas work well.
Have students create a gobo design
that can be cut out of a pie tray and
Gobo Design used in class. Production Week
Use Gels or LEDS to show how the
colors of M&M's change under stage
LED and Color Theory light.
Channels - Cues - Looks - Color -
Programming Test Robotic Lighting (Pan,Tilt, Focus)

Analyzing the script:

What does the script say
we need to have - live or What does the script say we need to
recorded? have - live or recorded?

Using digital media to Using digital media to edit music/SFX

edit music/SFX needed. needed.

Justify your choices

through the script - what Justify your choices through the script
additional choices did - what additional choices did you
you make as a designer. make as a designer. Production Week

Examine the various

elements of theatre
marketing - how can it be Examine the various elements of
updated for todays theatre marketing - how can it be
audience? updated for todays audience? Production Week
 Share examples of your
production budgets. Give Share examples of your production
students a budget to budgets. Give students a budget to
work with. work with.

Incorporate a social
media activity that
enables engagement Incorporate a social media activity
online - Analytics for that enables engagement online -
Twitter is a good source Analytics for Twitter is a good source

Discuss the various areas

of roles in theatre - have Discuss the various areas of roles in
students select the one theatre - have students select the one
they most identify with. they most identify with

Research roles and

practitioners: Who,
what, where, when,
why? Who - What - When - Where - Why?

Present on researched
designer: What is the
impact your profession What is the impact your professional
had on Theatre? had on Theatre?

Have student complie a

digital porfolio to Have student complie a digital
showcase their work for porfolio to showcase their work for
the year the year

Help students structre

thier work as if it were a Help students structre thier work as if
professional interview. it were a professional interview.

Evaluate student success

and lessons learned for
the next year - where do Evaluate student success and lessons
they fit in the learned for the next year - where do
department? they fit in the department?
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ACTIVITY
Introductions
Types of Stages
Theatre History
Stage Diorama
Tool Safety
Tool Application
Types of Set Items
Building Application
Painting Techniques
Scene Change Challenge
Ground Plans
Set presentation
Intro to Costumes
Cosplay Construction
Prop Construction
Make - Up Morgue
Make Up Presentations
Finals

Intro to Lighting Instruments

Lighting Paperwork
Hang and Focus
Gobo Design
LED and Color Theory
Programming Test
Sound Design Research
Sound Design Work
Final Sound Presentations
Theatre Marketing Overview
Playbills and Budgets
Social Media Plan for Ads
Roles in Theatre
Professional Research Proj.
Professional Presentation
Final Portfolio Starts
Portfolio Work
Portfolio Due - 1 on 1
Finals
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Lesson Notes
Have students express their current interests to find the area of technical theatre that suits them best
Explore the ideas around various performing spaces - what stages do you have?
Look at the progression of stages through the years and highlight similarities to your space.
Have students create a diorama of a performing space and present them.
Safety First - Create a standard for keeping your space organized and rehearse expectations - 5S
Model Use - have students model for you - test accuracy for mastery
Raked Stages - Periaktoi - Flats - Ramps - Platforms
1 Theatre Flat - 1 Hollywood Flat - 1 Platform
Scumble - Wet Blend - Dry Brush - Stencil - Spatter - Glaze
Learn how to spike the set and use communication to achieve a scene change
Have student draw a ground plan for their living room to help merge stage ground plans to real life.
Have students set their projects out and do a gallery walk
Dramaturgical research driving designs - Cultural impact on time period.
Use elements of costuming to create a new character.
Expand on the character from Cosplay to create a prop the character would need.
Have students compile photos online into a google slide presentation.
Take student photo - trace to create make-up chart - 1. Old Age 2. Fantasy 3. Basic Corrective

History of Lenses - Light house Use - convex Vs. concave - Degrees in lighting instruments
Light Plot - Magic Sheets - Cue Sheets - Script Driven Needs
Create a sample light plot that can be developed in short time - McCandless areas work well.
Have students create a gobo design that can be cut out of a pie tray and used in class.
Use Gels or LEDS to show how the colors of M&M's change under stage light.
Channels - Cues - Looks - Color - Robotic Lighting (Pan, Tilt, Focus)
What does the script say we need to have - live or recorded?
Using digital media to edit music/SFX needed.
Justify your choices through the script - what additional choices did you make as a designer.
Examine the various elements of theatre marketing - how can it be updated for todays audience?
Share examples of your production budgets. Give students a budget to work with.
Incorporate a social media activity that enables engagement online - Analytics for Twitter is a good source
Discuss the various areas of roles in theatre - have students select the one they most identify with
Who - What - When - Where - Why?
What is the impact your professional had on Theatre?
Have student complie a digital porfolio to showcase their work for the year
Help students structre thier work as if it were a professional interview.
Evaluate student success and lessons learned for the next year - where do they fit in the department?
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