Welcome to Ms. Kendrick's Virtual Stage!

Today is Friday, March 19th

Blocks 1-3 please check out and complete the Round 3 Challenge of Davis March Musical Madness.

Reminder: Please cast an informed vote by reading the background information on each of the musicals in today's bracket round, watching the video clips found in the Davis Musical March Madness Voting Form for Round 3 and submitting your vote which is located at the bottom (and also under the links section) of the Musical Madness Blog.

Voting ends at 5pm today; results out by 6pm. Please note the form stops collecting responses at 5pm.






BLOCKS 1-3 DAILY WARM-UPS
Let's get you up on your feet moving and using your voice.

Please pick one or two tongue twisters to say out loud slowly and clearly 5 times cleanly in a row without tripping over the words. Bonus points if you record via voice memos on your phone yourself practicing one and sending to me at kphillips@davisacademy.org

DAILY PHYSICAL WARM-UP FOR ALL BLOCKS

Let's get moving, stand up, click play, and JUST DANCE for 3 minutes 38 seconds! If you sing along with it that is extra cardio and awesome for your body, voice, and lungs! Bonus points if you record or take a photo of yourself and any siblings or parents who want to join you and send to me at kphillips@davisacademy.org (you can upload to google drive and share with me or use my flipgrid https://flipgrid.com/mskendrick 

BLOCKS 1-3 COSTUME CREATION CHALLENGE!!

Looking for something creative and fun to do from today through Monday? Then take part in this optional bonus challenge!!! 

Block 1 Theatre 7th grade

Ms. Kendrick's Block 1 Theatre Lesson Calendar 
Please read this Lesson calendar link. This is also posted on the LMS Block 1 page and has been emailed to you. It is a weekly schedule of your Block 1 challenges and assignments. 

You will begin Monday working on the My Life as a Show assignment. 





Block 2 Introduction to Theatre


Please read the following link Theatre Choice Board. Pick a challenge from the Theatre Choice Board, and please submit it to me by next Wednesday, 3/25, morning at 9am!

Also, please view this Short video on Stage Terms by next Wednesday, 3/25 by 5pm.







Block 3 Accelerated Theatre


As we prepare to review our Shakespearean learning from 6th-grade theatre two years ago and explore more about the Bard, deepen our understanding of Shakespeare, and launch into Hamlet, Please view the Ted Talk below:

Oskar Eustis | TED2018 Why theater is essential to democracy

As the artistic director of New York's legendary Public Theater, Oskar Eustis nurtures new, groundbreaking works that shift the cultural conversation.Why you should listen to this Ted Talk:

Throughout his career, Oskar Eustis has been dedicated to the development of new plays and the classics as a director, dramaturg and producer. Among the plays he's helped bring into being, you can count Angels in America, the Tony-winning Hamilton and Fun Home, with more new work constantly on the bubble. Throughout his career, he has also produced and directed Shakespeare in venues around the US, from prisons to Broadway.

Eustis has also directed the world premieres of plays by Philip Kan Gotanda, David Henry Hwang, Emily Mann, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ellen McLaughlin, and Eduardo Machado, among many others. He's a professor of dramatic writing and arts and public policy at New York University and has held professorships at UCLA, Middlebury College, and Brown University, where he founded and chaired the Trinity Rep/Brown University Consortium for professional theatre training. He has been Artistic Director of The Public Theater in New York since 2005.

After you have viewed this talk, please submit the following response form by Monday, March 23 at 5pm.

Block 3, please check back Monday morning, to receive your next viewing and reading assignments. These will also be posted on the LMS Block 3 Theatre page.