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How Can You Help At Home?

• Help your student practice and memorize their lines 
  • ​Make sure they know their cue (the line before theirs) so they remember when to say each line
• Encourage your student to deliver their lines loudly, proudly and with expression
• Ask your student to retell the story of the play using sequencing words (First, Next, Then, Last)​

Learn More about the Impact of Theater Education:

• TED Talk: The life changing power of live theater
  
• TED Talk: How theater education can save the world
• How Theater Education Teaches Empathy
• Drama Notebook

After School Conversation Starters

• What is an ensemble?  How do actors develop a strong ensemble?
• Why is it important for actors to warm up?  Can you show me the warm ups your class uses in theater?
• What are your strengths as an actor?  What do you want to work on?
• Ask questions to help your student embody their character:
• How would you describe your character?  What in the story makes you think that?
• How would they move?
• What is their motivation? (What do they want?)
• How are you similar to your character?  How are you different?  Do they remind you of any other characters you've seen? (in books, movies, television or other plays)