I might recommend having a parent of one of your students help with crowd control. This has worked for me in the past. Additionally, if you can get some responsible HS theatre students to help, they could do theatre games or exercises or help work on rehearsing their roles when they are not on stage.
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Darell Rickmers,
Theatre Teacher
John W. Bate Middle School
Danville, KY 40422
darell.rickmers@danville.kyschools.us------------------------------
Original Message:
Sent: 01-12-2023 09:54
From: Sarah Cox
Subject: Keeping My Non Speaking Part Kids Plugged In During Drama Club Practice?
Greetings!
Looking for tips and advice on keeping five fourth graders that have non speaking parts engaged and doing meaningful activities on practice days that don't focus on their scenes and choreography. Want to foster that team/ensemble spirit and avoid "sitting and watching" .
Background: Elementary Drama Club @ public school, Lion King Kids, 26 actors, 1 Drama Coach, meet 1 x per week for 1 hr. 15 min until April when practices increase in time and frequency and we transport kids after school to high school stage. We also include our Chorus of approximately 30 kids in the production (we don't combine our practices until March/April. Our after school Art Club also contributes to set. Play date mid April.
Thank you for your ideas and insights.
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Sarah A. Cox
Dance and Drama Teacher, K-5
Drama Club Coach
Pulaski Elementary School