Wow - you have an amazing curriculum mapped out for you! It looks like you just need to plug in some plays. I suggest the following that I have read with my high school students:
Almost, Maine - Cariani (for beat work and analyzing a play for theme)
The Heidi Chronicles - Wasserstein (for design work)
The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie (for accent work)
Intimate Apparel - Nottage (play analysis)
The Odd Couple - Simon (play analysis and then playwriting about odd couples)
Break a leg with this new course :)
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Marla Blasko
Director/Teacher Theatre Arts
Long Reach High School
Columbia, Maryland
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-23-2025 16:17
From: Michael Putt
Subject: Advanced Acting Class
In an effort to adapt to our state's ever-changing educational standards, our school has decided to offer Advanced Acting as a course. This will be the only theatre-related course we are offering this year. As the theatre director, I have been tasked with teaching the class. I am a social studies and CTE Business teacher. I have never taught a fine arts course but I do have years of experience in the content. My problem is the state's lack of guidance on what to teach in this course. We do have a very broad set of theatre standards and I do have access to the national theatre standards. I do have a model curriculum map (see attached). My question is this...what do I use as resources to teach this? Those who have taught this course, what plays have you used? How have you built the class?
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Michael Putt
Teacher
Western High School
IN
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