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Script rehearsal cards

A short two hander script written for this resource, a role card for each actor with objective, voice and movement notes, a blocking grid, and a rehearsal checklist that gets a scene stage ready in three runs.

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  • 7 pages
  • about 45 minutes
  • You need: the script, one copy per actor, two chairs and a bench or table

Australian Curriculum:AC9ADR6P01AC9ADR6D01

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Why use this

Students read a script aloud once, call it rehearsed, and freeze on stage. Three runs with a different focus each time (words, moves, then voice) is how a scene actually gets ready.

A role card makes the actor decide what the character wants before they say a line. Every choice about voice and movement follows from that.

How to run it

  1. 1.Read the script aloud as a class, swapping readers each speech. Ask what each character wants.8 min
  2. 2.Pairs fill in their role cards on Sheet A.8 min
  3. 3.Run 1: words. Read on your feet, script in hand. Fix any line you stumble on.8 min
  4. 4.Run 2: moves. Block the scene on Sheet B, then walk it. Script down if you can.10 min
  5. 5.Run 3: voice. Say each line the way the role card says. Checklist on Sheet C.8 min
  6. 6.Show two pairs. Audience names one thing the voice or movement told them.3 min

Curriculum link

AC9ADR6P01

AC9ADR6D01

Australian Curriculum v9.0 © ACARA. Licensed CC BY 4.0. The full attribution is printed in the PDF.

Play it online at antnest.au

Thea and Faye's games on antnest.au practise the same curriculum codes. Print the sheet for the lesson, then set the game for practice at school or at home. Each opens in a new tab.

Every game for a code: AC9ADR6P01, AC9ADR6D01