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Henry Street Settlement sent us Kristin Stuart, a very talented drama artist. She worked with four of our Language Arts classes to produce original plays which they performed at varying levels during a 10 week playwriting seminar.

They began work by writing sketches for the main characters in the plays. After coming up with a deep understanding of the main characters, the students could then begin to imagine interesting and dramatic situations which could be used in the writing of longer plays. Over a 4 week period students did in-class and at-home assignments that lead to the completion of their scripts.

After finishing first drafts students had one-on-one meetings to get feedback on their scripts and notes for their rewrites. In some cases they did cold readings for the entire class who then offered their comments and suggestions.

Finally, they began to mount their plays in the classroom. The classroom was transformed into a rehearsal hall and they worked on acting technique excercises - including the making of gestures and actions, and vocal projection. Scenes from various plays were blocked and rehearsed while placing an emphasis on the expressive use of the voice and body in performance.

All in all. everyone had a very productive and interesting 10 weeks. All who were involved discovered some of their hidden talents while improving their written and verbal skills.

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