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Coolest. Stage. Ever. Nov 29, 2010 Check out this incredible floating stage on Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria. The Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival) has become renowned for its unconventional staging of shows. Verdi’s opera, “A Masked Ball” in 1999, featured a giant book being read by a skeleton. Fountain Inn Civic Center - Fountain Inn SC. Upstate Onstage. Acting Exercises: For High School Students and Beginners. Here are a few acting exercises you can use to sharpen up your craft. Some of them are simple theatre games, while others are more complex. All of them are designed to help your acting abilities. Please note: Some of these acting exercises require the use of a character.

Go read a play that you've never heard of and choose a character that interests you. Middle and High School Alphabet SceneTwo students are selected. Everyone else thinks up a scenario for them and a letter to start with. For example: If Y is the letter chosen, the first line of the scene starts with Y. If you want to make it harder, add more actors. Why? Zip Zap ZopGather everyone into a circle. Why? Freeze! Why? Question SceneTwo students improvise a scene where the all lines must be questions.

Why? Backwards SceneTwo students are selected. Why? Party QuirksOne student plays the host of the party. Why? College Level Public SolitudeThe student will play out their morning routine in the studio as if they were alone. Why? And so on. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. The Skit Guys - Skits, Video and Scripts for the Christian Church. TheatreHistory.com.