We started with a game where we all stood in a circle and we were to choose random letters and speak it loudly and clearly. For example, L: Lalalalalalalalaaaa. We basically did this many times until we were confident and until we spoke loud and clear enough. I think this game's main idea was to let us understand that on stage our voices have to be loud and clear so everyone in the audience would be able to hear and understand what you are saying.
Next, we were asked to recite the tongue twister: "Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers". We all took turns saying this tongue twister, and all of us had stumbled through this tongue twister. After this activity, Mr. Evans told us that this activity was for making all of us being more comfortable around each other. I thought that this was a good activity, since we all saw the different sides of each other, which made us know each other better.
The next game we played was where someone stands at one end of the stage and we all lined up after a line. The person standing at the end of the stage turns his/her back to the rest of the people. The person chooses when to look back, and when that happens the rest of the people have to freeze immediately. The aim of this game is for the people walking towards the person at the end to touch the person before they turn back to see you move instead of freezing.
The last game we played was the "trust fall". We all paired up and took turns taking the trust fall. I was with Nancy and it was fun playing this game. This game involved contact which would happen a lot in theatre. Therefore, playing this game was a good way to get used to each other, since drama can contain contact sometimes.
All of these theatre games were aimed to make us feel more comfortable around each other. After this lesson, I had learned more about being comfortable around my classmates, and I knew more about them through the discussions we've had.
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