Curricular Competencies
Explore and create
Plan and create theatre productions collaboratively and individually using imagination, observation, and inquiry
Intentionally select and combine production elements for a specific audience or effect
Specialize in materials, props, processes, technologies, or other areas of personal interest
Demonstrate leadership and innovation in production design using artistic and technical skills
Reason and reflect
Receive and apply constructive feedback to refine technical and creative abilities
Describe and respond to theatre productions using discipline-specific language
Demonstrate respect for self, audience, and others
Analyze and refine production development
Explain and justify design choices
Communicate and document
Demonstrate personal and social responsibility associated with creating, performing, and responding to theatre productions
Document, share, and respond to theatre productions in a variety of contexts
Communicate and interpret ideas and emotions through dramatic conventions
Express personal voice, cultural identity, and perspectives through dramatic techniques
Consider the social and environmental impacts of production design
Connect and expand
Use design to enhance stories with a specific place, time, and context
Take on leadership opportunities in theatre production
Explore personal, educational, and professional opportunities related to the performing arts
Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge to gain understanding through theatre production
Apply safe practices and procedures in rehearsal and performance environments
Connect with others through theatre production on a global scale
MediaSmarts Resources
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
- Forensic Science Crime Dramas
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Scripting a Crime Drama
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Unpacking Privilege
- Viewing a Crime Drama
- Violence on Film: The Ratings Game
- Violence on Television
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Content
production design, technical theatre, and theatre management
specialized production roles
dramatic elements, technologies, vocabulary,
skills, and symbols
elements of design, principles of design, and image development strategies
strategies and techniques that support
creative processes
movement, sound, image, and form
roles of performers, crew, and audience
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism
health and safety protocols and procedures
MediaSmarts Resources
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
- Forensic Science Crime Dramas
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Scripting a Crime Drama
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Unpacking Privilege
- Viewing a Crime Drama
- Violence on Film: The Ratings Game
- Violence on Television
- Who’s Telling My Story?