Acting Up!: An Innovative Approach to Creative Drama for Older Adults |
Contents
Why Have an Elders Theatre | 1 |
Bursting the Myths of Ageism | 7 |
Considering the Art of Leadership | 13 |
Recovering Personal Stories | 21 |
Who Am I? Collage | 27 |
Sensory Exercises | 33 |
Developing Creative Writing | 46 |
SelfSymbol Search | 52 |
Exploration Through Improvisation | 59 |
To Perform or Not to Perform | 93 |
To Perform | 114 |
APPENDIX | 133 |
BIOGRAPHIES | 171 |
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Common terms and phrases
ACTING action activity actors Albert Einstein audience participation Bailiff become begin Bernice Birdell body movement brisket Brooke Shields character color Confused Citizen create creative Defendant Defense Attorney develop discovered documentary film Dramatic Trap Einstein elders emotion exercise experience Farshlanger favorite person feel Fred friends Geritol girl give Howie humorous idea important improvisational scene interviewer involved kazoo Kerr Smith leader calls listen look Marge Marilyn memories Miss Greeley Mollie move myths of ageism Oakton Community College older adults oral pantomime partner performance physical piece play players problem props Prosecuting Attorney rehearsals remember retirement Reuben sandwich rhythm role Sara Lee Sarah script senior citizen situation sixty-five someone sounds spontaneous stage story storytelling talk tell theatre games things tion Tom Burns troupe vignette voice walk warm-up word workshop writing young