Kindergarten Class For this improvisation, you will need a chair for the actor who will play the teacher and 11 nametags for the students. Inform the class that in this scene the teacher is telling the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" to a group of kindergarten children sitting on the floor. Select 12 actors, 11 will be kindergarteners and 1 will be the teacher, and give them objectives, as in the previous improvisation. Some suggestions a listed below. Either take the group out of the room and whisper privately to each actor, giving them a character and objective, or have them select a card with the information written on it. They are not to share the information with their fellow actors. By the way they “act” their objectives, it should become obvious. Character and Objective: 1. Teacher (M/F)- to have students sit quietly and listen to the story 2. Child A (F)- to make the teacher comment on what a polite child she is 3. Child B (M)- to get the teacher to let him go to the restroom 4. Child C (M/F)- to listen to the story 5. Child D (M/F)- to be helpful to the teacher 6. Child E (M)- to play with the car in his pocket 7. Child F (M/F)- to sit close to and get the attention of child A 8. Child G (M)- to get child E in trouble without getting in trouble himself 9. Child H (M/F)- to get child C to look at him or her 10. Child I (F)- to give a piece of candy to child D in order to make D like her 11. Child J (M/F)- to get a piece of candy from child I 12. Child K (F)- to show children F and H pictures of her puppy Just before starting the scene, send the teacher and those who are the audience out of the room. Address the actors playing the children as follows: "One last point: you are all frightened of the school principal because he is very tall and has a deep voice. None of you want to be sent to the office under any circumstances. Play your objectives carefully so you don't cause the teacher to send you to the office. If the teacher does tell you to go to the office, you must leave the scene and stand outside in the hall until the improvisation is over." Next, go outside, send the audience back into the classroom, and speak to the actor portraying the teacher: "The children are all frightened of the principal. They do not want to be sent to the office. If a child provokes you, you may threaten to send him or her to the office. You don't really want to send anyone there. But, if necessary, you may do so. When you tell a child to go to the office, that actor will leave the scene." Seat the children around the teacher for the beginning of the scene. The directions just given should help the actors play their objectives realistically. During the improvisation, you may want to call on a student from the audience to enter the scene as the principal. This actor could have a message for the teacher and could then ask about the behavior of the students. Feel free to freeze the scene for discussion if the actors overreact at any time, especially to the entrance of the principal. Use the Student Evaluation Form for those not involved with the scene. Following the improvisation, you may want to have the actors describe how they felt during the scene by asking these questions: 1. Were the actors playing children able to draw on their own memories to help them interpret the roles accurately and honestly? 2. Did the actors actually feel the experience of being a kindergartener in class? Or were they acting throughout the scene? 3. What about the actor playing the teacher? Did he or she experience any genuine emotions during the scene? What were these emotions? 4. What actions on the part of the teacher and the children seemed realistic and believable? 5. What was each actor's objective? | 
