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TYT Summit Resources At the TYT Summit there was an activity designed by the PC Volunteers called the "Scene from Scratch". The "SFS" is designed to create a complete scenario for a group of four to ten students create an entire scene of a play from only the information provided. There were a total of five groups, each group consisted of at least one of the following: Stage Mananger, Scene Director, Artistic Director and CEO/Producer. The students worked together and individualy on fundraising/advertising strategies, sketching costumes and backdrops, character and script analysis, etc. The "SFS" resources can be use independently of the "SFS" activity, so take the ones that fit your need(s): TYT Summit Resources. Also, the Small Project Assistance Fund (SPA) Proposal and TYT Summit Budget are available for perusal or as reference for other PCVs.

Traveling Circus Theatre Camp Resources Here are some some useful hand outs for the for the Theatre Camp: TYT Traveling Circus Theatre Camp Info and Application The Traveling Circus Theatre Camp Activities and Schedule.doc - full schedule The Traveling Circus Theatre Camp Activities and Schedule Thai.doc - full schedule Emotion Video Handout.doc - the emotions in Thai and English for the video TYT Emotion Video Situations Actions.xls - to accompany the post video acting First & Last Line of Play Question Prompts.doc - station 1 and 6 of Obstacle Course Cockroach Intro Skit.doc - intro skit for camp facilitators in Thai, Enlgish, and Tinglish Circus Teacher Meeting Checklist.doc - pre-circus meeting with teachers Character Interview Questionnaire.doc - to help students get to know their characters TYT Circus Obstacle Course Prep List - what you need to for a sweet course To Do List For Persons Interested in Hosting a Camp.doc - what you need to do
Adapted Scripts and Skits Some adapted scripts are available for download. They have been edited to suit the ability levels of the individual TYT clubs. Download the attached Adapted Plays file. It is a zip archive file, which needs to decompressed before using. For info how to "unzip" the file, click here. Below is a description of the plays in the downloadable collection.
Phra Mahachanok		A traditional Thai tale about a previous life of the Buddha, adapted for Thai Mathayom students to perform on stage. Phra Mahachanok's father, the king, was killed by his uncle. His mother reveals this truth to him after he is already grown, and he is determined to take back the throne of his father. It is a riveting tale of perseverance. Script in English with Thai translation.
		A comedy of mistaken identities involving a man and a woman that are twins. The twin's ship sinks and they are separated on the shore and both think that other might have died. One of the twins, the woman, goes into the city and plans to win over the Duke and disguises herself as a male. The woman (disguised as a man) gets involved in the love mix-ups in the city because everyone is in love with another person but no one loves the person that loves him or her. Eventually the twin brother enters the city and the love mix-ups are resolved and everyone is happy. A comedy where women fall in love with women disguised as men and all the confusion leads to much plotting and then further confusion.
Twelfth Night


		Hermia is in love with Lysander. But her father does not like him and wants her to marry Demetrius. Helena is in love with Demetrius. Both Lysander and Demetrius love Hermia. The King says that Hermia must marry Demetrius. She and Lysander run away to the forest to be together. Helena tells Demetrius that Hermia and Lysander have run away and so Demetrius follows them. Helena follows Demetrius though Demetrius tells Helena to go away. In the forest the fairies hear the young lovers and decide to help them. The fairy Puck has a flower that makes a person fall in love with the first person they see when they wake up. He is supposed to give it to Demetrius so that he will fall in love with Helena. But he accidently gives it to Lysander, who sees Helena when he first wakes up. Now Lysander is in love with Helena and Hermia is sad. The fairies see that Puck has made a mistake and try to fix it by giving the flower to Demetrius. When he wakes up he sees Helena. Now both men are in love with Helena. In the end the King of the Fairies comes to solve the problem and Demetrius and Helena fall in love and Hermia and Lysander fall in love.
A Midsummer Night's Dream


		Claudio returns home from war and falls in love with Hero. His friends Don Pedro and Benedick help him to woo her. Claudio and Hero are engaged to be married. Don Pedro's brother, Don John, is evil and he and his servants convince Claudio that Hero is a prostitute. At the wedding Claudio denounces Hero and refuses to marry her. After Claudio leaves, her cousin, Beatrice vows to find out the truth and convinces Benedick to help her. Beatrice and Benedick fall in love. Hero pretends to die. Don John's servants are arrested by the police and the truth that Hero is not a prostitute and that they have tricked Claudio comes out. Hero's father says that Claudio may marry Hero's other cousin who he says looks just like her. Claudio comes to marry the cousin and finds that Hero lives. They marry and are happy.
Much Ado About Nothing


		As the royal court has been corrupted, we follow a banished Duke, his daughter and "many merry men" coping with their new life in the rustic forest of Arden, where confused identities, poetry and choatic love triangles bring about a happy ending.
As You Like It


Hamlet (Condensed)
Hamlet (Condensed)		Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark and finds that his father, the former King, was murdered by his Unlce Claudius. Hamlet receives this information from a Ghost and struggles whether to believe the Ghost and then what action to be take.

Hamlet (Further Condensed)

Hamlet Character List
Hamlet Character List

		A tragic love story about two young lovers that attempt to start a life together against the wishes of their families. Attempting to secretly sneak off together both families are shattered by a series of tragedies.
Romeo and Juliet


		King Lear plans to divide up his kingdom to his three daughters, but first wants them to proclaim their love to him verbally. One of the daugthers refuses and is left with nothing while the other two evil daughters each receive half of the land. A story of a man who does not trust his heart but the words of other and pays dearly for this lapse in judgement.
King Lear


		A fantastical world is discovered by a group of young children and when they cross through the wardrobe. On the other side are friends and foes and Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy must find who to trust and who to not in order to help Narnia.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


		A boy named James comes across some magical seeds and ends up escaping from his mean spirited relatives by use of a giant peach that has sprouted from the magical seeds. Inside the peach he meets a whole host of unique friends that are insects with the ability to speak.
James and the Giant Peach


"How to Tell a Witch" Skit
		A Monty Python skit.


		Russian folktale that 8th graders in the US adapted for the stage.
"Baba Yaga" Skit


	The adventures of Pippi Longstocking in a condensed version.
Pippi Longstocking


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs		Adaptted to shorten length and simplify langauge. The Evil Queen asks her magic mirror who is the fairest in the land. When the mirror answers that Snow White is the fairest, the witch decides to kill her. Snow White is living in the forest with her 7 dwarf friends. When the Queen succeeds in putting Snow White in a permanant sleep, they find the prince who can wake her up.

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer		Rudolf was a normal reindeer except for one thing, he was born with a bright red nose that glowed very bright. All the other reindeer made fun of him, they never let him play with them. One Christmas Eve there was this thick fog that surrounded the North Pole. Santa Clause was worried that he wouldn't be able to see to deliver the presents to the children. Then Rudolf came through the crowd with his bright red nose glowing through the fog. Santa Clause was so happy to see Rudolf that he made him leader of the reindeer that was pulling his sleigh. That night and every Christmas Eve after Rudolf lead Santa's sleigh to deliver presents to the children.

Web Resources The World Wide Web is full of resources to help enhance your Club's theatre experience. Here are a few that have helped us in the past. Websites : General http://www.nationjunior.com - Nation Junior Magazine's website contact info available here for editor who may be willing to do articles on student activities http://www.bct-th.org/ - Bangkok Community Theatre, a bunch of ex pats amusing themselves greatly, it could come in handy to know where to find a bunch of English speakers extremely excited about theatre. Websites : Plays & Games http://geocities.com/pocolocoplayers/free.html- A great site for plays and it is all free http://db.educationworld.com - An educational site with a list of plays by genre, period, or playwright. http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_play_actinggames.htm - done by a RPCV from Liberia who used theatre once he got back to the U.S., some of it is Africa specific, but there's still great stuff - good warm ups in the "Audition" section. http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_play_actinggames.htm - acting games from the same Liberia RPCV, very good. http://users.ev1.net/~dandpm/caws/advice.html - Acting, character, and improvisation exercises, we already stole the physical and vocal warm ups for this manual from here! http://www.pantheater.com/KisstheLizard.htm http://www.pacificsites.com/~kidsplay/free.html http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~mcoady/ - Random classroom theatre resources, worth going to just for the Shakespeare sound-byte. http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/ - National standards for theatre education, plus games, improv stuff, and books. http://cre8tivedrama.freeservers.com/links.htm - A great website full of links to other useful sites for the extremely ambitious. http://theatreamoeba.expage.com/id20.html - Scripts adapted by EFL students at Seoul National University of Technology that you can download for free. Websites : Shakespeare http://www.shakespeare.com/ - An extensive site that has pretty everything you wanted to know about the Bard and his plays. www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/ - Complete text of all Shakespeare's works along with detailed summaries http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~anthony/Shake2.html - Shakespeare plot summaries for a few plays http://bardweb.net/ - More than you ever wanted to know about the man or anything remotely related to him, it's beautiful. TYT Club Proposal Presentation TYT Chumphon Shakespeare Theatre Club made a powerpoint presentation to help 'sell' the project to key people in Chumphon. Chumphon's organizational structure is quite complex because members come from four independent schools and information needs to flow between all of them. However, the presention can be adapted or simplified for your club. The "sell' presentation was presented in three parts: Introduction to TYT Project, its history and current activities. -Club organizational structure -Individual's responsibilities within the club -Presentation of projected budget What was achived last year by your club or TYT Project (Bangkok Festival) Closure with quotes from the initial members telling of their positive experiences or supportive quotes from people inside your community. TYT Club Proposal Presentation English TYT Club Proposal Presentation Thai

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