Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome!

    • Facebook Group Community

    • Getting Ready: Mirror Neuron Monologue

    • Getting Ready: Writing Own Personal Monologue

  • 2

    Finding Your Pieces

    • Lesson: Finding Your Pieces

    • Task 1: Inspiration List

    • Task 2: Passion List

    • Task 3: Story List

    • Task 4: Artistic Voice Collage

    • Task 5: Rant List

    • Task 6: Summarizing Your Door

    • Resource: Monologue Checklist

    • Resource: Diverse Playwrights
  • 3

    Shakespeare and Classical Monologues

    • Lesson: Classical Pieces

    • Task 1: Rhetoric Road Map

    • Task 2: Scansion Dance

    • Resource: Classical Playwrights Other Than Shakespeare

    • Optional: Scansion

    • Social Media BONUS
  • 4

    Breaking It Down

    • Lesson: Breaking it Down

    • Task 1: Wants and Actions

    • Task 2: The Guideposts

    • Task 3: Character Bio

    • Task 4: Solo Moment Before

    • Task 5: Habits
  • 5

    Tools

    • Lesson: Tools

    • Task 1: Getting In Your Body--Voice and Movement Techniques

    • Task 2: Rehearsing and Memorizing

    • Resource: Dialect and Accents
  • 6

    Showcasing Your Work

    • Lesson: Showcasing Your Work

    • Task 1: Put Yourself on Tape

    • Resource: Self Tape Checklist
  • 7

    Bonus

    • Time Management and Productivity for Actors