1. Getting Creative with Reader’s Theater

2. GETTING CREATIVE with READERS’ THEATRE No memorization – scripts are held No sets No full costumes Easier to present Less rehearsal time

3. Matthew 4:1-7 (NIV) Let’s script it. Characters: Narrator, Jesus, Devil Let’s stage it. But first… The Basic Black Notebook

4. REHEARSAL GUIDELINES Pass out notebooks. Read through. Highlight lines. Discuss script. What is happening? Read through on feet reinforcing basics. Run through in performance location practicing entrance and exit.

5. SCRIPTING VARIATIONS Alternate Verses – Psalm 63:1-4 NIV Combine Translations – Psalm 23 NIV/MSG Combine Passages with related theme Script: “In the Beginning was the Word” Overlapping Phrases and Unisons Script: “Isaiah 43” Selections