Theatre: Episode 5

smart brakes smart brakes smart brakes smart brakes smart price best friends oh hey fascinating oh hey mister zoe hey captain what are you doing? Oh, I'm doing some research. I'm researching freshwater sharks in Lake Managua, which is what is that, oh this. It's a painting I did what do you think oh wow it's amazing I mean that shape and the colors and the composition what is it oh I see it's a horse playing cards with the hippo who is riding a kangaroo on a Monday while it's raining oh and everyone They're eating watermelon and uh oh with a hat oh yeah oh wow how did you learn to paint like that?

I've been taking a class, I mean, you know everyone's an artist, but since I've been taking classes, I've been learning a lot and it's been a lot of fun, except today wasn't a lot of fun. My friend Holly borrowed my new purple brush and when she gave it back to me it was broken. Oh, did she really say she's sorry? No, she actually she said she. that it was like that when she got it, but I know it wasn't like that, so she didn't tell the truth, no she didn't tell the truth, it really hurt my feelings, I don't know if I can trust her now.

I mean, if she had just apologized, everything would have been fine. What did you say to him? No. She was too nervous, so I didn't say anything. I just put the brush on the table and left, so you didn't tell the truth either. I guess not hmm you know, I bet Holly was a little nervous, you know, when you make a mistake, sometimes it's hard to admit it, you're right Mr. Zoe, you know I didn't think about that, you know what I'm going to do. I'm going to go talk to Holly about this. I know I'm going to be nervous, but her friendship is very important to me.

It is a good idea. Oh, do you know where we should hang this? Perfect. Oh, you know what time it is. I know what time it is. I'll take you to our seats in the wrong direction Hi, look, I'm Gayla, Gayla, go ahead, hi, I brought you a gift, Hi friends, look, I bet you know what this is. No, it's not a banana, it's just a banana. And did you know that bananas? They are the most popular fruit in the whole world hmm every year 100 billion bananas are eaten they are full of potassium you should try one they are delicious it's time are you ready?

What if I don't know if I'm ready? What's ready? If you don't know if you're ready and you don't even know what being ready is, then that's okay, I'll just give you 10 seconds to get ready. Here we go, there are amazing actors in movies and plays where they use their voice. In many, many different ways, remember it's very important to warm up your voice, so let's get started, let's try three deep breaths just to start, let's do our superhero breathing, are you ready, get ready, gather all your energy, inhale and exhale hard powerful, well, let's go.

Try it again, more power this time, inhale, exhale, that feels good, let's do it one more time, here we go, done, inhale, exhale good. A really great way to make your voice powerful is tongue twisters, let me get my props, I'll be. Come back okay, I'm ready, are you ready? The first two words are toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, I'm going to say it and then you'll repeat it after me, here we go, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, it's good again, boat toy. toy boat toy boat go one more time toy boat toy boat toy boat go good, nice, okay, they're going to get a little more difficult, so make sure you're super focused and ready, here's the next one, Let's say tip of the nose. the teeth the tongue once again tip of the nose the teeth the tongue the rhythm is going to go like this tip of the nose the teeth the tongue tip of the nose the teeth the tongue tip of the nose the teeth the tongue tip of the nose the teeth, tongue, go good, good job, good job, okay, now we're going to make a lot of progress, so I think it's good if you turn on your turbo brain, so are you ready, are you ready, are you sure, here we go, let's go? say three words purple paper people purple paper people here we are going to be like this purple paper people purple paper people purple paper people purple paper people come on good tongue twisters complete now let's explore your voice voice voice let's pretend we are playing a character hmm what character what character what about a mosquito okay, let's pretend that the mosquito says this being a mosquito is fun can you say that say it with me being a mosquito is fun say it again being a mosquito is fun you know what we can do with that voice better let's use our main voice our main voice is a very high voice let's try that ready being a mosquito is fun oh I like it much better let's do it again being a mosquito is fun let's do it one more time actually let's add a buzz before being a mosquito is funny, I really like that voice for a mosquito hmm, do you know what happens if we add an emotion to the mosquito?

What happens if the mosquito is sad? Can we try to use our main voice and make the mosquito sound sad, let's try it. here we go being a mosquito is fun I think it really worked let's try again let's try again here we go ready here we go being a mosquito is fun okay do it with me do it with me here we go one more time one more time ready being a mosquito is fun good job good job so you can see that even though we are playing the role of a mosquito we have many options with our voice now let's work on our chest voice can you do that? your chest voice is your normal voice let's say something like I have something very important to say can you say that with me let's say it again I have something very important to say hmm one more time one more time I have something very important to say hmm let's give each other a thrill what emotion can we give ourselves?

How about we add fear? So use your chest voice, nice and strong, but add fear. Ready, I have something important to say, let's do it again, let's do it again, ready, really scared, really scared. I have something important to say right. one more time, one more time, make it big this time ready, I have something important to say, good job, good, good, so you see, even with our chest voice we have many options when we use emotion with our voice, now Let's try our belly voice, your belly. This is your low voice, what can we be?

I got it, let's be pirates, let's be pirates with our bellies, guys, repeat after me, can you do it? Do that again, okay, let's add and then let's have the pirate say ahoy, buddy, let's try that whole belly ready. belly belly ahoy friend one more time one more time okay very powerful breathe before starting ahoy friend pretty good right, let's add an emotion to that pirate what can we add? what emotion can we add let's add anger to that pirate are you ready here? go belly voice ahoy buddy angrily just do it with me here we go ready ahoy buddy that was pretty good i think it's a better pirate let's try it one more time here we go ready breathe ahoy buddy I really think it works the characters' voices are really fun good work voice scan complete great job everyone now let's finish today with some positive words put your hands on your chest and repeat after me I am an artist I was born to create let's take two deep breaths together close your eyes this time breathe inhale exhale inhale exhale thank you artists us see you next time thank you so much for the wonderful class you know what we would like to share a hat with you you can choose the one you want from the hat tree what I get hat that is so cool let's see which one I want oh I see feathers over there I want the feathers I want the pens that was a great class I learned a lot as always I hope you have also learned a lot friends, do you know what time it is?

Now it's time for our awesome rules, be kind, be grateful, make lots of art, stay curious, drink water and breathe, hey let's go for a walk, great idea buddy, smart brakes, smart brakes, smart brakes, smart brakes , my price, hooks, are the hopes, there is band practice. I almost forgot and have a good hydrated hand wash Smart Breaks is a production of Hope Stone Incorporated. Funding for Smart Breaks was provided in part by the Keating Family Foundation and was incorporated by the Brown Foundation.