THEATER AND STAGE DIRECTIONS || FOR BEGINNERS

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These directions are for the absolute beginner. If you've never heard the terms, "Upstage," or "Downstage," or you have and just need a refresher, then this video is for you!
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Emily currently performs, teaches, and lectures as often as she can. Hailed by Gramophone for her "shining" voice "with extra depth to the sound" soprano Emily Workman sang the role of The Governess in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw at the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, Poland. A recording of the premiere was released in 2015 under the DUX label and was nominated as, "Best Opera Album of 2016," by the International Classical Music Awards. Other recent performances include Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem with St. George's Choral Society in New York City.
Emily is a graduate of Yale School of Music's prestigious opera program, where she received her Master of Music.

[@PewPewReload]

I once had a friend out at 1100 yards setting up steel targets. I was watching through binoculars where he was setting the target but he ended up behind a bush a little. I radio'd him and said, "you need to move upstage right about 5 feet." He responded, "I'm a cowboy, not a thespian! Use normal words man!" HAHA Great video!

[@emilyworkman]

Haha! That's funny. You thesbian, you!

[@auburnt2009]

This is great and thanks for phsically illustrating it.

[@8Frxstbite]

thank you this really helped me because my music teacher only went over it once and we only have 50 minutes

[@leahkirkpatrick8867]

Thanks for making this! I has been a great resource while teaching drama class online during Covid.

[@emilyworkman]

You're very welcome! You're not the only one. Haha, lots of schools are using this these days!

[@MementoMugi]

Helpful for school thx

[@emilyworkman]

You're welcome!

[@catperson776]

Hi thank you so much for this video! My professor explained it well but I was still a little bit confused, thanks for clarifying it!

[@saikatpradhan4576]

It's wonderful to see you physically illustrating it. And one more thing, you're looking absolutely stunning!!😍☺️

[@catastrophic6411]

SIIIIIIMP

[@catastrophic6411]

SIMP

[@amritabhattacharya277]

Great! it's helped to get exact theatre position ideas. Thanks yaa!

[@emilyworkman]

Glad it helped!

[@susanaustin_filmproducer]

Thnxyou so so much :) My first time Co-Directing a Musical and this is very helpful xo

[@emilyworkman]

Oh I'm so glad!!

[@josephemolinaro6474]

Hi Emily, don’t know if you did already but could you possibly post a video for memorizing lines for a play. You really do a great job of breaking things down. Thanks 🙏

[@emilyworkman]

Great idea! You bet. Might take me some time to put it together, but I will!

[@josephemolinaro6474]

Emily Workman you’re awesome 😎 Thank you Emily, whenever you get the chance. I look forward to it!! ⭐️

[@MatthewDell]

Good show and educational!

[@dharmrajbasdeo4822]

fantastic

[@WeemusStudio2017]

Do you have advice for voiceover actors? Thanks.

[@spotlightacademyandagency5511]

When I teach students about stage directions the 'S' isn't included in the abbreviation. i.e. 'UR' is short for upstage right and not 'USR'. Is it different in your country or is it personal preference?

[@emilyworkman]

Totally preference!

[@breadloafcraft5474]

Yeah your video may get really popular now because I’m here from school

[@Brillemeister]

Very useful info. God bless

[@ellaschoenburg2362]

who else is here in class against their will

[@ellaschoenburg2362]

please tell me im alone

[@emilyworkman]

At least the video is short...;)

[@prasannakumarg.kulkarni6976]

Good. The demo supports your narration meaningful.

[@libbyfemenella1308]

I’m about to go learn blocking for a 2 hour musical. The whole shooooooowwwww....

[@emilyworkman]

WOW! That's intense. I hope it goes smoothly!

[@libbyfemenella1308]

It did. I made it through!

[@emilyworkman]

@@libbyfemenella1308 Good for you! 👏🏻

[@itscodymertens]

Hi I’m Cody I’m a Michael Jackson impersonator performer Dancer thanks for this this would help me a lot for my stage

[@officialwalta]

Nice one

[@itsyourworstnightmar3544]

I love drama my teacher told the whole class to watch this

[@milmil5350]

((subbed)) Tysvm for this 💖

[@chikochuva5177]

School no cap

[@cassihoward4966]

who has to watch this for school 0w0

[@cassihoward4966]

@Caleah Baker Oof XD

[@candissafe7609]

@@cassihoward4966 u play roblox i see

[@cassihoward4966]

@@candissafe7609 yes yes i do uvu

[@leftoversgroup8118]

Hi

[@richmao3119]

Emily nice...

[@catastrophic6411]

im a school actor

[@jencyiiibaenglishasec7937]

The same comment which I gave for another classes...

[@saraminton1047]

I liked it and wanted to post it for my class until the last bit where she was pretending to be drinking. Now I can't post it. Otherwise, very good content.

[@emilyworkman]

Oooo such a good point Sara! My mom used to show it to her 6th and 7th graders all the time when she was a teacher but she had control over stopping the video in the class I suppose. Are you looking to put it online for them to watch on their own? I am happy to edit it out if that will help you.

[@emilyworkman]

Okay, I just removed that end section. It says it may take a few hours to upload the new version, so the old is what you have for now. Happy to do that for you. I hope your class can learn from it. Stay safe and healthy, my friend. Xx.

[@saraminton1047]

Yes, that would be great. Sorry for any inconvenience!

[@saraminton1047]

Thank you! I appreciate it so much.

[@emilyworkman]

@@saraminton1047 My pleasure! No inconvenience at all. Hope it helps. Stay safe and healthy!

[@elliehammond8663]

Who's here from online school?

[@choffie7483]

Me

[@caesarjoseph6385]

eg ghò