Drama Game: PRIMAL SCREAMS

PRIMAL SCREAMS is a good warm up to get the drama vocal cords working or wind down to release some energy.

​How to play primal screams

Players:

• This is a whole class drama game. It is best played with medium to large groups and is played in a circle.

How to play this drama game:

• One at a time, a student steps into the middle of the circle and does a
  large action accompanied by a loud sound (as loud as possible).

• The student steps back and the rest of the circle copies the sound and action all together.

• Students should be careful not to make sounds that could damage their vocal cords (it is important not to do high pitched screams - sounds are best made from the stomach).

• I like to give a demonstration of this (without hurting my voice so at a lower volume but demonstrating the type of throat sound that is damaging versus a sound made from the stomach). While I give this demonstration I explain to students how they can hurt (and lose) their voice if they don't use it properly. It also doesn't sound  very good.

This drama game is included in the FREE Drama Games PDF which you can download HERE!

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