Kids [in unison]: Go outside and play!
[music]
Abby: In theatre you can use your voice to tell a story and you can also use your body to tell a story. My friends and I are going to practice both today. Are you guys ready?
Yeah!
Abby: Actors and actresses have to get their bodies warmed up.
Kids: Five, six, seven, eight!
Abby: They also have to practice their movements before a big performance. When we tell stories with our voices we have to practice saying some hard words. Today we're going to learn about tongue twisters. Do you guys know what a tongue twister is?
Ice cream, ice cream, we all scream for ice cream!
[indistinguishable] -- toy boat.
Abby: It's when we use lots and lots of the same sounds and a fancy word for that is alliteration. Guys say alliteration?
Alliteration.
Bubble bubble gum. Bubble bubble gum.
Abby: Say unique.
Unique.
Abby: New York.
New York.
Abby: Unique New York.
Unique New York.
Abby: Unique New York. Unique New York.
Unique New –
Abby: [laughter] What?
You guys did an excellent job practicing telling stories with your voices and telling stories with your bodies. Now it's performance time and you're going to perform an animal.
[making animal sounds]
Tiger
[making animal sounds]
T-Rex
Abby: Ask him, A T-Rex Yay!
[ribbit, ribbit]
Frog!
Abby: A frog! And every great performance ends with a bow or a curtsy.