Students will explore the origins and roles of masks in theatre through interactive activities and team-building exercises, fostering empathy and understanding by identifying universal themes and social issues to inform their future drama piece creation.

Students will collaboratively articulate the central theme for their drama piece, drawing from their empathy work, to clearly define the social issue or universal theme they want to explore and express through the use of masks.

Students will brainstorm and collaboratively generate diverse ideas for using masks to convey universal themes, incorporating peer feedback to refine their concepts and prepare for the prototype phase.

Students will collaborate to create low-fidelity prototypes of their drama pieces using masks, experiment with physical and vocal character traits, and incorporate peer feedback to refine their work, setting the stage for performance testing and community exhibition.

Students will perform their devised drama pieces using masks for community feedback, refining their performances based on insights gathered to enhance expression and storytelling.