Theater

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Theater Merit Badge
Field of study: Communications
Status: Elective BSA Advancement ID: 111
Created: 1967 Requirements Revision: 2005
Discontinued: N/A Pamphlet Revision: 2005

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This is the Boy Scout Theater Merit Badge.
Webelos Scouts can earn the Showman Activity Badge.


Theater Requirements

  1. See or read three full-length plays or scripts. These can be from the stage, movies, television, or video. Write a review of each. Comment on the story, acting, and staging.
  2. Write a one-act play that will take at least eight minutes to perform. The play must have a main character, conflict, and a climax.
  3. Do THREE of the following:
    a. Act a major part in a full-length play; or act a part in three one-act plays.
    b. Direct a play. Cast, rehearse, and stage it. The play must be at least 10 minutes long.
    c. Design the set for a play or a production of a circus. Make a model of it.
    d. Design the costumes for five characters in one play set in a time before 1900.
    e. Show skill in stage makeup. Make up yourself or a friend as an old man, a clown, an extraterrestrial, or a monster as directed.
    f. Help with the building of scenery for one full-length play or two one-act plays.
    g. Design the lighting for a play; or, under guidance, handle the lighting for a play.
  4. Mime or pantomime any ONE of the following chosen by your counselor.
    a. You have come into a large room. It is full of pictures, furniture, other things of interest.
    b. As you are getting on as bus, your books fall into a puddle. By the time you pick them up, the bus has driven off.
    c. You have failed a school test. You are talking with your teacher who does not buy your story.
    d. You are at a camp with a new Scout. You try to help him pass a cooking test. He learns very slowly.
    e. You are at a banquet. The meat is good. You don't like the vegetable. The dessert is ice cream.
    f. You are a circus performer such as a juggler, high-wire artist, or lion tamer doing a routine.
  5. Explain the following: proscenium arch, central or arena staging, spotlight, floodlight, flies, center stage, stage right, stage left, stage brace, stage crew, cyclorama, portal, sound board.
  6. Do two short entertainment features that you could present either alone or with others for a troop meeting or campfire.


Boy Scout Requirements, ({{{1}}}) Edition The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Boy Scout Requirements, 2008 Edition
(BSA Supply No. 33215)
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Notes

Worksheet Click here for the Theater Worksheet.
Optional Adobe Reader pdf worksheets can help you organize notes, listen actively, find resources, and document your work. See the Merit Badge Worksheets (FAQ), Webelos Worksheets, or Cub Scout Worksheets for more information.
  1. Per the BSA: You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject. Merit badge pamplets are available at your local Scout Shop or online at ScoutStuff.org.


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