Honors: One semester of Drama and course instructor recommendation
IB: One semester of Drama and a grade of B- in English or Social Studies
This year-long course offers 11th grade students the opportunity to gain an Honors credit by exploring the art of theatre in theory and practice. Students will explore at least two world theater traditions one of which will be Greek theater and two production roles, one of which will be Western-style acting. They will also take part in a full scale theater production staged in the ACS Theater in May as actors, designers or technicians.
They will read texts by Aristotle, Stanislavski, and Brecht amongst others, and they will need to keep a daily journal of reflections. Participation in theater trips and after school rehearsals for the final performance is an essential part of experiential learning in the course.
IB students will have additional research and written tasks.
*Assessment is aligned with the IBO course assessment requirements.