Dramatic Arts

This course does not count towards the required English writing or literature credits.

Course Number:  149

Open to grades 9, 10, 11, and 12

Prerequisite: None

One Quarter - .5 Credit

Credit Group: English

NCAA Approved Course

Dramatic Arts is a quarter-long course in which students will be introduced to play interpretation and performance, theater history, and appreciation.  Performance study includes participatory warm ups, theater games, pair work, structured improvisations, acting terminology, and the performance of scripted scenes.  Dramatic history, theory and methods of analysis will be included in play interpretation, which includes plays both read and watched.