This course will give potential actors instruction and practice in basic techniques of stage presence. Class consists of exercises in dramatic reading, body movement, sensory awareness and concentration, improvisation, voice control and projection, character analysis and scene study. Written work will be required. Each student will participate in individual and group performances. Lines will be memorized. Attendance at one live performance of a stage play is required. Strong independent reading skills required.
Course Number: 1000510
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: .50
Length of Course: Semester
Prerequisite: None
Fee: Cost of theater ticket
This course builds on the skills learned in Intro to Theater I and expands to include oral exercises in dramatic reading, voice control and projection, character analysis, and written analysis for scene and script study. Each student will participate in individual and group preferences.
Course Number: 1000511
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Credit: .50
Length of Course: Semester
Prerequisite: Introduction to Theater I
Fee: None
Theater Arts Residency I focuses on deeper analysis of dramatic performance and honing the skills initially learned in Introduction to Theater I/II. Students will improve their acting skill through improvisation, storytelling, and creative dramatics. Students will perform monologues, dialogues, scenes, and oral interpretations.
Course Number: 1000512
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Credit: .50
Length of Course: Semester
Prerequisite: Introduction to Theater II
Fee: None
Theater Arts Residency II focuses on deeper analysis of dramatic performance and honing the skills initially learned in Introduction to Theater I/II. In addition to continuing a program of performances, Theater Arts Residency II sets the stage for movement into more advanced theater skills such as script writing and directing.
Course Number: 1000513
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Credit: .50
Length of Course: Semester
Prerequisite: Theater Arts Residency 1
Fee: None