Classes
Theatre 1
1st Grading Period: Movement, Puppetry
Theatre Appresh
Parts of the Stage and Theatre
Mime and Movement
Puppetry
2nd Grading Period: Readers Theatre and Storytelling
Intro to Storytelling
Reader’s Theatre
Performance (Duet or Group)
3rd Grading Period: Origins of Theatre
Ancient Theatre
Greek Theatre
Mask Making
Greek Tragedy
4th Grading Period: Putting it Together
Characterization
Audition Techniques: Monologues
Class Play
Theatre 2
1st Grading Period: Body as Instrument
Theatre Appresh
Improvisation
Methods: Meisner
2nd Grading Period: Acting
Safe and Effective Use of the Voice
Devising Theatre: Ghost Stories
Playwriting
3rd Grading Period: Parts of Drama
Aristotelian Elements
Play structure
Genres
10 Min-Play Contest
4th Grading Period: Putting it Together
Audition workshops
Producing a Play
Class Play (all students will participate in varying roles, including tech)
Theatre 3
1st Grading Period: Leveling the Field
Theatre Appresh
Acting and Improvisation
Voice Work
2nd Grading Period: Contemporary Theatre
Methods: Practical Aesthetics
Contrasting Monologues: students may choose to prepare monologues or a combination of monologues and music for future audition opportunities.
Beginnng Directing
3rd Grading Period: Stage Management and Design
Costume Design and Set Design
Sound Design and Marketing (poster/publicity design)
Stage Management
4th Grading Period: Intro to Musicals and Film
Acting Styles - Realism, Period
Intro to film
Film Festival
Production Class
By Audition Only
1st Grading Period - Introduction to UIL OAP
Theatre Games and Ensemble Building
Close Reading
OAP Handbook Study
2nd Grading Period
OAP productions (student chosen, directed and performed)
3rd Grading Period
UIL Design Contest/UIL OAP Production (by audition)
4th Grading Period
Advanced Acting/Tech Portfolio Projects