Theatre Arts

This is a 2-year program that will prepare students for careers in various aspects of the dramatic arts. Through dramatic text analysis, criticism, and playwriting, students will learn how theatre is crafted, as well as how it functions as a workplace. They will practice the principle aspects of production design through units focused in stage equipment, scene painting, set construction, lighting and audio operations, costume design, and makeup application.

Students will also learn the fundamentals of vocal projection, movement, and emotion and apply these skills to a series of scene studies from dramatic masterpieces. They will then examine program requirements for various college theatre programs and prepare monologues and/or portfolios, create professional resumes, and fine tune their audition and interviewing skills.

Students will have the additional opportunity in the *Theatre Arts Capstone course to receive credit for both in-school and/or out-of-school learning experiences.

College Credit Possible − Student must fulfill requirements of the college

Career Technical Student Organization: Skills USA

Possible Career Opportunities:

• Acting

• Playwriting

• Literary Criticism

• Directing

• Lighting & Sound Design

• Costume & Set Design

• Makeup Design & Application