Theater

Theater Arts Fundamentals 1 is  considered the "introduction" class for theater. ALL students must take Fundamentals 1.

After taking Fundamentals 1, students can either take Fundamentals 2 & 3, or they can branch off and take Advanced Drama 1 & 2 or Theater Tech 1 & 2 (or a mixture of all three!)

• • Learn Theatre History

  • Learn fundamentals of acting

  • Learn cultures of theatre

  • Basic and beginning choreography

  • Improvisation skills

  • Pantomime activities

  • Develop performance and group collaboration skills

  • Learn basics of design and production

Students must have passed Fundamentals 1 AND have the theater teacher's recommendation.

• • Makes up the majority of the cast for GHSA One-Act Competition.

  • Students are more performance focused.

  • Participate in Readers’ Theatre, Children’s Shows, and Spring or Senior productions.

  • Students learn next level performing, monologue and script scoring, and movement.

  • Final Cumulative Project: Theatre for Social Change: Devised Theatre Original Performance Project

Students must have passed Fundamentals 1 AND have the theater teacher's recommendation.

This course focuses on set design and props.

• • Focus on technical and backstage theatre skills.

  • Learning to work lighting, sound, and tools.

  • Create and design stage effects.

  • Learn the history of technical theatre.

  • Build sets and stage parts.

  • Includes set design, costume design, lighting design, etc.

  • Class is responsible for building the sets for shows.