Theatre Arts 1 concentrates on the development of fundamental acting skills and basic creative and imaginative processes. Participation in classroom assignments and memorization work are required. Areas of study may include stage gestures, movement, individual and group pantomime, improvisation, blocking and presentation of scenes from plays, diction, vocal projection, reading and critiquing dramatic literature, and evaluating and critiquing acting on stage, film and television.

Theatre Arts 2 focuses on development of skills needed to present effectively and creatively a monologue or scene from a play. Participation in classroom assignments and memorization work are required. Areas of study may include review, practice, and extension of skills learned in Theatre Arts I as well as ensemble acting, relaxation, concentration, believability, motivation, vocal variety and rhythms, movement and gesture, and the elimination of unconscious habits that distract the audience.

OUTSIDE PERFORMANCES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE

Theatre Arts 3 concentrates on the creation of characterizations using skills and techniques learned in Theatre Arts 1 and 2. The main body of course work will center on the rehearsal and presentation of scenes, one-act plays, and/or full-length plays. Areas of study may include various styles of acting, discussion and practice of the concept of empathy, character analysis and motivation. Further expansion of previously learned skills and techniques such as memorization, concentration, believability, movement, gestures, vocal variety, diction and projection will be continued. Some work may also include non-acting areas, such as costumes, props, set design and construction, lighting and sound, make-up, box office management, and audience behavior.

Theatre Arts 4 will continue the work in development of characterization introduced in Theatre Arts 1 and begin the development of student appreciation for theatre as an art and literary form.   Areas of study will include those studies in Theatre Arts 2, acquainting the student with the theatre as both an aesthetic and literary means of expression, instilling an appreciation of the problems of a theatre artist, helping students acquire ease and poise in public presentations and cultivating appreciative and knowledgeable audience behavior and response to theatrical productions.

Advanced Theatre Arts involves advanced work in acting, building on the skills and techniques developed in previous course work, and will encourage the development of effective creative expression and leadership ability in theatre arts.

Areas of study may include advanced work in characterization, motivation and character analysis, stage movement and gestures, use of voice and body in theatrical production. Students may encounter detailed problems in acting and directing and perform as student directors, stage managers, leading actors or coordinators of major areas of production. Students may attempt more complicated characterizations for performance, develop sound knowledge of production techniques, and represent school at competitions, festivals and other public performances. After school and/or evening rehearsals and performances may be scheduled.

This course is offered to those wish to go above and beyond the advanced theatre curriculum and prepare for college theatre or career theatre positions.  In this course intermediate and advanced students will have the opportunity to experience playwrights, historical styles and genres of performance not normally explored in-depth at the high school level. The research, practice and production of historically important works will open up eyes and hearts to endless possibilities. The culmination of each in- depth unit of study will be an ensemble production demonstrating skills and techniques which these actors will carry with them to enhance their work long after high school.

This yearlong course is to provide a focused and specialized investigation into the genre of musical theater with public performance as a final result and scholarship in the earlier portion of the class. This tightly focused investigation will allow increased rigor and an authentic experience for the student actor who wishes to sing and dance in a dramatic context. This course is designed to provide students with a set of skills required of beginning musical theater performers, such as breathing techniques, common vocal exercises, basic dance positions and steps, scene study, stage mechanics and physical training from a variety of theorists. Along with the skills sets studied, students will explore musicals from different stages in American musical theater.   Musical Theater is aligned with the state standards for the Visual and Performing Arts. 

Costume and Makeup will provide student with a broad and introductory knowledge in the fields of theatrical costuming and makeup, with a mid to train for post-secondary placement in the industry, in college, or conservatory study.  Classroom study and experience will be augmented by practical application of the skills taught, and will lead to an understanding of the requirements of the world of work.   Students will also apply concepts and vocabulary learned to various writing over the school year and learn how to communicate professional about their field.  

This course is designed to introduce students to the art of technical theater and design. Students will learn concepts and implementation of set design & construction, lighting design, sound application, live sound, live video, stage management, marketing and administration. The class will study the entire process through live public productions as well as campus events and presentations. This course provides a bridge between practical skills of tool implementation construction, sound mixing, hanging lighting plots, video production, rigging, marketing and design concepts developed for specific productions. 

This course is designed to solidify knowledge of students to the art of technical theater and design learned in Introduction to Technical Theater. Students will learn concepts and implementation of set design & construction, lighting design, sound application, live sound, live video, stage management, marketing and administration. The class will study the entire process through live public productions as well as campus events and presentations. This course provides a bridge between practical skills of tool implementation, construction, sound mixing, hanging lighting plots, video production, rigging, marketing, and design concepts developed for specific productions.

This course is designed to refine knowledge of students in the art of technical theater and design learned in Introduction to Technical Theater and Intermediate Technical Theater. Students will learn concepts and implementation of set design & construction, lighting design, sound application, live sound, live video, stage management, marketing and administration. The class will perform the entire process through live public productions as well as campus events and presentations. This course provides practical skills of tool implementation construction, sound mixing, hanging lighting plots, video production, rigging marketing and design concepts developed for specific productions. The course will look at how and why systems operate in the tech theater. Students will look at the design areas of why, what and how they work for productions and events. This course is also designed to refine the area in which students are interested in technical theater and for them to master the area of choice. This will also develop them for internship or career placement.