by Dr Jonathan Michael Vandenberg

This practice-based course provides an introduction to modern acting. It is suitable for those with or without previous performance experience. The course is highly collaborative and cultivates a supportive ensemble. Students take healthy emotional risks that foster personal growth. The course focuses on scene work, augmented by basic movement training. Students perform scenes and original short pieces. Rehearsal is required outside course meetings. While the course is based in realistic acting, the tools introduced are applicable to many different kinds of performance and beyond theatre. Note: For FASS students, this course can be counted toward the requirements for a Major or Second Major in Theatre and Performance Studies.