1.0 credit                 Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Full-Year (4 days/week Theater; not shared with Music)

.5 credit                   Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Full-Year (2 days/week Theater; shared with Music)

.5 credit                   Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 S1 (4 days/week Theater; not shared with Music)

Prerequisite: None

Graduation Requirement Area: Visual & Performing Arts or Open Humanities

This first level course explores the fundamentals of acting as an art. Students are encouraged to explore their creativity while developing skills and taking theatrical risks. Activities include theater games geared toward achieving focus, improvisation, observation journals, and scene study. 9th grade students who wish to take Theater 1 and a freshman music ensemble should register for the full-year, .5 credit Theater 1 option where the period would then be divided equally between the two courses for the full year; students may not take the full-year, .5 credit Theater 1 course only.

1.0 credit                 Grades 10, 11, 12     Full-Year (4 days/week; two .5 credit Theater sections)

.5 credit                   Grades 10, 11, 12     Full-Year (2 days/week; alternates with free periods)

.5 credit                   Grades 10, 11, 12     Full-Year (2 days/week; shared with Music)

Prerequisite: Theater 1: Acting Fundamentals

Graduation Requirement Area: Visual & Performing Arts or Open Humanities

This class is for students who wish to continue their Theater studies after completing the Theater 1. Students will expand their knowledge of acting as they explore in depth the creation of unique characters in extended improvisations, monologue work, and stage fighting. Students who wish to take Theater 2 and a music ensemble should register for the full-year, .5 credit Theater 2 option. Students may take two sections of Theater 2 in the same year to earn 1.0 total credit.

1.0 credit                 Grades 11, 12                      Full-Year (4 days/week)

Prerequisite: Theater 2: Advanced Acting

Note: This course can be taken multiple times with teacher and department coordinator approval.

Graduation Requirement Area: Visual & Performing Arts or Open Humanities

A course of study for the upper-class student interested in expanding skill and knowledge in the area of acting technique and the study of theater as an art. Students will continue their journey toward creating characters, taking theatrical risk, and exploring motivation through the theories of Stanislavski and Viola Spolin. Improvisation, scene work, exploring work with masks, and study of Shakespeare will be primary activities.

1.0 credit                 Grades 11, 12                      Full-Year (4 days/week)

Prerequisite: Theater 2: Advanced Acting

Graduation Requirement Areas: Visual & Performing Arts, Open Humanities, or Open STEAM

Note: This course can be taken multiple times with teacher and department coordinator approval.                            

Designed for students interested in the art of direction. Students will explore scene study and problem solving from the director’s point of view. All directors will participate in the One Act Play Festival and will be eligible to direct a Studio Theater Production, although registration in the course does not guarantee a spot in the season.

.5 credit                   Grades 9, 10, 11, 12             S2

Prerequisite: None

Graduation Requirement Areas: Visual & Performing Arts or Open Humanities

This course covers the process of designing costumes for the stage. Students will learn how to analyze and research garments appropriate for a production’s period, character types, and physical stage considerations. Plays will be selected and presentation boards will be created to demonstrate students’ proposed costume designs. Sewing instruction is also provided.

.5 credit                   Grades 9, 10, 11, 12             S2

Prerequisite: None

Graduation Requirement Areas: Visual & Performing Arts, Open Humanities, or Open STEAM

Stagecraft is designed for students interested in the technical aspects of theater. Students will focus on the role of the artist as a designer of the setting and lighting. Instruction will include set design and construction, lighting and audio. Students will be expected to work on major productions throughout the year, as well.