This course provides a medium for students to begin exploration of theatrical performing arts.  Emphasizing creative and expressive acting, students will be trained in the fundamentals of improvisation, movement, voice, character, and production of scenes.  Students will perform in solo and group projects, developing skills in peer evaluation and accepting constructive criticism.  Students also learn basic skills in theatrical critique and analysis as well as scriptwriting. 

Theatre Arts II is a continuation of skills learned in Theatre Arts I.  Students will continue their study of technical theatre skills as well as advanced rehearsal and performance in monologues, duo, and group scenes.  This class is designed as an acting studio which will focus more on the implementation of the skills and pure acting and performance instead of learning the basics of stage performance.  Students will be given opportunities to start basic stage directing.