This multi-disciplinary wheel based class will focus on providing students with an overview of theatre as a art form. Designed to provide student performers with knowledge on who-does-what in the production, and tools for performances relating to mind, body, and voice. As a class, we will explore performance concepts and skill foundational skills through voice, movement, characterization, and collaboration. Students will operate as an ensemble with their class and cohorts and pace through the 11 Anchor standards through drama performance, musical theatre, and technical theatre studies. Students will not be requires to perform for a live audience, but will perform demonstrations and in class performances for their peers, staff, and other grade levels throughout the year. Students with strong participation may attend workshops, field trips, or live performance when exceeding expectations.

This performance based class will focus on providing students with an overview of theatre for actors. Designed to provide student performers with knowledge on who-does-what in the production, and tools for performances relating to mind, body, and voice. Acting techniques and drama processes improve verbal expression, enhances listening skills, increases interpersonal intelligence, and boosts self-confidence. As a class, we will explore vocal production, improvisation, pantomime, Shakespeare’s impact, and dive into ensemble based activities and projects such as playwriting, monologues, and expand our industry knowledge on company roles such as front of house, stage management and stage design. Students must perform for a live audience in order to earn full credit. Strong ensembles may take on additional performance projects or performances at the director’s discretion.

This performance based class will focus on  the uniquely American art form musical theatre as a tool for deepening our understanding of how movement on stage tells a story. In musical theatre, music signifies heightened emotion. We can’t express ourselves with just words, we need music (and through extension, song and dance) to take it further. As a class, we will explore how to use the body, analyze lyrics and the music to communicate through dance, choreography, and planned movement. Students will learn performance skills, develop their own choreography, and collaborate with others to devise an original dance performance recital featuring modern music retelling classic fairytales. 

This non-performance based class will focus on the uniquely American art form musical theatre. Designed to dive into the unique histories from vaudeville, jazz, the Golden Era, to blockbuster-Broadway-hits we respond to the complex backgrounds of dance, entertainment, and the global economy surrounding professional theatre. As a class, we will examine the various decades of musical theatre history, their trends, and culminate in a scriptwriting workshop project. Students interested in songwriting, scriptwriting, directing, dance, or the entertainment industry will find this collaborative experience a call to remember.