Courses

Contact Hours: 2 A study of basic principles, terminology, and disciplines of the actor, including relaxation, concentration, movement, and characterization.

The course is designed to introduce the beginning student to the art and craft of acting. PW: Innovation and Creativity

A first course in acting, designed as a workshop, to include improvisation, role-playing, sensitizing of physical and mental tools. Analysis of skills and problems of individual students.

, LST. 2. Introduction to basic acting techniques, literature, and performance through improvisation, contemporary scene study and attendance at theatre performances. Theatre majors who do not earn a grade of "C" or higher must repeat this course.

A study of advanced concepts of acting, focusing on script analysis and character development along with further study of voice, movement, and scene dynamics.

Advanced acting scenes and approaches to performances.

Acting II is a Stanislavsky-based class which will further the growth of skills learned in Acting I, as it applies to more complex characterization. Class work will include sensory exercises, relaxation, concentration, imagination, improvisation, character analysis, and scene work.

Continuation of Acting I. Emphasis on scene and monologue study, script analysis. Thirty-hour production requirement.

A continuation of Acting I, this course emphasizes character development and analysis of classic American texts and introduces the work of Konstantin Stanislavski.

Course is designed to teach theory and techniques in character development and analysis, as used in Realistic theatre, through the use of scene study.