Fee for use of make-up. Stagecraft Study and application of visual aesthetics of design which may include the physical theatre, scenery construction and painting, properties, lighting, costume, and backstage organization. Acting I Fundamental acting techniques with emphasis on developing scenes from plays, and on developing ensemble performance and actor s responsibilities to other actors, to the play, to the director and production staff, and to the audience.
Classroom exercises to explore and discover the actor s own inner resources.
A survey of the birth and early development of Western theatre from its roots in ritual through the Renaissance and Shakespeare. A survey of theatre theory, practice, and literature in Europe, England and the United States from the early to mid 17th century until 1915, with special emphasis on the social, political, aesthetic and technological factors leading to the development of the modern Western theatre.