Enhances the appreciation of theatre as an art form through reading and analysis of scripts, theatre viewing, and discussion. Includes representative periods and styles, genres, key playwrights, aspects of technical production, social role, and critical interpretation of major works. Major acting approaches such as Cohen, Meisner, Staneslavski, and Shurtleff used as basis for helping actors acquire craft in order to create believable characters. Laboratory experience is mandatory. To increase proficiency in preparation and presentation of theatrical performances.
Credit is awarded for performing in or working on college productions.
Laboratory experience is mandatory. Lab experience is mandatory. Representative plays studied in genre, historical, and social contexts. Examines techniques of pictorial composition, movement, sound, lighting, and editing. I emphasizing intensive approach to acting exercise, improvisations, and scene study.