On stage, performance skills are developed in both a scripted and non-scripted format. When unscripted, students learn to improvise characters and scenes, which encourages them to be spontaneous, take risks and make choices. When working with scripted material, students learn to analyze the play, the scenes and the characters. This enables them to achieve a believable and three- dimensional performance. In our unique TLClasses, students explore who they are as people and what, as actors, they can bring to a character.
Instruction includes voice projection, theatre terminology, stage directions and movement.
Off stage, their newly discovered knowledge of themselves and their sense of accomplishment from having given a professional ensemble performance, develops confidence and trust, teaches them to work harmoniously within a diversified group, and raises their self-esteem. Academically, sophisticated Broadway material broadens their scope, enhances their memorization skills, increases their vocabulary and improves their ability to communicate clearly and confidently.