Fulfills Fine Arts core requirement. A study of the script as the necessary foundation for the three-dimensional theatre experience, and techniques for deriving from the script information for a performance which realizes as fully as possible and with minimal distortion, the playwright's expressive intentions.
Individual attention is given to the improvement of diction and voice quality.
Includes creative activities in role playing, creative games, and activities designed for preparing teachers for group therapy, theatrical entertainment, and elementary education. A group discussion format for idea development toward the creation of scripts for performance. This course will include design, construction, painting of stage scenery, operation of stage and shop machinery. Classroom projects involving presentations of scenes from plays for the purpose of working out particular dramatic exercises in developing the fundamental techniques of acting. Course will include design, construction, painting of stage scenery, operation of stage and shop machinery.