Equivalent to ENG 282-289. Includes six plays, seminar with the Time theater critic, postperformance interviews with actors and actresses. Provides guided study and rehearsal in such areas as oral interpretation, readers theater, public speaking and acting. Project-oriented course involves public performances and critiques. Provides training and experience in stage performance for students who have gained initial expertise in the craft of acting.
Emphases are on monologue preparation and performance.
Required for the major in performing arts. Provides training, analysis and experience in the stage performance of the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Emphases are on monologue and scene study. May not be repeated for credit. A survey of the history and development of musical theater as a distinct art form.