Students direct each other in scenes or short play projects. Students keep a Theatre Journal, recording each day s activities as well as any rehearsal or performance notes. This is the beginning core subject in Literature and Criticism. The first three weeks are devoted to mythology, with an emphasis on Greek mythology. The book used is Mythology .
Students also study myths, which are performed in class.
The next unit is on Greek Theatre as the origin of modern western theatre. Students learn how theatre developed in Greece and the influences it has had on our present day theatre. They study the Orestia by Aeschylus, the only extant trilogy. This trilogy also provides students with a door into world theatre literature. These courses deal with various eras mirrored by the scenes worked on in acting class.