Emphasis will be placed on performance through the use of improvisation, movement, and voice. Students will participate in a combination of classroom work and laboratory work, consisting of practical application of classroom learned techniques in the scene and costume shop, and on production crews. Principles and techniques used in steel construction, electrics, sound, properties, and plastics. Students enrolled in this course will participate in a combination of classroom work and laboratory work, the latter consisting of practical application of classroom learned techniques in the scene shop, costume shop, light shop, and on production crews. Students analyze and perform selected literature.
Most performances take place in class but a public performance requirement is occasionally added.
1300 Analysis of styles and techniques in acting. Improvisation, movement, and voice will be developed as a means of character development. Emphasizes theatrical space, production, and performance. Drama is considered as a plan for production rather than as literature. Examines history and theory of theatrical art in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in Western Europe.