Exploration of basic techniques of relaxation, imagination, concentration, and improvisation leads to physical and vocal details of characterization from selected plays. Stagecraft his course explores past and present techniques of creating and manipulating scenery, properties, costumes, light, sound, and makeup to enhance the theatrical event. Lecture demonstrations and hands-on laboratory experience are featured. Three single class periods and one 75-minute lab per week. All students involved in a major dramatic production must enroll in Drama-Sports to fulfill the physical education requirement.
Students begin rehearsals with a vigorous physical workout.
This course does not carry academic credit and does not count toward the student's five-course load. Open to all students by audition or crew assignment, with the restriction that no student may sign up for more than two terms per year. Reader's Theater his course explores the means of presenting a script with readers using their voices and bodies to suggest the intellectual, emotional, and sensory experiences inherent in the literature. Assignments lead to productions which may or may not be aided by lighting, music, sound effects, simple costuming, and non-illusionary staging. One 75-minute and two single class periods per week.