An improvisational approach is encouraged. Jan Term, periodic offering. The lab experience includes brief explanations and demonstrations. Enrollment is limited to 16 students. Spring semester, evening.
Students study art forms suitable for worship, including formal and informal theatre.
Participants will evaluate materials appropriate for performance in various church services. They will then select, stage and perform programs for a religious setting. Touring may be a component of this class, in which case enrollment would be by audition only. Tours alternate between January Term and Spring Break with performances in churches and schools in Colorado, the Bay Area of Northern California, Los Angeles-San Diego, Washington, and Oregon. Based on Stanislavski's theories, the course is a beginning study of the process of performance.