Practical experiences in individual readings, choral reading, and reader s theatre will be undertaken. Students will prepare a program for public presentation. The direction of scenes and one act plays will be included. An examination of plays as literature through the study of the different ages of drama in Western Civilization. Students study representative plays from the Greeks to contemporary playwrights.
Students learn dramatic criticism through the application of various rhetorical models.
Internships may be done in management, production, or performance. Flexible programs may be designed to meet advanced students interests in such areas as research, education, senior production or performance.