Students taking this course must have a commitment to their scene partner and outside class rehearsal is required. Attendance at the college play in fall and spring term is mandatory. Acting IV is a course in period acting styles.
Students study stage conventions, movement style, and vocal technique for each period.
They prepare scenes from Greek, Commedia dell Arte, Elizabethan, Restoration, and Early Modern periods. To deliver a monologue or scene with a believable accent. To discern and replicate vocal technique, style, and physical mannerisms of period acting. To thoroughly analyze and develop character, dramatic action, believable emotion, motivated stage movement, and pace in all performances. To perform with the highest level of professionalism.