There is a particular emphasis on the use of the games as a stimulus for spontaneity, strong playing relationships and trouble shooting within the rehearsal process. The course familiarizes the student with the requisites of the thesis project and prepares the student to successfully complete this graduate requirement. Additionally, students review material in preparation for the comprehensive exam in the history of theatre and dramatic literature. Graduate Acting II Five quarter hours. This class in Period Acting provides the student with basic skills to perform Shakespeare, Restoration, 18th-century comedy, and Moliere.
Special focus is given to scansion and verse-speaking.
This study is coordinated with both movement and voice and speech classes. Technique One quarter hour. An advanced-level acting course which concentrates the work on carefully selected exercises, monologues and scenes, in order to develop physical, sensorial and emotional skills in preparing a role. Full body awareness through movement lessons is continued. Imaginative use of self is also channeled through character mask work.