Students learn how to perform in a theatrical production by developing a system for character development, line memorization, rehearsals, and other production systems. A student needs no theatrical experience in order to try out for a role. May be taken for credit more than once to a maximum of 12 credits. The first part of this course is devoted to theatrical games and improvisation with the second part structured around scene work. Students are introduced to beginning exercises, role analysis, and scene work.
Students read a series of essays on contemporary culture and the arts.
Area artists and crafts people lecture and demonstrate their products and abilities. The class actively participates in these demonstrations. There is a mid-term, a final plus two other quizzes. Students travel to the Albright Knox Museum and the Griffith Sculpture Park. Course introduces students to plays and their production in a variety of countries.