Students are encouraged to assist and offer insight to one another when preparing for performances. Students are given the opportunity to be a stage manager or a crew head for theatrical performances. Students frequently have to alter plans and make modifications in order to accomplish the best performance. Students research plays, playwrights, cultures and locations on the Internet to prepare for character roles. Students locate, understand and interpret plays.
Students create documents such as play analyses, reports and reviews.
Theatre students must exert a high level of effort and persevere to attain a successful theatrical performance. Completing a successful theatrical performance offers the opportunity for self-reflection and a positive view of self. Theatre students must be able to assess their abilities, set personal goals, and monitor their progress in order to improve. Theatre students must learn to establish ethical values because they deal with situations that involve competition between performers and because they have the opportunity to become role models in the community. Academic Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism and collusion.