This is an approved General Education course. An introduction to all aspects of musical theatre, including history and development, major works, and production elements. Assignments will include reading, listening to, viewing, and critiquing musicals. By applying techniques of guided improvisation, script analysis, journal writing, and emotion memory to a series of exercises and scenes, students develop a personal methodology of approach to the problems of acting, and a set of act ing tools that work with any kind of theatrical material. 2.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity.
Students investigate a variety of techniques for creating believable characters.
Performance assignments, classroom exercises, and written work explore physical, emotional, biographical, historical, and intellectual approaches to cha racter. Classwork emphasizes the use of the creative imagination, of analytical skills, and of physical improvisation. May be repeated for credit two times. 2.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units.