This course in advanced scene study will build on students' skills in previous acting courses. Students will be assigned an actor's approach, a midterm sonnet presentation and a final scene. THR 210 and 310 or permission of instructor. THR 310 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Professional directors, coaches, and casting directors offer their perspective on what makes an effective and honest audition.
Students prepare a repertoire of pieces for stage and camera auditions.
THR 210 and 310 or permission of instructor. Students will explore verse literature and the mechanics of verse structure through the reading, discussion and recitation of major verse plays of Western drama from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. Class instruction will focus on the study of various verse forms, paying particular attention to vocal clues within verse structure, the meaning of rhythm and the practice of vocal techniques used in speaking texts in class. Students will also prepare weekly presentations of the playwrights and historical backgrounds of the plays and their periods. Students conceive ideas and present work in the classical and contemporary repertoire, supported by full dramaturgical apparatus.