Workshop is required. TH 105 Fundamentals of Acting S 3 s.h. The course studies movement and speech as aspects of dramatic art and provides exercises to enrich and discipline the imagination and to develop and control the responses of the body and speech to the imagination. It also entails some preliminary application of the elements of acting to the study of scenes, including analysis of the script for structure, objectives, and style. The course is intended as a survey to introduce students to theater as a technique apart from, although closely related to, literature.
Students study acting techniques, stage devices, set design, costuming, and make-up.
The student reads significant plays to consider drama as art, audience reactions and needs, methods of expression, and interpretation. The course requires textbooks and provides laboratory experience. Theater Practicum 4 s.h. The rehearsal and participation in an FMCC production under the direction and instruction of a faculty member. Course registration occurs after casting, and all cast members are required to register.