This course serves as an introduction to the theatre arts. Students investigate theatre as a whole by exploring the techniques and origins of a wide variety of theatre arts in various cultures and periods.

 

This course will introduce students to the fundamental skills of the physical and emotional craft of acting through the study of specific acting methods and exercises. Drama students practice character analysis and learn how to create a dramatic character. Students may learn by performing the works of classic playwrights, such as Stanislavsky, Meisner and Chekhov. Acting skills are developed through improvisations, scene work, focused theater exercises, group work and monologues.