Theater Arts

Theatre Arts 1-2

Course #6501-6502

Full Year = 1 credit

Course Fee: $25

This course is designed for the beginning theatre student who is interested in learning the fundamentals of theatre arts. Instruction will include theatre etiquette, script analysis and critical response, improvisation, pantomime & movement, voice, interpretation, scene work, solo acting, and theatrical production. Course work will also include written critical analysis, playwriting, careers in theatre, theatre history, and performance projects. Student participation in co-curricular performances is required for successful completion of the course.

Theatre Arts 3-4

Course #6511-6512

Full Year = 1 credit

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Theatre Arts 1-2

Course Fee: $40

This course is an intermediate level drama course in acting, movement, physical theatre, playwrighting, and play production. Instruction will include challenging units in character development and script analysis while preparing for performances of monologues and scenes. Students also may expect to learn basic stage makeup application, mask and puppetry performance techniques, stage combat, and production elements for a one-act play. Student participation in some co-curricular rehearsals and performances is required for successful completion of the course.

Advanced Theater Arts

Course #6503-6504

Full Year = 1 credit (repeatable)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Theatre Arts 3-4

Course Fee: $40

This course is designed to challenge upper-level actors with a variety of sophisticated approaches to scene work and monologues, including an emphasis on theory and world theatre. Instruction will focus on deepening student understanding of role development, critical analysis, film, playwrighting and devising, dramaturgy, and improvisation. Study will be centered on both classical and contemporary plays. Student participation in co-curricular rehearsals and performances is required for successful completion of the course.

Technical Theater

Course #6509-6510

Full Year = 1 credit (repeatable)

Course Fee: $40

Overview of theater history with a specific focus on performing spaces and conventions used between primitive and contemporary eras. Concepts of design and techniques of construction for scenery, props, lighting, costumes, make-up and masks. Shop safety and manual skills in carpentry, electricity, painting, sewing and drafting. Students will learn to read, analyze, and interpret dramatic literature. They will apply their interpretations into renderings, blueprints and models that could, or will, be synthesized into a unified scheme for an actual production. Course includes lectures and demonstrations, guided practice in laboratory situations, cooperative projects, peer critiques, and written evaluations of local theatrical productions.