2020-2021 Course Description
Please note that PERFORMANCE is a required component of ALL Theatre classes.
Theatre Studio Proficient (Honors)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Theatre Studio Beginning / Teacher recommendation. This level can be repeated multiple times.
Theatre Studio Proficient is an honors class that is designed for students who would like to begin college preparatory performance development & analysis techniques and apply that knowledge directly to production work, or are on an endorsement track. Students will be introduced to Uta Hagen's “substitution” techniques and Shurtleff’s Guideposts.They will analyze and explore the theatre games of Viola Spolin, the ‘psycho-physical’ approach of Michael Chekhov, the Devised Theatre work of Punchdrunk, as well as more expansive script writing skills. Texts include contemporary and classical plays. Scripts will be analyzed, developed and performed from monologues and scene work through to 10 minute and one act plays. Students will continue to build their actor’s “tool box” for how a character’s objectives and tactics guide the actor through performance.
Students will be expected to participate in various theatre-related activities outside of school hours in addition to regular course expectations. Out-of-class assignments include required readings from acting texts and plays. Attendance at, as well as responses to, a number of stage productions scheduled during the school year is required. A commitment to regular journal writing in the form of an Observation Notebook will be expected.
Theatre Studio Proficient (Honors)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Theatre Studio Beginning / Teacher recommendation. This level can be repeated multiple times.
Theatre Studio Proficient is an honors class that is designed for students who would like to begin college preparatory performance development & analysis techniques and apply that knowledge directly to production work, or are on an endorsement track. Students will be introduced to Uta Hagen's “substitution” techniques and Shurtleff’s Guideposts.They will analyze and explore the theatre games of Viola Spolin, the ‘psycho-physical’ approach of Michael Chekhov, the Devised Theatre work of Punchdrunk, as well as more expansive script writing skills. Texts include contemporary and classical plays. Scripts will be analyzed, developed and performed from monologues and scene work through to 10 minute and one act plays. Students will continue to build their actor’s “tool box” for how a character’s objectives and tactics guide the actor through performance.
Students will be expected to participate in various theatre-related activities outside of school hours in addition to regular course expectations. Out-of-class assignments include required readings from acting texts and plays. Attendance at, as well as responses to, a number of stage productions scheduled during the school year is required. A commitment to regular journal writing in the form of an Observation Notebook will be expected.