2020-2021 Course Description
Please note that PERFORMANCE is a required component of ALL Theatre classes.
Theatre Studio Advanced (Honors)
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation.
This class is the Advanced class which is the elite performance and competition troupe. It can be repeated multiple times
Theatre Studio Advanced is designed as an acting intensive for students planning on pursuing acting as a career, in a college theatre program, or continuing their acting training in any other way. It is also included on the endorsement track. Students will be introduced to Stanislavski's objective work and Meisner's exercises in being present in the moment. This class will further explore the relationship between efficient and expressive movement, body connectivity, and physical storytelling. Development of original devised/immersive theatre experiences will be explored. Texts include works by Shakespeare, Moliére, Chekhov, Ibsen, Miller, Wilson, Simon, Kane, and others. Scripts will be analyzed, developed and performed from monologues and scene work through to full length 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 required to participate in the NCTC High School Play Festival and are expected to participate in various other 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 Advanced (Honors)
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation.
This class is the Advanced class which is the elite performance and competition troupe. It can be repeated multiple times
Theatre Studio Advanced is designed as an acting intensive for students planning on pursuing acting as a career, in a college theatre program, or continuing their acting training in any other way. It is also included on the endorsement track. Students will be introduced to Stanislavski's objective work and Meisner's exercises in being present in the moment. This class will further explore the relationship between efficient and expressive movement, body connectivity, and physical storytelling. Development of original devised/immersive theatre experiences will be explored. Texts include works by Shakespeare, Moliére, Chekhov, Ibsen, Miller, Wilson, Simon, Kane, and others. Scripts will be analyzed, developed and performed from monologues and scene work through to full length 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 required to participate in the NCTC High School Play Festival and are expected to participate in various other 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.