Course Description
Basic acting skills for non-theatre majors and theatre minors.
Athena Title
Introduction to Acting
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To develop the student's observational skills towards life, its experiences, towards artistic sensibility and towards becoming a more informed audience member. To introduce the student to the basic imaginative, physical and vocal skills necessary for acting. To develop in the student a beginning rehearsal approach to scripted scenes. To develop in the student an understanding of the cooperative nature of acting.
Topical Outline
A. The actor's instrument B. Actor's process C. Beginning text analysis D. Character analysis E. Rehearsal process F. Actor critique skills
Syllabus