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)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will apply the actor's observational skills to daily life and its experiences towards the end of becoming a more artistically sensitive and informed audience member.
Students will deploy basic imaginative, physical, and vocal skills necessary for acting.
Students will organize a scripted scene for rehearsal.
Students will appreciate and understand 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
