REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1. Apply exercises and warm-up techniques within the acting process.

 2. Identify, explain, and utilize key tools within the actor’s process.

 3. Experiment with the process of improvisation as a means of understanding the actor’s process.

 4. Analyze dramatic text and characters from the actor’s perspective.

 5. Create the world of the text through scene study with an acting partner.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Exercises and warm-ups

        a.  Physical

        b.  Vocal

        c.  Mental preparation

 II.   Improvisation

        a.  Improvisational technique which explores circumstances

        b.  Stakes

        c.  Character relationships

 III.  Text and character development

        a.  Selecting and analyzing dramatic text

        b.  Exploring given circumstance

        c.  Character analysis, objective, and intention

        d.  Rehearsal and preparation

 IV.   Scene study

        a.  Rehearsal

             i.   With partner

             ii.  Exploring process

        b.  Presentation

             i.   Scene

             ii.  Critique

             iii. Rework

        c.  Final performance presentation and critique

 V.    Evaluation

        a.  Self

        b.  Others