A certificate in acting provides students with a comprehensive foundation in the core skills and techniques essential for a successful career in the performing arts.
Through hands-on training in voice, movement, improvisation and scene study, students develop their unique artistic voices while gaining practical experience in stagecraft.
Focuses on basic acting skills including the development of imaginary circumstances, improvisation, and creative development. Students are introduced to skills in script analysis, character identity, emotional reality, and objective-driven structure through monologues and scene study.
Focuses on acting skills including the advance development of imaginary circumstances, improvisation, and creative development. Students will develop skills in script analysis, character identity, emotional reality, and objective-driven structure through monologues and scene study.
Prerequisite: Take THR-110
Students explore in-depth a series of assigned scenes and plays. Students will be required to complete close readings, discussion, and analysis of specific scenes and plays. Students will also apply their analysis to the performance of at least three different scenes in different styles.
Students learn different genres and styles of acting from different historical periods. Students will study classical and contemporary acting techniques focusing on vocal and physical clarity, textual analysis, and scenic interpretation, diction, movement, imagery, and tone.
