COURSE DESCRIPTION

Develops personal resources and explores performance skills through the study of techniques and styles of acting through individual and group performance. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.

GENERAL COURSE PURPOSE

Gives students both a physical and mental understanding of the various approaches to acting.

ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES

Fluency in Standard American English. Recommend proficiency in reading and writing at English111 level.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME

Enables students to analyze a script, its structure, style and rhythm; to use the voice effectively including breathing, production of vocal tone, resonance, articulation and pronunciation; to prepare and present material to an audience; and to accept and give critical evaluations of class projects.

MAJOR TOPICS TO BE COVERED

A. Play analysis

B. Character analysis

C. Interpretation

D. Stage movement

E. Vocal techniques

F. Use of props

G. Performance techniques

SPD 132 covers classical acting styles beginning with Greek through Restoration periods.

EXTRA TOPICS

A. Oral interpretation

B. Reader's Theatre

C. History of the Theatre

D. Stage Movement