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Sep 07, 2024
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THTR 2031 - Intermediate Acting Credits: 3 Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None Course Description: This course expands and deepens the work of the student actor. Physical and vocal exercises continue to expand the student actor’s technique. Contemporary and classical plays are explored and used for performing. Singer/actors also have the option to work on a musical theatre piece. Students study at least one stage dialect while preparing scenes and monologues. Audition techniques are also taught as part of the course. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): THTR 1031 or instructor consent. Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: THTR 1020
Major Content
- Cues for Emotion, Movement, Body Energy in Word Choice, Consonants and Vowels
- Marking Units (Beats) and Determining Objectives
- Musical Theatre Technique
- Orchestrating the Scene or Monologue
- Playing Within A Style
- Playing “Beats” and “Objectives”
- Presentation Techniques and Focus
- Resumés, Head Shots, Audition Ettiquette
- Scansion/Rhythm in Elizabethan Verse
- Shakespeare - A Dream of Passion
- Shakespeare’s Contrasts - Antithesis
- Shakespeare’s Imagery - Tasting Language
- Spheres of Attention
- Stanislavsky
- The Creative State
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- determine appropriate character objectives
- define acting vocabulary in written and oral work
- apply acting vocabulary in written and oral work
- mark a text for beats
- create characters with insight, emotional commitment, integrity and impact.
- create the environment of a play using non verbal means
- orchestrate a monologue with appropriate vocal dynamics and movement
- present a successful audition
- scan the work of Shakespeare for vocal performance
Competency 1 (1-6) None Competency 2 (7-10) None Courses and Registration
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