DRAMA |
(04003100) Drama I
Credit 1.0
+Grade Level 9,10,11,12
+ Prerequisite: None
+ Note: Satisfies Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an increasingly in depth
study of the multiple elements of theater as a collaborative art. The content
should include but not be limited to the following: acting, pantomime, improvisation,
voice and diction, movement, artistic discipline, musical theater, theater history
and literature, roles and careers, playwriting, theater production, technical
theater, and theater terminology.
(04003200) Drama II
Credit 1.0
+Grade Level 9, 10, 11, 12
+Prerequisite: Drama I or teacher approval
+ Note: Satisfies Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an in depth study of
technical theater skills by learning fundamentals that every stage technician
needs to know.
(04003300) Drama III
+ Grade Level 10, 11, 12 Credit 1.0
+ Prerequisite: Drama II or teacher approval
+ Note: Satisfies the Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide in-depth experiences in the study and
practice of theatre arts and literature. The content should include, but not
be limited to, the following: overview of the history of theatre and literature
of the theatre; introduction to the fundamentals of theatre, including scenery
construction, costuming, lighting, and make-up; and the fundamentals of acting.
(04003400) Drama 4
+ Grade Level 10, 11, 12 Credit 1.0
+ Prerequisite: Drama II or teacher approval
+ Note: Satisfies the Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide in-depth experiences in the study and
practice of theatre arts and literature. The content should include, but not
be limited to, the following: overview of the history of theatre and literature
of the theatre; introduction to the fundamentals of theatre, including scenery
construction, costuming, lighting, and make-up; and the fundamentals of acting.
(04003700) ACTING I
+ Grade Level 10, 11,1 2
+ Prerequisite: Drama I
+ Note: Satisfies Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an increasingly in depth
study, focusing on acting skills using various acting methods and techniques.
(04003800) ACTING II
+ Grade Level 10, 11, 12
+ Prerequisite: Acting I
+ Note: Satisfies Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an increasingly in depth
study of theater history and period styles of acting. The content should include,
but not be limited to following: theater history and literature, Greek and Roman
theater, Medieval and Early Tudor period, Commedia dellarte, Elizabethan and
Jacobean period, and Shakespearean theater.
04003900) ACTING III
+ Grade Level 11, 12
+ Prerequisite: Acting II
+ Note: Satisfies Performing Arts requirement for graduation.
The purpose of these courses is to enable students to develop and integrate
acting skills through varied individual and group applications in acting. The
content should include, but not be limited to, the following: acting styles
and techniques, pantomime, improvisation, vocal production and interpretation,
movement, artistic discipline, auditioning and casting, characterization, theatre
history and literature, roles and technical elements of theatre, theatre terminology,
aesthetic response and assessment, rehearsal procedures, and directing.
0400540 VOICE & DICTION 1
0400630 VOICE & DICTION 2
(fall)1300390 AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1
(spring)1300391 AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 2
(fall)1300400 MUSICAL THEATRE 1
(spring)1300410 MUSICAL THEATRE 2
(fall)1300420 MUSICAL THEATRE 3(HONORS)
(spring)1300422 MUSICAL THEATRE
4(HONORS)