THEA 319
Spring 2022 not offered
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This is an advanced acting class in studio format focusing on the skills of voice, speech and movement in current practice as adapted by professional directors and actors. Students will follow a progression of in-class exercises designed to respond to textual demands through ongoing scene study techniques, vocal explorations and physical commitment in performance of heightened text. Examination of text will culminate in close study of Shakespeare's First Folio and its clues to performance. Students will study, analyze, memorize, rehearse and perform scenes and monologues. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA THEA |
| Course Format: Performance | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: THEA245 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (THEA) |
Major Readings:
William Shakespeare's plays and monologues as assigned.
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Examinations and Assignments:
In-class process work, rehearsals outside of class time, final performances of scenes and monologues, and short analytic papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Admission is by audition only. Please email your application to audition to kconlin@wesleyan.edu by 11/6/17; please include relevant acting course work and experience.
Mandatory attendance at class field trip to professional theater performance. (Date & Location TBA)
Acting I (THEA245) is pre-requisite.
Acting II (THEA285) or Viewpoints (THEA318) is suggested. |
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