Theatre 242 - ACTING II

Acting II offers intensive focus on different, specific topics pertaining to acting training. THE 242 can be repeated for credit up to three times provided the content is different. Prerequisites: Acting I (THE 141) or its equivalent. This is a course in performance, focusing on poetic expression and heightened language in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. We will research, analyze, and compare selected works with particular attention to top unifying themes, rhetorical strategies, and historical perspectives, attempting to understand the requisites of performance. The class has a studio component designed to develop skills in textual analysis, physical and vocal expressiveness and theatrical imagination. The course will culminate in a publically presented production. Enrollment limited to 12. Permission of the instructor. Prerequisite THE 141

Topic: Verse Acting.