printer friendly pageDRAMA 120B: Fundamentals of Acting
For students who intend to begin serious actor training. 120A,B must be taken in sequence. The actor's spontaneity and imagination are used to reveal the life of a play, working with dramatic texts. Approaches to the actor's craft include character biography and moment-to-moment truthful playing. Exercises including from Strasberg, Meisner, Chaikin, and Linklater. Scene and monologue work from primarily naturalistic plays. Outside rehearsal time required. Prerequisite: 120A or consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Amarotico, K. (PI)
DRAMA 120V: Vocal Production and Audition (DRAMA 210V)
The vocal mechanism with development of voice and articulation for the stage. The actor's tools of phonetics, verbal action, and text analysis. Voice in preparation for audition. Emphasis is on relaxation, selection of appropriate material, and versatility to show contrast and range.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
DRAMA 121S: Acting Shakespeare Project
Work on a shortened Shakespeare play leading to a studio performance project. Skills in understanding and performing Shakespeare, conducted as series of rehearsals, and culminating in group performance. Development of voice, movement, and speaking skills necessary for classical theater work. Prerequisites:
DRAMA120A,B, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
bihr, j. (PI)
DRAMA 121W: Actors Who Write, Writers Who Act
The development of dramatic scripts for solo performance and multi-character plays. Work happens on its feet, with writing deadlines and an informal workshop environment in which students present scripts, with support and feedback in dramaturgy, and help with performance and staging issues.
DRAMA 122: Contemporary Vernacular Dance in New Musical Theater
Emphasis for this workshop will be on the fusion of current dance and gestural styles including hip hop, contemporary modern, african and ballet as seen through the lens of new musical theater. Students will also study musicals such as Spring Awakening choreographed Bill T. Jones to inform the choreographic process .
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Hayes, A. (PI)
DRAMA 122P: Our Country's Good
Studio production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's 1988 play
Our Country's Good. Project culminates in three end-of-quarter public performances in tne Nitery. Roles for 7 men and 6 women, of any ethnicity. This is a contemporary drama about the ability of the theater to dignify human lives. Attention to the history and social context of a significant work. Prerequisite: audition.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-9
DRAMA 122P: Undergraduate Performance Project
By Audition: Studio Production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's 1988 play, "Our Country's Good. A significant contemporary work about the ability of art to dignify human lives, the drama is set a penal colony in New South Wales in the late 18th century. This project also involves a concentrated study of relevant historical and cultural themes.Maybe repeatable for credit.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-9
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 15 units total)
DRAMA 124D: Acting for Non-Majors (DRAMA 20)
Creative play and ensemble work. Skills including group improvisation to partner work. Freeing the natural voice and physical relaxation. Emphasis is on imaginative and creative impulses. Movement improvisation, listening exercises, and theater games. How to take risks that are the essence of free and powerful performance.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, way_ce
Instructors:
Amarotico, K. (PI)
DRAMA 12SC: Playwriting Lab: The Art of Dramatic Writing
Workshop. Each student develops an original script which is presented in theater by the other students. How to develop, expand, and condition the creative mind. Toipcs including dramatic action, text and subtext, characterization, language, and style. Students function as a theatrical collective where each has the opportunity to participate in reading and serving the vision of each student-author.
DRAMA 131: Lighting Design
Hands-on laboratory projects in lighting and designing stage productions and other live performances. The content and format of lighting plots. Prerequisite
DRAMA 31.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Ramsaur, M. (PI)
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