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THEA 2240 will focus on collaborative writing and production of a one hour play to be publicly performed. Students will design the set, properties and costumes and create the lighting, sound and video required. Backstage and rehearsal etiquette will also be covered.

Continuation of developing rehearsal skills and creative potential. Work in various periods and styles. Advanced scene work. Preparation of audition material.

Movement skills such as mime, mask, tap dancing, period dance and continued work on body integration with text.

Voice techniques including singing, some dialect work, speaking verse, diction, building a vocal warm-up. Application of vocal skills to acting and performance.

Introduction to the basic principles of acting through improvisation and script work. Concentration. Freeing the imagination. Developing a rehearsal process. Integration of the voice and body. Elementary scene work. Identification of and work on individual acting problems.