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Advanced acting course continuing development of skills acquired from Acting I. Emphasis on acting styles required for successful performance of historical period plays and genres and the techniques to interpret, analyze and portray roles from historic literature. Prerequisite: THE 20023 Acting I or consent of instructor.

Focuses on theory and practice of directing:composition, picturization, movement, rhythm and pantomimic dramatization. Examines directing of the last 100 years, from proscenium to central experimental staging. Requires final project. Prerequisites: THE 14123 Stagecraft, THE 14623 Introduction to Theatre, THE 20023 Acting I.

Practical experience in major area of study. Arranged individually and taken after completion of major coursework.

Students will learn the tools necessary to unpack and prepare a script for production. Focuses on encouraging an engagement with the text through multiple analytical frameworks, including both formalist and non-formalist approaches.

Presents senior theatre performance majors with an opportunity to demonstrate their maturity of performance skills and techniques. Prerequisites:Senior status and a declared and approved major in theatre.