Program of Studies - Acton-Boxborough Regional School District ...

INTRODUCTION TO ACTING 893
Grades 9-12 Grouping: Heterogeneous
Prerequisite: None
This introductory class is for any student who wants to begin or improve his
acting and performance skills. This class will be a fast paced workshop format
designed to strengthen acting, observation and listening skills through exercises
in improvisation, theater games, creative dramatics, pantomime and theater
exercises. The main focus of the class is to build ensemble and begin to
strengthen resources as an actor. Students will perform selected scenes and
monologues for peers. Students will be exposed to various contemporary acting
styles such as those of Sanford Meisner and Constantine Stanislavski. Acting
styles will periodically be studied through the use of video.
Assignments will include reading and analysis of plays from various eras,
reading and selection of scenes and monologues, memorization of lines, and
projects related to acting.
Semester course meets every day, 2.5 credits.
ADVANCED ACTING 899
Grades 9-12 Grouping: Heterogeneous
Prerequisite: Introduction to Acting, one semester class
This class is for any student who has taken introduction to acting or who has
experience in acting. This course will provide a more advanced curriculum in
acting with a focus on character development and script analysis and scene
study. This course includes work on voice, improvisation, body language,
monologues and movement for the stage. Reading, analysis and performance of
dramatic texts from various periods of theater history will be a staple of the
course. Students will study Shakespearian Poetics and perform a monologue of
their choice from his work. Assignments will include reading and analysis of
plays from various eras of theater history, memorization of scenes and
monologues and projects having to do with acting.
Semester course – (spring), meets every day, 2.5 credits
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