Theater Arts

This course provides training in acting techniques, including vocal production, movement, and the expressiveness necessary to interpret characters, both improvised and scripted. Students participate in ensemble-forming exercises that develop concentration, trust, observation, spatial relationships, and emotional expression. Students are introduced to script analysis through the study of monologues and scenes. Through a variety of exercises, students explore different acting styles specific to time period or dramatic genre. Continued work aims to fully develop emotional and intellectual resources for the creation of believable and accurate character interpretations. Participants are given the opportunity to stage Green Room productions. 

Advanced Theater Arts

This course, which has a specific focus on world theater, provides an opportunity for students to hone and improve the techniques developed in the Theater Arts course. To prepare for a higher level IB exam, a student must take the Advanced Theater Arts course in both junior and senior years. To prepare for a standard level IB exam, a student must take at least two years in the theater arts program, the second of which must be in the Advanced Theater Arts course.

Prerequisite: Theater Arts 

Theater Performance

Performance is the focus of this term-long course as members of the class participate in a main-stage production. Shows are supported by the Stagecraft classes and a professional costumer. The goal is for students to demonstrate a range of physical, vocal, and emotional abilities in specific character portrayal. Auditions are held in the term prior to the production. The course meets daily after school, so participants cannot take a sport concurrently.

In 2011-2012 the course will be offered in Terms 1 and 2

This course fulfills the senior team activity requirement.

Prerequisite: Auditions are open to students who have taken Theater Arts for at least one year or obtained permission from the instructor