English Studies (ENGL) - Fundamentals of Acting

ENGL 2016  Fundamentals of Acting

Prerequisites:

Three credits of 1000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 1501, ENGL 1502) or any 18 credits completed (excluding ENGL 1501, ENGL 1502, ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011)

Antirequisites:

ENGL 2015

Hours:

1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of seminar a week

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore and discover the building blocks of acting. Topics include the sub-textual process, sense and emotional memory, conditioning forces, the fourth wall, desires/actions/obstacles, improvisation, and the steps to building a character. Students complement their skills in performance and interpretation on stage with written work analyzing texts and performance history.