Drama develops you as a whole person—emotionally, physically, intellectually, imaginatively, and socially. In Drama courses, you will study the elements of acting, technical theatre, playwriting and directing through various genres. By performing, collaborating and viewing authentic situations in theatre, you will acquire greater appreciation and knowledge of yourself. These dramatic skills, such as collaboration, communication, and creativity, are useful in and transferable to career fields beyond the performing arts such as business management, education, and law.
Drama 10
No Prerequisite Required
Drama 10 is an introduction to drama. Students will develop fundamental performance and theatre skills by studying a variety of theatre disciplines. These disciplines include movement, speech, improvisation, script work, acting, technical theatre and theatre history. The nature of this course is interactive and students will be expected to participate and to demonstrate their learning daily.
Drama 20
Prerequisite Recommendation: Drama 10
Drama 20 is a performance-based course. Students will continue their development in character work and script analysis. They will be responsible to perform in solo and ensemble presentations for the class and an audience. The acting process is central to this course level. Students will also engage with the writing process by developing and writing a one-act play. The theatre disciplines covered will be acting, speech, movement, improvisation, playwriting, design and technical theatre.
Drama 30
Prerequisite Recommendation: Drama 20
Drama 30 is focused on acting and directing. Students will continue to enhance their performance skills as an actor as they work collaboratively with others to study scene structure and theatre literature. The highlight of Drama 30 is an independent directing project. Students will use their creative and dramatic skills to direct and produce a one act play. This play will be presented to the public during lunch box theatre. This unique study project will complete their understanding of the theatre.
Advanced Acting & Touring 15/25/35
Prerequisite Recommendation: Drama 10 or teacher recommendation
Advanced Acting & Touring offers students the opportunity to study theatre as a production-based course. This unique area of study gives the acting student the intense challenge to explore and develop their own process of character creation. Students will attend rehearsals, engage in script analysis, and work collaboratively to bring a full-length play to life. While rehearsing, students are encouraged to experiment by making strong character choices as part of the theatrical process. This course runs in the Spring semester and involves direct participation in our Spring Production.
Technical Theatre 15/25/35
Prerequisite Recommendation: Drama 10 or teacher recommendation
Technical Theatre is designed to extend the foundation skills in technical theatre outlined in Drama 10, 20, and 30. This course progression expands on specific skills related to career fields in order to prepare students who are interested in continuing on to theatre schools or to careers in the theatre industry. Student projects and learning will focus on the following technical areas: costumes, lighting, makeup, props, set, sound, and stage management. This course runs in the Spring semester and involves direct participation in our Spring Production.