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DRAMATIC ACTING I
FALL/SPRING
TH10		1/2 CREDIT

This is a half year course designed as an introduction to the fundamental basics of acting. Students will learn memorization, character development, stage movement, voice projection and play analysis. Students will memorize a monologue and a scene to perform in front of classmates. This is a great class for those interested in getting help for public speaking too!

HONORS ACTING
TH11		1 CREDIT

Prerequisite: Acting I, Audition

This class will be focused on performance for a variety of audiences. The first two semesters, the class will be working on a play for the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival Competition. Rehearsals outside of class time will be required for this class. The second half of the year will be focused on performing short plays for local schools and organizations in the area. Students must audition for this class. Auditions will be held before students register for classes this year.

SHAKESPEARE FOR PERFORMANCE AND LITERARY ANALYSIS
TH30		1 CREDIT

Prerequisite: Acting I and Teacher Approval
(SENIORS: This is an English Elective)

This class will concentrate on learning to perform Shakespearean drama. The stance, the voice, the rhythms, the rhymes, and the words of Shakespeare's plays will be studied and performed. Characters, plots and themes will be analyzed and discussed. The class will read plays and perform monologues and scenes along with each of them. The senior English student in the class will, in addition, be assigned an informal and a formal essay for each unity in order to engage in a deeper analysis of each play.

SCREENWRITING, PLAYWRITING AND CREATIVE WRITING
TH40F TH40S	1/2 CREDIT 1/2 CREDIT

(Seniors: This is an English elective)

This is a half year course designed as a writing workshop where students will learn the basic principles of writing screenplays, stage plays and short stories. Then they will use those principles to write their own works. As they work on their writings, they will share them with their classmates and critique one another. Students will then use the critiques to edit their work. The goal will be to have one or two finished works depending on their length.

ADDENDUM (See below for credits): REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE:

Rehearsal and Performance:
is designed as a workshop class where students learn to "put on a play" as they actually do so. The students will be either learning to act in a play or they will be learning to build sets, design lights, create sound or to manage a stage production. This is a "hands on" experience in every sense of the phrase and students will be expected to put energy and effort into making the production successful for the entire group.

Course sign up :
After audition, the names of those students who make the cast of each play and those who will be involved in the backstage crew will be sent to Guidance

Credit:
Each play will count as 1/4 credit and lasts one marking period.