THE 101 - Fundamentals of Acting, 3 credit hours

The course aims to provide the acting student with a basic working knowledge of the craft of acting. This will be realized through a combination of work on theatre games, discussion, exercises to develop the actor’s imagination, and basic text and scene work. The objectives of this course are to develop the ability to behave truthfully in an imagined set of given circumstances; to develop immediate response to stimuli in a truthful manner; to affect others in a purposeful manner, and to build a common vocabulary of acting terminology and stage geography.