Advanced Theatre

Course Type: Core Theatre Sequence Year 4

 

This course is designed to prepare senior theatre majors for success in college and professional theatre. Students will write a personal statement about their goals in theatre and the meaning of theatre in their lives. Students will participate in all coursework regardless of their future plans in theatre, but they will be encouraged to tailor their work this year toward their individual goals as much as possible. Students will learn about activist theatre and create virtual theatre pieces that respond to something that’s wrong in the world by sharing a message for their audience.  During the fall, students will research college theatre programs and prepare to meet all audition requirements, including classical and contemporary monologues, theatrical resumes, and headshots. Their classical theatre training will continue with a scene study unit focusing on some of Shakespeare’s greatest two-person scenes.  In the spring, students will complete an exit project in either playwriting, directing, acting, design, or theatre history.  The exit projects will represent the culmination of the students’ theatrical work at GAHS and will be performed for the school community.