Chabot College
Fall 2010
Course Outline for Theater Arts 47
COLLEGE THEATER ACTING
Catalog Description:
47 -- College Theater Acting
May be repeated three times.
3 units
Participation in main season production or project. Enrollment is for duration of the production.
Enrollment by audition only. 9 hours laboratory.
[Typical contact hours: laboratory 157.5]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
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audition for a show;
rehearse individually and in groups;
research individual role and/or whole play;
memorize lines;
sustain character details;
explore inner life of a character;
perform in a play;
do warm-up exercises
evaluate the creative process for himself/herself.
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Auditions
Rehearsals, individual and group types
Research for individual role and/or whole play
Memorizing lines
Sustaining character details
Exploring inner life of characters
Performing in a play
Warm up exercises
The creative process
Methods of Presentation:
1. Analysis and discussion (what is called “table work”)
2. Demonstrations of how to “block” the action
3. Lecture/discussion on specific goals for all rehearsals
a. Scene continuity
b. Character detail
c. Integrating technical aspects of the show
4. Creative exercises
Chabot College
Course Outline for Theater Arts 47, page 2
Fall 2010
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Research a character’s history and socio-economic background
b. Spend time in a particular location to increase actor’s sensitivity to the acting environment
c. Memorize lines
d. Memorize blocking
e. Invent blocking and/or “stage business”
f. Rehearse with concentration, dedication, expansiveness
2. Methods of Evaluating student progress:
a. Grading of written/oral research
b. Observation and feedback of creative progress
c. Final exam
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Scripts are chosen according to the current production being performed.
Special Student Materials:
None
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Revised: 11/5/09 dh, cp