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Useful Files
Contentless Scenes
Liverpool Scenes 1 - 8
Liverpool Scenes 9 - 11
Liverpool Scenes 12 - 14
World Theater Scenes Info
Come and Go
Crucible Scene
Suicide in B-Flat

Assignments

Study Guide Questions
Final Exam example

Course Description (Prerequisite Drama 116.3)
Introduction to Acting 2: Approaching Text & Scene Study.Integrating the creative process in acting with the dramatic text.

Required Texts:

Wangh, Stephen. An Acrobat of the Heart. Vintage Books, 2000.
Xerox Fee: $3.00 & Tickets for two Greystone Productions.

Some topics for exploration & research
The Scene
Experiencing the work as play
Context/Text/Subtext
Acting the Text
Association, composition and reflection
Beginning & developing improvisation
Text/ Rhythm/ Melody
Structure & Action
Sensing Shape & Soul
Building Character/ The psychological gesture
Reality outside the text
The Mask
Primary focus
The Cycle of Theatre
Experience the universal truths that have been explored
for centuries through the art of theatre
Compare styles , attitudes, concepts and techniques
Understand the social exchange that theatre generates: The Actor/Audience relationship
Repetition, representation & assistance
Transformation, process & magic
. . . . Towards an Actor’s Manifesto

Evaluation

Class Participation (attendance, exercises, improvisations, assigned scene work, readings, journals & discussions)/ 60
Research Paper/ 10
Final Exam/ 30