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        • Bad Jews
        • Arms and the Man
        • We The People
        • Festival of One Act Plays
        • In the Heights
        • That's My Story!
        • The Little Prince
      • 2016-2017 >
        • Deathtrap
        • Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
        • That's My Story!
        • Our Town
        • Reflections: Improv!
        • The Producers
        • A Flea in Her Ear
      • 2015-2016 >
        • Billboard
        • Lord Of The Flies
        • The Grass Harp
        • That's My Story
        • Festival of One Act Plays
        • "13" The Musical
        • As You Like It
      • 2014-2015 >
        • An Almost Perfect Person
        • An Enemy of the People
        • That's My Story!
        • Museum
        • Luck of the Irish
        • Reflections
        • Hairspray
        • The Tempest
      • 2013-2014 >
        • No Exit
        • Comedy of Errors
        • New Playwright's Showcase
        • All My Sons
        • Festival Of One Act Plays 2013
        • That's My Story 2014
        • Legally Blonde
        • Enchanted April
      • 2012-2013 >
        • Pageant Play
        • Love's Labor's Lost
        • That's My Story!
        • Almost, Maine
        • Reflections
        • The Birds
        • Beauty and The Beast
        • Punk Rock
      • 2011-2012 >
        • God of Carnage
        • Noises Off
        • New Playwrights' Showcase
        • That's My Story!
        • World Festival of One Acts Plays
        • Thespian Warriors
        • Hello, Dolly!
        • Henry V
      • 2010-2011 >
        • Miss Julie
        • Twelfth Night
        • New Playwrights Showcase
        • Telling Tales
        • Reflections: An Improv Show
        • Who Are You Hiding?
        • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
        • Another Part of the Forest
        • Fringe Festival 2011: Hide & Seek
      • 2009-2010 >
        • My Sister in this House
        • Warp!
        • Ah, Wilderness!
        • World Festival of One Act Plays
        • Musical Theatre Showcase
        • Rent
        • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • 2008-2009 >
        • The Beauty Queen of Leenane
        • Is He Dead?
        • Neighborhood 3: Requisiton of Doom
        • Reflections: See For Yourself
        • The Drunkard
        • Little Women the Musical
        • Waiting for Godot
      • Past Productions >
        • 2007-2008 >
          • The Lonesome West
          • Falsettoland
          • You Can't Take it with You
          • Festival of One-Acts
          • Antigone
          • Miles Gloriosis
          • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
          • Othello
        • 2006-2007 >
          • 21A
          • 2005-2006 >
            • The Bomb-itty of Errors
            • The Children's Hour
            • Dysfunction
            • The One Acts 2005
            • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
            • Hapgood
            • Fringe Festival 2006
          • Witness for the Prosecution
          • The Importance of Being Earnest
          • The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
          • Reflections
          • Imagining America and Talking With
          • Peter Pan
          • Romeo and Juliet
        • 2004-2005 >
          • K2
          • Macbeth
          • Arms and the Man
          • Reflections
          • A Work in Progress
          • Suessical
          • Equus
    • Publicity
    • Meet the Staff

Drama Courses

Theatre Workshop
Theatre Workshop explores the elements of drama through improvisation, theatre games, and scenes from contemporary plays. Students will develop skills in acting, play making, and scene analysis, as well as an understanding of the collaborative process of creating theatre. Emphasis is placed on giving and taking criticism in a cooperative ensemble. One semester; no prerequisite.

Stagecraft  
This class is perfect for anyone who wants to learn the art of the “stage stuff” that’s NOT acting related: scenery, lights, costumes, make-up, etc.  This is a course that teaches you how to build, design, and create theatre from the offstage perspective.


Acting 1
The Acting course will build on the background established in Theatre Workshop, focusing on creating honest, believable characters and situations. Actors will develop original characters and scenes as well as work with full-length scripts to expand their abilities to understand and bring to life scenes from significant dramatic literature. One semester; prerequisite: Theatre Workshop.

Advanced Theatre Studio
Advanced Theatre Studio is an in-depth, multi-leveled study of skills and techniques introduced in previous classes. Studies are customized and topics will vary to accommodate students. Topics may include advanced improvisation, stage combat, musical theatre, Shakespeare, auditions, acting-for-the-camera, theatre history, masks, children’s theatre, creative drama, playwriting, kabuki, contemporary Broadway, dialects, and advanced acting. Honors level; a repeatable one-semester course; prerequisites: Theatre Workshop and Acting.

Directing
This course explores theatre from the directorial viewpoint: script selection and analysis, artistic concept, casting, collaboration with designers, rehearsals, and actual production. The students have actual practice in preparing a one-act play for performance as part of our subscription season. Honors level; one semester; prerequisites: Theatre Workshop, Acting, (Advanced Theatre Studio strongly recommended), and consent of instructor.

Play Production
In this course, students further explore the concepts introduced in Stagecraft. They will work as designers, business/publicity managers, stage managers, house managers, and technicians to produce a full-length play, as part of our subscription season. Thus, students will have practical experience in the collaborative process and product of making theatre. Finally the class will work as an ensemble to create on original improv show. Honors level; one semester; prerequisites: Theatre Workshop, Acting, (Advanced Theatre Studio strongly recommended), and consent of instructor.
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Independent Study
One-semester courses available in Screenwriting, Drama Education, Dramatic Literature, Lighting, Costume, and Scenic Design.

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  • Home
  • Smokey Joe's Cafe
  • Stage Crew
  • TFE
  • Classes
  • Points
  • More...
    • Theatre Board
    • Photos >
      • 2020-2021 >
        • Speech and Debate
        • From Where I Stand
        • That's My Story
        • New Playwright's Festival
      • 2019-2020 >
        • The Subject Was Roses
        • IPI ZOMBI?
        • Festival of One Act Plays
        • Matilda
      • 2018-2019 >
        • Tick, Tick...Boom!
        • The Matchmaker
        • That's My Story!
        • Reflections: You Across From Me
        • Chicago
        • Clybourne Park
      • 2017-2018 >
        • Bad Jews
        • Arms and the Man
        • We The People
        • Festival of One Act Plays
        • In the Heights
        • That's My Story!
        • The Little Prince
      • 2016-2017 >
        • Deathtrap
        • Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
        • That's My Story!
        • Our Town
        • Reflections: Improv!
        • The Producers
        • A Flea in Her Ear
      • 2015-2016 >
        • Billboard
        • Lord Of The Flies
        • The Grass Harp
        • That's My Story
        • Festival of One Act Plays
        • "13" The Musical
        • As You Like It
      • 2014-2015 >
        • An Almost Perfect Person
        • An Enemy of the People
        • That's My Story!
        • Museum
        • Luck of the Irish
        • Reflections
        • Hairspray
        • The Tempest
      • 2013-2014 >
        • No Exit
        • Comedy of Errors
        • New Playwright's Showcase
        • All My Sons
        • Festival Of One Act Plays 2013
        • That's My Story 2014
        • Legally Blonde
        • Enchanted April
      • 2012-2013 >
        • Pageant Play
        • Love's Labor's Lost
        • That's My Story!
        • Almost, Maine
        • Reflections
        • The Birds
        • Beauty and The Beast
        • Punk Rock
      • 2011-2012 >
        • God of Carnage
        • Noises Off
        • New Playwrights' Showcase
        • That's My Story!
        • World Festival of One Acts Plays
        • Thespian Warriors
        • Hello, Dolly!
        • Henry V
      • 2010-2011 >
        • Miss Julie
        • Twelfth Night
        • New Playwrights Showcase
        • Telling Tales
        • Reflections: An Improv Show
        • Who Are You Hiding?
        • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
        • Another Part of the Forest
        • Fringe Festival 2011: Hide & Seek
      • 2009-2010 >
        • My Sister in this House
        • Warp!
        • Ah, Wilderness!
        • World Festival of One Act Plays
        • Musical Theatre Showcase
        • Rent
        • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • 2008-2009 >
        • The Beauty Queen of Leenane
        • Is He Dead?
        • Neighborhood 3: Requisiton of Doom
        • Reflections: See For Yourself
        • The Drunkard
        • Little Women the Musical
        • Waiting for Godot
      • Past Productions >
        • 2007-2008 >
          • The Lonesome West
          • Falsettoland
          • You Can't Take it with You
          • Festival of One-Acts
          • Antigone
          • Miles Gloriosis
          • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
          • Othello
        • 2006-2007 >
          • 21A
          • 2005-2006 >
            • The Bomb-itty of Errors
            • The Children's Hour
            • Dysfunction
            • The One Acts 2005
            • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
            • Hapgood
            • Fringe Festival 2006
          • Witness for the Prosecution
          • The Importance of Being Earnest
          • The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
          • Reflections
          • Imagining America and Talking With
          • Peter Pan
          • Romeo and Juliet
        • 2004-2005 >
          • K2
          • Macbeth
          • Arms and the Man
          • Reflections
          • A Work in Progress
          • Suessical
          • Equus
    • Publicity
    • Meet the Staff