Schedule

Acting I - Fall, 2008

September

Assignment- Reading

Events - Reminders

PART I

Tr- Aug 28

Intro to Course - pp.xii- 20

Tu Sept 2

Taking Yourself to Zero Relaxation/

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Tr- Sept 4

The Position of Repose - Centering
Chap 3 pp 21-31

Autobiography due
Theatre Department Open House - 7 p.m.

Tu Sept 9

Adjusting The Position of Repose

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Tr Sept 11 Your Position on Stage
Tu Sept 16 The Voice - Chaps 4,5,6- pp. 32-60 Select a Sonnet for Study
Sept 17 Copenhagen opens
TR Sept 18 Discuss:The Dramatic Imagination
Mn Sept 22 Menagerie auditions 3 and 7 p.m.
Tu Sept 23 Work on Sonnets Dramatic Imagination response due
Menagerie auditions 3 and 7 p.m.
Tr Sept 25 Work on Sonnets
Tu Sept 30 PERFORM SONNETS Select a Partner and Scene for Mid-Term
Tr Oct 2 NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
Tu Oct 7 Working with Others -
Ch. 7 pp. 61- 69
Tr Oct 9 Working with Others - With Scene partners
Tu Oct 14 TEST - Chaps 1-7 & notes
PART II
Tr Oct 16 Dramatic Action Ch. 8-10, pp. 71-95 Rehearse with Partner
Tu Oct 21 Action for the Actor Rehearse with Partner
Tr Oct 23 Action character, emotion Rehearse with Partner
Tu Oct 28 The Acting Process -
Ch 11-12 pp. 97-117
Rehearse with Partner
Tr Oct 30 Beats, throughline . . . Rehearse with Partner
Tu Nov 4 discuss The Empty Space
TR Nov 6 PERFORM SCENES
Tu Nov 11 Evaluate - Discuss Scenes Select Partner and Scene for Final
Empty Space responses due
PART III
We NOV 12 THE GLASS MENAGERIE OPENS
Tr Nov 13 Preparing the Performance -
Chs.13-15, pp. 121-149
Tu Nov 18 Elements of Character Rehearse with Partner
Tr Nov 20 TEST PART II CHAPS 8 - 12 & notes
TU NOV 25 NO Class - Rehearse with partner
Tu Dec 2 Rehearse in Class Menagerie reviews due
Tr Dec 4 Rehearse in Class
Tu Dec 9 Rehearse in Class - End of Class
We Dec 17 FINAL PERFORMANCE 12:00

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