Acting I - Fall, 2008
September Assignment- Reading Events - Reminders Tr- Aug 28 Intro
to Course - pp.xii- 20 Tu Sept 2 Taking Yourself to Zero Relaxation/ 00000000000000000000000000000000000 Tr- Sept 4 The Position of Repose - Centering Autobiography due Tu Sept 9 Adjusting The Position of Repose
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Chap 3 pp 21-31
Theatre Department Open House - 7 p.m.
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
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. 97-117Rehearse 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
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