Acting 2

Activities

ADVANCED ACTING

• ​ACCENTS/DIALECTS
  • ​​Paul Meier podcast with Jim Johnson
  • Accents and Dialects for Stage and Screen
• STAGE COMBAT
• VIEWPOINTS
• DIRECTING​
  • Tips for New Directors
  • The 7 Keys to Creative Collaboration

THEATRE HISTORY

• MOLIERE
• ​BRECHT
  • ​Epic Theatre
    • ​Politics
      • Politically Informed
    • Anti-Realism
    • V-Effect
    • Scottsboro Boys
  • ​Introduction to Breecht acting techniques
    • Gestus
    • Social Salutations - Exercise
    • Posh Restaurant - Exercise
• BROADWAY
  • Broadway: The American Musical - Episode Four: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
  • Broadway Musical Songs (one a day)
• CURRENT EVENTS​​
  • American Theatre​​

• VOCABULARY
  • ​​60 Words

PERFORMANCE

• LIP SNYC BATTLE
  • ​​​Jimmy Fallon vs Paul Rudd
    
  • Jimmy Fallon vs Mellissa McCarthy
• SCENES​
  • CLASSIC SCRIPT
    • ​Rehearsal
    • Blocking Check
    • Line Check
    • Performances
    • Reflection
  • MODERN SCRIPT
    • ​Hamilton
    • Rap Battle
    • Antithesis
    • Write Scripts
    • Performance
    • Reflection
• SOCIAL FAIRYTALE
  • ​WALL-E​
    • ​Adam and Eve
  • ​Conflict​​
  • Rehearsal
  • Performance
  • Reflection​

BEGINNING PRODUCTION OF THEATRE​​

• DRAMALOGUES​
• ​MINI MUSICALS​​
  • Performing in the ensemble
  • Find the arch
  • Musicality
  • Select Songs
  • Rehearse
  • Perform
  • Reflect
• ONE ACT PLAY​
  • Write scene
  • Read in class
  • Select 6-7 to produce
  • Students direct
  • Perform as a night of Original One Acts at end of semester

Acting 2 Curriculum