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Beginning Acting (PFA-108)

Semester:	Spring 2024
Number:	0192-108-002
Instructor:	Lauren Buscemi
Days:	Monday 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Wednesday 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Performing Arts Center 080 PAC
Credits:	3
Status:	This Course is Filled to Capacity
Notes:	For non-majors only. Open To Non-Majors With No Previous Acting Experience
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Students, including non-majors, explore acting as a theatrical process seen from the actor's perspective. Through personal experience applied to reading plays and other potentially dramatic material, through improvisational exercises, character exploration and the performance of short pieces, the student begins a serious exploration of the actor's craft. (Learning Goals:CO;Distribution Reqs:Arts)
Learning Goals:	0192-108: BEGINNING ACTINGStudents will:1) learn basic acting terminology and have class discussions about what an actor does, how, why, etc.;2) learn the parts of a stage and theatre;3) study the art of memorizing scenes and monologues;4) get tips on combating stage-fright, gaining confidence, public speaking;5) learn about creating characters, and writing a character back-story; 6) perform scenes from plays, TV shows and films as graded projects;7) learn improvisational acting through exercises and games *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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