THTR 2206 - Acting Vocal

1. Understand and practice breathing and relaxation techniques that foster effective vocal production.
2. Overcome performance anxiety and inhibition.
3. Utilize vocal techniques to perform interpretations of dramatic scenes.
4. Utilize the techniques of Stanislavski and others for analyzing scenes and characters; and finding beats, objectives, and character intentions.
5. Interpret dialogue and stage directions from plays.
6. Utilize basic rehearsal techniques with fellow actors to prepare scenes and improvisations.
7. Understand and use iambic pentameter to discover meaning and character in the works of Shakespeare.
8. Interact co-operatively with others to create improvisations and scenes.
9. Choose characters, scenes, and speeches appropriate to oneself.
10. Utilize common practices to prepare and execute an audition.
11. Evaluate their own and others’ performances.
12. Understand the use of a through-line-action in a character in a play.
13. Utilize techniques to create physical, social, and psychological traits for a character.
14. Use principles of blocking, movement, and business to stage scenes.
15. Use comic delivery techniques for comic scenes.
16. Explain differing approaches for acting on film, television, and stage.

1. Mechanics of vocal production
2. Scene analysis
3. Rehearsal techniques
4. Vocal work in classical drama
5. Characterization