2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

THR 151 - Scene Study for Actors


Description: Theory and practice of acting combined through the preparation and presentation of scenes from stage plays and screenplays.  Scene work involving both solos and ensemble scenes.  

Prerequisites: THR 131 

Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 2

Course Content:
  1. Group and individual improvisation
  2. Monologues for audition purposes
  3. Scene study involving one or more partners
  4. Ensemble scene study

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Create improvised performances that conform to specific conditions. (1)
  2. Present monologues from modern theatrical literature. (2-4)
  3. Analyze characters and scenes from information in a script. (2,3)
  4. Rehearse monologues and scenes. (2,3)
  5. Properly present partnered scenes from modern theatrical literature. (3,4)
  6. Discuss observations regarding the performance of others. (2-4)