Effective: 2022-05-01

Course Description

The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.

General Course Purpose

CST 131 provides students with the opportunity to identify, implement, and appreciate the practical and analytical foundations of the craft of acting.

Course Objectives

• Critical Thinking
• Methodically, identify and evaluate script information to arrive at an interpretation of the text.
• Written Communication
• Explain text and performance observations in written form.
• Professional Readiness
• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with others.
• Practice appropriate professional theatre etiquette.
• Relaxation
• Develop physical, vocal, and mental techniques in order to reach a state of creativity.
• Awareness
• Model observation and self-reflection skills needed to develop a deeper understanding of the self and of others.
• Communication
• Collaborate effectively with others in support of a shared theatrical goal (ie: scene work, improvisation, etc.)
• Analysis (text and production)
• Identify the fundamental vocabulary of (Western) acting methodologies and apply it to a theatrical text.
• Analyze a dramatic text and/or theatrical production from a performance perspective, including dramatic structure, character analysis and/or language investigation.
• Integrate production and script analysis techniques into the rehearsal and performance process.
• Performance skills
• Project one?s self believably in word and action into imaginary circumstances, evoked through improvisation or text, both by oneself and/or in an ensemble.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of acting methods and techniques with an emphasis on practical application.

Major Topics to be Included

• Relaxation
• Awareness
• Communication
• Analysis (text and production)
• Performance skills