Acting I – TPP 2110

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TR 9 am – 10:50 am

Class Schedule

Date Topic Assignment

January

9 Tuesday Orientation/Trust Develop Personal Statement

11 Thursday Warming the Body/Voice Find a monologue & play

Personal Statements

16 Tuesday Acting Terms & Stage Directions Physical Action Improvisation

How to find a good monologue
Changes of Self exercise – prep/perform in class

18 Thursday Physical Action Improvisation Due Prepare Immediacy Improv.

23 Tuesday Exploring Environment/The Senses Monologues Due

4th Wall Exercise

25 Thursday ACTING TERMS TEST Begin memorizing

Given Circumstances/ monologue & read play
Discovering the Physical Actions

30 Tuesday Immediacy Improv. Due Prepare Action Objective Improv.

Play should be read by now

February

1 Thursday Character Development/Analysis Begin Character

(Interviews/Improvs) Analysis

6 Tuesday Physical Action/Objectives & TacticsBegin Score

Tactics Exercise

** FROM THIS POINT ON, ALWAYS BRING YOUR SCRIPTS AND SCORES TO CLASS, FOR
BOTH MONOLOGUES AND (LATER) SCENES**

8 Thursday Tactics Exercise continued.

13 Tuesday Action Objective Improv. Due Prepare Planned Improv.

15 Thursday Planned Improv. Due Find 2nd Monologue

20 Tuesday Scoring continued. Subtext and Stakes

Stakes Exercise

22 Thursday 1st MONOLOGUES DUE: Presentation and Paperwork

TURN IN 2ND MONOLOGUES Memorize monologues.

27 Tuesday Interesting Choices Improvisations

March

1 Thursday Moment Before/Active Preparation

Moment Before Improvisations Due

5-9 NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK

13 Tuesday Active Listening Scenes Distributed

Rehearsing Scene handout Devise Scene Rehearsal Schedule.

15 Thursday Analysis and Scoring of Scenes Begin Scoring Scenes & prepare
Dramatic Beats Character Analysis

20 Tuesday 2nd MONOLOGUES DUE: Presentation and Paperwork

TURN IN SCENE REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
Analysis and Scoring of Scenes Continued GO SEE BCC THEATRE
PRODUCTION: A Streetcar
Named Desire (write reaction
Paper about acting values seen)

22 Thursday Blocking/Physical Life/Environment

27 Tuesday Blocking/Physical Life/Environment

29 Thursday Blocking/Physical Life/Environment

April

3 Tuesday Blocking/Physical Life/Environment

REACTION PAPERS FOR BCC THEATRE PRODUCTION DUE

5 Thursday Subtext Work

10 Tuesday Subtext Work

12 Thursday Subtext Work

17 Tuesday Scene Rehearsals

19 Thursday PRESENT FINAL SCENES – 1st Presentation

24 Tuesday PRESENT FINAL SCENES – 1st Presentation

26 Thursday PRESENT FINAL SCENES – 1st Presentation

FINAL: Thursday, May 3 at 8:30 am to 10:20 am

* Present Final Scenes – 2nd Presentation

*As this is a performance class, and punctuality is critical in professional theatre, late arrivals for the final
will have 20 points deducted from their grade for the Final.

(90-100 points = A, 80-89 points = B, 70-79 points = C, 60-69 points = D, 59 points or less = F)