Curriculum

Drama 1

Students will study the following:

Team Building/Trust Exercises
Theatre Terminology
Movement
Voice and Diction
Improvisation
Original Monologues
Theatre History – Greek Theatre
Theatre Etiquette
Play/Scene Analysis – The Rainmaker & Our Town
Contemporary Monologue
Audition Techniques
Intro to Musical Theatre
Contemporary Scenes
Intro to Technical Theatre

Drama 2

Students will study the following:

Team Building/Trust Exercises
Improvisation
Contemporary Monologue (Against Type)
Theatre Discipline
Theatre History – Shakespeare
Contemporary Scenes
Fullerton Festival Prep
Musical Theatre – Duets
Audition Techniques – Cold Readings
Production Roles
Career Preparation

Drama 3-4

Students will study the following:

Team Building
Improvisation
Theatre History – Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson
Audition Techniques – The College Audition
Contemporary Monologue
Classical Monologue
Musical Theatre – Group #’s
CETA & Fullerton Festival Prep
Acting Techniques (Stanislavsky, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner)
Directing
One-Acts

Musical Theater

This course is designed to give students a high-performing opportunity to combine singing and dancing talents in an educational and performance setting. Students work with professional choreographers and vocal directors and receive training in singing, dancing, acting, auditioning, and musical theatre history. Each semester culminates in a production which showcases their talents and skills learned in class.

*Course Prerequisite: Audition, Concurrent enrollment or completion of Drama 1