THR 359 - Intermediate Acting: The Actor, the Writer

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): THR 250 Acting Process  
Description

The class is part of the Larry Singer Studios Summer Conservatory. The first half of the session instructs the actor a series of exercises in which they write monologues for themselves monologues for their ancestors. Personal stories are developed and told. Brief dialogs are created through guided improvisation. The students meet with playwrights and memoirists who perform and discuss their work.

The second half of the class is scene study (previously published) with the goal to integrate the new-found insights. Feedback is given, scenes repeated. Followed by another round of scenes.