THEA 225AB.F.A. Acting Studio I

2 credits · Theatre · Penn State

Exercises to develop truthful listening and responding as a foundation for acting studio scene study. Listening and responding in an unadorned, truthful way is the lynch-pin of the actors's work. In THEA 225A , students will begin with exercises designed to foster and increase the depth of truthful behavior on stage. In addition, this coursework includes exercises to increase awareness of the sensory world around us and its effect on the actor's imagination, availability to emotion, and mental focus. Contentless scene work leads the student through the basics of behavior on stage: playing for a purpose (goal), encountering obstacles, and finding the necessary tactics to behave appropriately in the imaginary circumstances. The final stage of the semester applies the skills acquired to a full scene from a play.