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3.00 Credits
This advanced course of theory and practice examines the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries for style, execution and physicalization. Emphasis is placed on interpretation of roles, text and performance. Students explore scene work and analysis and create a canon of monologues for additional purposes. Prerequisites: MPRA 106, MPRA 210.
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3.00 Credits
Using the single-sword and unarmed combat, the actor develops safe and effective means of demonstrating a believable skill-set for the stage audience. This specialized form of actor movement develops: physical and spatial awareness, grounding, centering, economy of effort, extension of line, focus, timing, action/reaction, moment to moment and impulse reaction. Prerequisites: MPRA 106, MPRA 210.
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3.00 Credits
This course enables students to gain hands-on experience in camera acting technique and methodology. The course includes cold reading, text work, immediate character development and dissection of dramatic action. Emphasis is placed on practical performance for video and film. Additional practicum time is required and assigned by the professor. Prerequisite: MPRA 103.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who would like to further develop their playwriting skills. Students write plays, analyze and critique in a workshop setting that includes read-through, walk-through and other performance formats to develop professional-quality work. Students have the opportunity to create, develop, and revise full-length scripts for performance. Prerequisite: MPRA 215.
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3.00 Credits
A studio class designed to prepare the actor for success in performance events that require singing. Students learn and practice the basic fundamentals of singing (i.e. breath management, phonation, resonance, articulation, registration and interpretation) as related to acting and preparation for singing auditions. Prerequisites: MPRA 103, MPRA 106, MPRA 210.
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on the development of character in two and three person scenes, students in this advanced performance course learn to use a variety of method acting techniques to enhance of the possibilities to be found in a broad range of physical and vocal characterizations. Prerequisites: MPRA 103, MPRA 106, MPRA 210.
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3.00 Credits
Through the process of script analysis, the process of design, and the staging of live performance, students in this course present for class critique two five-minute scenes and one short one-act play in its entirety. Emphasis for the course is placed on demonstrating competence in directing for live performance and the ability to evaluate the work of colleagues. Prerequisites: MPRA 300, MPRA 340.
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3.00 Credits
Through the study of cold readings, improvisational and interview techniques, as well as prepared audition materials, students in this course select, develop, and rehearse materials as related to casting opportunities in film, stage, concert and cabaret events. Students also prepare industry-standard resume materials for presentation. Prerequisites: MPRA 300, MPRA 340.
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3.00 Credits
The topic of this course varies from quarter to quarter. Each seminar focuses on various issues in the field of media and performing arts and allows students to pursue projects related to the subject of the course. Prerequisites: Vary according to topic.
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3.00 Credits
Students study and apply the techniques of voice-over performance in radio, film, commercials, animation, television, and other media. They acquire the techniques of the application of dialect in speech proceeding from the fundamental study of IPA. Students develop a voice-over reel for use in professional casting venues. Prerequisite: MPRA 400.
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