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  • theater 31-2120: Text Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Students study different methodologies of script analysis to develop greater skill in interpretation. Analytical methods provide students with glimpses of plays' underlying structural principles, leading to deeper understanding of overall meaning. Instruction includes overview of the history of dramatic criticism in Western theater. Course provides common working vocabulary and methods of analysis, facilitating communication of production ideas. Writing intensive course is useful for actors, directors, and designers. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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  • theater 31-2177: Rehearsal Lab

    1.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Taken concurrently with most acting classes, course guarantees two free hours each week at the same time as other students in class. Lab ensures adequate rehearsal time outside of class for scenes being prepared for class. When students have no scenes to rehearse, lab becomes study period. 1 CREDIT
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  • theater 31-2190: Context for Comedy

    2.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Students will follow and discuss current events and other topics that provide fodder for political and social satire. This course provides impetus for students of comedy to delve deeply into political and social issues and to explore their personal response as a preparation for the creation of satirical work. 2 CREDITS CONCURRENT: 31-2390 PHYSICAL AND VOCAL TRAINING FOR COMEDY, 31-3190 HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF MODERN COMEDY, 31-3290 ACTING III: SKETCH AND THEATRICAL COMEDY, 31-3295 CREATING SCENES THROUGH IMPROVISATION, 31-3890 WRITING COMIC SCENES
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  • theater 31-2200: Acting II:Advanced Scene Study

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Students further develop knowledge of basic dramatic scene structure, exploring more difficult two-person scenes and focusing on specific, individual acting problems. Scenes are presented formally during performance weeks. Concurrent enrollment in Voice Training for the Actor II is recommended. Rehearsal Lab must be taken concurrently. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 ACTING I: SCENE STUDY, 31-1300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR I CONCURRENT: 31-2177 REHEARSAL LAB COREQUISITES: 31-1305 BODY MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS I
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  • theater 31-2201: Acting II:Advanced Scene Study for Musical Theater

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    This continuation of Acting I: Scene Study requires the musical theater student to apply his/her knowledge of basic dramatic scene structure to material from the musical theater repertoire. It will focus specifically on the acting challenges particular to the musical theater form, with emphasis on deepening character relationships and objectives through dialogue, song, and staging. Scenes will be presented formally during performance week. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1205 ACTING I: SCENE STUDY, 31-1301 VOICE TRAINING I: MUSICAL THEATRE, 31-1430 MUSICAL THEATER DANCE I, 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSCIANSHIP AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY AND ANALYSIS I CONCURRENT: 31-2177 REHEARSAL LAB COREQUISITES: 31-1400 MUSICAL THEATER I: FROM THE BEGINNING TO 1945, 31-1405 MUSICAL THEATER I: FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT
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  • theater 31-2205: Acting II:Character and Ensemble

    4.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Students develop several different characters through work on scenes requiring an ensemble style among actors on stage. Instruction focuses on stage concentration in the give-and-take situation of three or more actors on stage at the same time. Large cast scenes are presented during performance weeks. Concurrent enrollment in Body Movement II or Stage Combat I is recommended. 4 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2200 ACTING II: ADVANCED SCENE STUDY, 31-2300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR II OR 31-2201 ACTING II: ADVANCED SCENE STUDY FOR MUSIC THEATRE COREQUISITES: 31-2120 TEXT ANALYSIS
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  • theater 31-2210: Improvisational Techniques II

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Focusing on an approach to acting through improvisation, course bridges gap between improvised and scripted work. Content includes study in performance skills, Second City techniques, characters, playing, and improvisational games based on the teachings of Viola Spolin. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2209 IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES I
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  • theater 31-2211: Improvisational Techniques III

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Focusing on an approach to acting through improvisation, course bridges the gap between improvised and scripted work. Content includes study in performance skills, Second City techniques, characters, playing, and improvisational games based on the teachings of Viola Spolin. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2210 IMPROVISATIONAL TECHNIQUES II
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  • theater 31-2271: Puppet Workshop:Toy Theater

    1.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    This course will introduce students to the rudiments of puppetry through the lens of toy theater. Working from a basic model, students will design and build their own toy theaters and execute simple performances to animate them. Students will explore how design elements of scale and environment can be used to generate action and conflict in a microcosmic theater. 1 CREDIT PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1600 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR THE STAGE
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  • theater 31-2300: Voice Training for the Actor II

    3.00 Credits
    Columbia College-Chicago

    Voice Training for the Actor II is a continuation of Voice Training for the Actor I. A more proficient use of the techniques for respiration, phonation, resonation, projection and articulation are explored. Skills in pronunciation and variety and expression are introduced. Technical knowledge is demonstrated in contemporary and classical monologues from theatrical repertoire. Students learn a vocal warm-up, record, memorize and perform. An extended study of voice and speech for the stage is addressed in a text chosen for the course. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR I
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