Pomperaug Regional
School District 15
286 Whittemore Road,
P.O. Box 395
Middlebury, CT 06762-0395
203-758-8258

Grades 9 - 12 Course Offerings:  Theatre Arts

Acting I
(1/2 year, 1/2 credit)
This course will introduce basics of action. Class exercises will develop the student's sense of stage presence, vocal range, fluidity of movement, and concentration. The course is built on "method" system of acting.

Acting II
(1/2 year, 1/2 credit)
Prerequisite: Acting I

Built upon the foundations laid in Acting I, students are assigned challenging scenes and monologues, and a "master class" format is conducted. Professional-style audition techniques are studied.

Acting in Production
(1/2 year, 1/2 credit)
Students audition, rehearse, and perform in a mainstage or studio production produced by the Pomperaug Theatre Company. The course teaches script interpretation, rehearsal protocol, blocking and movement, memorization, characterization, physicalization, projection, timing and delivery, makeup, handling properties and costumes, and performance analysis.

Stagecraft in Production
(1/2 year, 1/2 credit in Arts/Vocational Arts)
Course activities include set design and construction, costume design, lighting design and execution, stage properties, running crews, backstage organization and inventory, and stage management.