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If you have a legitimate reason for not being in class, you call in, leave a message or email me.
The Master-File with monologues and scenes is in the Library on reserve (select the pages, copy them and put back).
If you don't show up for rehearsals with your partners, they drop you -- they get the grade, you don't.
For Homework and Journal keeping instructions go to the 221 page.
If you want to see a sample of the test on Acting Theory, please, go to Forms & Samples page.
HOW TO WORK with Yourself
You can print out the entire directory and use it as a textbook, or mark the selections you need and print them only. Follow the links in each class and read the pages related to the topics. If you need more information, use the outside links on my pages, or search the Net and library. You can use the monologues and scenes I have on my site, they’re copyright free (that’s why I can post them). Don’t waste your time on search for a perfect-for-you monologue/scene. Go with the instinct, do the "cold reading" in class; you can change your mind later, when you’ll get the feedback from the class. Don’t memorize the lines, not till you went through some analysis, dramatic breakdown and develop your idea about the character and movement (floor plan). Don’t go through useless read-through in class; we are here to work on your piece, even for cold reading you should have some ideas about the role. Throw them at us, try and test your design!If you can’t make up your mind, I’ll select the text for you. We want to have a good performance, not a great literature presented. (Usually they are together, but if a monologue is above your head, go for something you understand and feel for).
Do you have somebody at home or dorm to perform for? Torture them -- tape-recorder is good, but humans are better. Use them to feed you lines, this way you’ll get rid of the papers in your hands sooner.
No-no Things: Nobody needs to know that you forgot your line. We don’t care for words, we are into acting. Don’t stop. Don’t apologize, don’t curse yourself outloud. Do it later at home.
No-no: Don’t get into this “talent stuff” -- am I talented, I am no good, bad, do I have a potential, I suck, stink and etc. The class is not an academy award, you’re here to get as much as you can out of yourself. Let the others judge you.
Do it: If you don’t like somebody’s performance in class, speak up your mind. You don’t have to butcher your classmates; imagine yourself doing their material -- how would you have done it? That’s a constructive criticism for you! Besides, if you don’t speak in class, you do disservice to all, including yourself. You don’t learn how to articulate your ideas.
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Fall 2003: Five Approaches to Acting, David Kaplan (textbook)
Part I. Getting to the Task
Part II. Playing Episodes
Part III. Building Images
Summary
This is a sample, for updates -- read act.vtheatre.net directory!Questions
Notes
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