Our schedule, though dependent on what students want to learn, would be similar to the following:

WEEK ONE: How do you feel?
Acting requires that we express how we really feel, not how we think we should feel. If you are spending all your emotional energy to smoosh how you really feel and project the “right” emotion, you will do so much work and still not produce something real. This class introduces exercises to open yourself up and start down the path of discovering how we really feel, which is a great way to discover how the character feels.

WEEK TWO: What’s happening in the text?
In most artistic works, the text is very important and needs to be studied closely. This will often give you clues as to how the author imagines the character. This week focuses on searching for information on who we are playing and how what they say and do can tell you who they are.

WEEK THREE: Who are you?
Actors are chosen for roles for the unique and amazing personality traits they possess, so what are yours? And how can you bring these traits to your performance work? What in your own life can you draw on to create a realistic character? This week puts a mirror up to ourselves and compares our lives to those of our characters.

WEEK FOUR: Who am I in this Story?
Characters play different roles in a play based on its structure and how big the role is. Are you the lead, driving the story forward, or are you the small part standing in the leads way? Am I the villain, or the love interest, or something else? Knowing who you are from the perspective of the play is crucial to performing your role properly and excellently.

These are the kinds of class topics we will cover and there are many others that may come up based on the progress and interests of the class.

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