So Much Drama!
Theatre is the most collaborative of the arts, so it is a perfect fit for New Tech. In theatre arts, we will learn how to work together to improve our oral communication skills. You may not need to know how to perform in a play in your future career, but the skills of performance come in handy in many fields. Think of drama as a way to tweak your abilities in oral communication and have fun along the way!
In theatre arts, you will be writing plays, watching plays, acting in plays, and learning about all the jobs that go on behind the scenes of a play. You will have a chance to be creative and enjoy working with your castmates. There's a reason a show is called a "play". It's fun!
In theatre arts, you will be writing plays, watching plays, acting in plays, and learning about all the jobs that go on behind the scenes of a play. You will have a chance to be creative and enjoy working with your castmates. There's a reason a show is called a "play". It's fun!
NC Standard Course of Study for Theatre Arts
COMPETENCY GOAL 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.
COMPETENCY GOAL 3: The learner will design and produce theatre by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 4: The learner will direct through planning and presenting informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 5: The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 6: The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.
COMPETENCY GOAL 7: The learner will analyze, critique, and construct meaning from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 8: The learner will understand context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and present.
Theatre Arts I promotes learning the essential vocabulary and processes of theatre as well as reading, writing, and researching theatre literature, acting and technical theatre. Acting experience in this course, addressed in goal 2, includes exploring the concepts of self, body and voice work, improvisation, acting techniques, and reading and writing related to theatre study. In addition, students learn about and reflect on aspects of theatre through history and in different cultures, as well as the various forms of theatre and theatre-related media. Students have opportunities for practical application of knowledge in informal productions. This course develops creativity and spontaneity in those students wanting to explore theatre, as well as those who wish to commit to a theatre program. Students create a portfolio or collection of their work and related activities that can grow as a result of subsequent theatre arts courses.
Strands: Perceiving, Thinking, Comprehending, Applying, Integrating, Communicating, Creating, Analyzing, Critiquing, Performing
COMPETENCY GOAL 2: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.
COMPETENCY GOAL 3: The learner will design and produce theatre by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 4: The learner will direct through planning and presenting informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 5: The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 6: The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.
COMPETENCY GOAL 7: The learner will analyze, critique, and construct meaning from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.
COMPETENCY GOAL 8: The learner will understand context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and present.
Theatre Arts I promotes learning the essential vocabulary and processes of theatre as well as reading, writing, and researching theatre literature, acting and technical theatre. Acting experience in this course, addressed in goal 2, includes exploring the concepts of self, body and voice work, improvisation, acting techniques, and reading and writing related to theatre study. In addition, students learn about and reflect on aspects of theatre through history and in different cultures, as well as the various forms of theatre and theatre-related media. Students have opportunities for practical application of knowledge in informal productions. This course develops creativity and spontaneity in those students wanting to explore theatre, as well as those who wish to commit to a theatre program. Students create a portfolio or collection of their work and related activities that can grow as a result of subsequent theatre arts courses.
Strands: Perceiving, Thinking, Comprehending, Applying, Integrating, Communicating, Creating, Analyzing, Critiquing, Performing
Texts
Into the Woods - Stephen Sondheim
A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - WIlliam Shakespeare
The Miracle Worker - William Gibson
A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - WIlliam Shakespeare
The Miracle Worker - William Gibson