Intro+to+Theatre

__**Welcome to Intro to Theatre! **__

In semester one, students will explore theatre of Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval Theatre and Commedia dell' Arte. Organizing students into groups we synthesize our notes onstage as a study tool, writing scripts and performing scenes based around Dionysian festivals, for example. Elizabethan and Italian traditions of the stage are observed as well.To round out the semester we will come to the United States of America, to the city of lights and the home of Broadway, New York City! Cultural diversity explodes as we experience African American, Latino, Asian, Native American Theatre, and Theatre by and for Women.

Semester Two is far more performance based. Students now become actors. The class will study the lives and use the methods of Konstantine Stanislavski and Lee Strausberg while preparing and performing. For scene study students will reference //**The Cherry Orchard, Our Town, The Glass Menagerie**.// After studying and performing such classic and dramatic works, musical theatre will be a refreshing twist for the end of the year! Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Fosse- even brand new choreographers taking over broadway and TV today like-** Mia Michaels, Travis Wall, and Sonya Tayeh **. These are some of the talented artist we will be studying in all different ways- learning details about their life, watching a performance, learning and singing one of the composer's songs as a class**,** learning the choreography of one of our metioned choreographer/dancers. We will close the year with a Performance Arts Showcase.

**__SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE MODEL PROJECT__**