Various classes, taught by Theater Arts Director Brian Brophy and occasional guest artists, are offered throughout the academic year. These are the classes for the first term of the 2020-2021 school year.
Theater Production
This class is a hands-on, practical immersion in the making of new productions, with instruction and application in all phases of theatrical production. Students learn and practice stage combat, costume construction, scenic arts, light/sound/set design, acting, directing, stage management, and set construction. With an emphasis on understanding dramatic structure, production values, and problem solving, the academic value of this material is drawn from 3,000 years of worldwide dramatic literature.
Storytelling for Scientists
To be effective leaders and communicators, scientists need to explain/perform their science. Through a series of writing exercises, performance/vocal techniques with new media, students explore/write and perform new narratives for the ever-changing 21st century global landscape. The final class culminates in original stories recorded in front of a live audience.
