Offers lecture and practice in the organization of specific skills necessary for the public performance of children’s plays such as acting, assistant directing, stage management, publicity, and house management. Requires students to participate in HFC’s annual Children’s Theatre presentation.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Auditions
Apply research practices to auditions appropriate for children's play production.
- Production Meetings
Participate in pre-production and production meetings, or a production geared for elementary, junior high, and family audiences.
- Casting
Participate in casting for a production geared for elementary, junior high, and family audiences.
- Schedules
Incorporate scheduling for a production geared for elementary, junior high, and family audiences.
- Director's Concept
Develop a concept for a production geared for elementary, junior high, and family audiences.
- Acting
Demonstrate acting techniques appropriate for children's play production.
- Detailing Technical Elements
Apply advanced technical theatre skills appropriate for a one-act play production.
Assessment and Requirements
A rubric that evaluates a student's:
- ability to meet deadlines.
- ability to work well with others.
- effectiveness of communication with instructors and fellow students.
- ability to work independently as well as in small groups.
- knowledge and understanding of playscript in relationship to director’s and designer’s concepts.
- knowledge and understanding of playscript in relationship to rehearsal/technical rehearsal/performance process.
- quality of procedural process participation: meetings, notes, work calls, lectures, technical rehearsals, performances, and strike.