Explores how to develop and refine intermediate and advanced improvisational acting skills in the areas of characterization, vocal styles, genre practice, and multi-scene improvisation.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Improvisational Character Creation.
Demonstrate effective improvisational acting at the intermediate-level.
Demonstrate effective character development techniques at the intermediate-level. - Improvisational Scene Development.
Apply scene development skills at the intermediate-level.
- Multi-Scene Improvisations.
Apply multi-scene improvisational techniques at the intermediate-level.
- Multi-Character Improvisations.
Demonstrate multi-character-scene improvisational techniques at the intermediate-level.
- Character Antithesis.
Demonstrate how to find antithesis in character.
- Sense and Emotion Memory.
Integrate sense and emotion memory into character at the intermediate-level.
- Written Improvisations.
Create a written series of improvisations for a live performance at the intermediate-level.
Assessment and Requirements
- Observational journal entries
- Mimicry assignments
- Group warm-up exercises
- Solo exercises
- Duet exercises
- Group exercises
- Paper describing an original structure for a live improvisational performance
- Exams