Freshman Actor Workshop

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Introduces fi rst-year actors to the B.F .A. Acting program by exposing them to a number of different physical, vocal, and psychological warm ups, as well as basic acting games, audition techniques, playing inten- tions and basic script analysis skills. B.F .A. Acting majors only or with instructor’s permission. (fall) 1023 The Actor’s Instrument 3 The fi rst-year introduction to the voice and the body for the actor, where students are asked to strip away, uncover and identify their habits, to cultivate the skill of noticing without judging and to develop a relation- ship with their skeleton in three-dimensional space as well as with breath, and foster a more dynamic relationship between their bodies and voices. B.F .A. Acting majors only or with instructor’s permission. (fall) 1033 The Actor’s Instrument II 3 Continuation of THRE 1023 The Actor’s Instrument, basics of voice and speech training, vocal production and freedom, articulation. B.F .A. Acting majors only or with instructor’s permission.