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Spring 2026 Studio Lecture Upper DivisionIntensive study of the internal and external elements of acting through the use of improvisational principles within the context of scene study.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate the ability to "live truthfully under an imaginary circumstance" within both exercise and scene work.
2Listen and respond to your partner in a truthful, organic, open and spontaneous manner.
3Invent imaginary circumstances and relationships in the Independent Activity exercise.
4Apply the above principles to scripted material.
5Articulate current information in the professional theatre.
6Access and evoke vivid, truthful emotion, and express this emotion through the reality of doing and the active pursuit of objectives.
7Recognize and distinguish between authentic and inauthentic emotions and behavior in yourself.
8Practice and maintain spontaneity in planned and rehearsed performances of scene work, within the context of the given circumstances of the script.
9Identify significant movements and philosophies in the history of actor training, and their important teachers.