Acting Iii

MFA acting students will tackle verse drama and heightened language. We will spend much of our time investigating Shakespeare’s writing, with a focus on King Lear and Much Ado about Nothing, and will weave in contemporary heightened language texts throughout the semester. Goals To develop students into keen interpreters of heightened theatrical language, both classical and contemporary To enable students to express their instinctive emotional responses to the rhythms, sounds and the mysteries contained in great language texts To bring character and the specific imaginative world of each play alive thru the language To foster each actor’s unique voice