Musical Theatre

This class will explore the unique tasks that musical theatre poses to the actor: the task of merging the physical and internal expression of a character while singing and/or dancing and the task of exploring the relationship between scene and song in the musical form. We will work on integrating traditional acting and script analysis techniques with new techniques that help explore a wide range of possibilities for expression when preparing a role for music theatre. Music Theatre performances demand a great deal of preparation and physical clarity, but the process to prepare that performance can be full of fun experimentation and exploration. We will tackle the unique feat of auditioning for music theatre in solo form as well as scene study with partners on the music theatre form. This genre of theatre pulls nearly all theatrical skill sets together into a challenging, organic whole: voice, singing, movement, dance, acting, script analysis, and sometimes even combat and improv.