• THEA 1100: BEGINNING ACTING

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  The basic course in principles and practice of acting, examining the fundamental principles of oral and physical interpretation and providing practical experience in a variety of theatrical activities.
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• THEA 1110: ACTING FOR MUSICAL THEATRE

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course will introduce students to the theory and practice of acting in musical theatre. Topics of focus will be song interpretation, truthful acting, and auditioning for musical theatre.
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• THEA 1115: PLAY SCRIPT ANALYSIS

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  An Introductory course focusing on Aristotle's principles of drama (plot, character, language, spectacle, music and theme) and how each principle is used to help create the dramatic structure of the story within a wide variety of historical plays from the Greek tragedy to the modern play.
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• THEA 1120: AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY & LIT

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course covers the origins and development of the musical from "The Black Crook" to the present. Emphasis is placed on the investigation of the structure of the musical, its components, and cultural connections.
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• THEA 1200: INTRODUCTION TO STAGE DESIGN

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course introduces and explores visual aesthetic principles as they relate to various aspects of stage design. Studio projects in scene, lighting, and costume design supplement lectures will be required. This course will satisfy the prerequisite for other design courses.
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• THEA 1300: SOCIAL DANCE

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Socialization, play and fun are the basic elements essential to Social Dance and participation is considered more important than performance. Social dance is a form of silent language in that it tends to reflect, in music and movement, the mood of people. In this course, dances from seven periods which mark the progress of social dance will be explored.
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• THEA 1360: FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC FOR THEATRE MAJOR

  3.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  Basics of music theory to include music notation, rhythm, pitch, scales, key signatures, triads, and basic ear training and keyboard skills, specific to the needs of Musical Theatre. Assumes little or no music theory background.
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• THEA 1373: SINGING FOR THE ACTOR I

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course is the first in a two part series and will focus on relaxation, alignment, breath, and placement of resonance and articulation (vowel and consonant execution). This course will create an atmosphere in which the student will be able to form confidence in their personal abilities to sing. These personal abilities will be enhanced as the student learns to apply the fundamental techniques of singing. This course will also teach the student versatility and clarity in several styles of music theatre material.
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• THEA 1374: SINGING FOR THE ACTOR II

  1.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course will focus on song interpretation (paraphrasing, subtexting, given circumstances, emotions, images, and releasing) and articulation (vowel and consonants). The singing fundamentals learned in the first part of the series (relaxation, alignment, breath, and placement of resonance) will continue to be employed throughout this course. This course will facilitate an atmosphere in which the student will be able to form confidence in their personal abilities to act while singing a heighten text. These personal abilities will be enhanced as the student learns to apply the fundamental techniques of singing. This course will also teach the student versatility and clarity in several styles of music. Finally, this course will prepare a student to successfully perform songs within various styles and contexts.
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• THEA 1406: INTRODUCTION TO BALLET

  2.00 Credits

  Western Wyoming Community College

  
  This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of ballet technique utilizing barre work, and basic center enchaînments. The class will discuss anatomical principles of ballet technique and elements of the art forms history.
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