Theatre Arts Micro-Credential

Why Consider a Theatre Arts Micro-credential from GCC?

If you’re interested in acting, 导演, 舞台管理, but don’t necessarily want to commit to a full degree, this micro-credential is for you!

Who should consider a Theatre Arts Micro-credential?

• Students who want to work in the industry, but do not want a two or four-year degree in theatre.
• High school drama teachers who would like the chance to exercise skill building techniques to work with their students and produce a quality show.

学习 & 技术开发:

The actor must pick appropriate material, 记住, 执行, use voice and movement properly, 试镜, 创建一个角色, 分析一出戏. The Director must successfully pick appropriate material, 分析剧本, 试镜, 投, 块, and work with 设计师 for a successful production. Stage Managers must work with directors, 设计师, 和演员, must keep the stage manager’s workbook, 峰值集, and call rehearsals and actual 执行ances. Students will learn to:

• Audition successfully for an internship or production.
• 应用ing acting skills to 创建一个角色 for a role in a show.
• Create a stage managers book and run the duties in stage management.
• Analyze, 块, 试镜, 投, rehearse a show with a 投.
• Analyze a script and create theme, 阻塞, and work with 设计师 和演员.

GCC的竞争优势:

This is the only Theatre Arts Micro-Credential offered by a SUNY school. The four required courses are offered online so students from across the state can earn it.

这四门课程是:

THE 103-Fundamentals of Acting

Introduces basic acting techniques with emphasis on personal characterization. Student actors strengthen their self-knowledge and determine a unique point of view through individual and group improvisations, sensory exploration and text work.

THE 163-Fundamentals of Directing

Introduces basic 导演 skills with emphasis on script interpretation, 得分, 铸造, 阻塞, working with actors /technical staff, rehearsal and 执行ance.

THE-205-Audition Techniques

Explores the 试镜 process. Prepares students to choose appropriate material for the individual actor. Reviews and continues the exploration of a variety of acting styles (Stanislavski, Method, Meisner). Teaches resume writing techniques, how to select a

photographer and appropriate pictures, and interviewing skills for working with producers and directors. Works on the 试镜 process: breaking a monologue into objectives and beats and 执行ing several monologues in an array of genres.

THE 207-Stage Management

Introduces the duties and responsibilities of stage managers, detailing best practices for running 试镜s, building rehearsal reports, writing 阻塞 notation, 创建提示本, 呼叫线索. Focuses on the organizational and managerial skills required in the position of a stage manager, with emphasis on their role as the liaison between the director and the production team. Includes development of related skills, such as building rehearsal kits, 文档, 中介, 以及团队沟通.

Turn Your Micro-Credential Into An Associate Degree

Students can also apply ALL of these micro-credential credits to a Theatre Arts Associate in Applied Science degree (or others) right here at GCC!