Acting: Impulse and Action

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is intended for actors and directors who work in any medium: film, television or theatre. Students will learn to create and truthfully inhabit imaginary circumstances through exercises, structured improvisation, and scene study. This laboratory style classroom instruction uses Viola Spolin's technique for refining awareness of the actor's impulses through exploration and focused experiments. Acting Process is the prerequisite, but you may request advance approval by the instructor.