{"id":3672,"date":"2012-04-16T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:45","slug":"new-offerings-in-theater-for-fall-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/theater\/2012\/04\/16\/new-offerings-in-theater-for-fall-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"New offerings in Theater for Fall 2012!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acting I with <\/em><\/strong>Richard Hamburger<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 (THEA 02A, M 4:15-6:15pM and 7:15-9:15PM, Kohlberg 115) Open to all students without audition or prerequisite. <\/em>Six hours per week. Fulfills a general requirement for all theater majors and minors. 1 Credit.<\/p>\n

This course is designed as a practical introduction to some of the principles, techniques, and tools of acting. This class is a prerequisite for auditioning for Production Ensemble (THEA 022) in Spring 2013.\u00a0 Production Ensemble is the Department of Theater\u2019s annual faculty-staff show on the LPAC Main Stage, and will be directed by Richard Hamburger next year.\u00a0 Production Ensemble also fulfills a general requirement for all Theater majors and minors, and may be repeated for credit.<\/p>\n

Richard Hamburger was the Artistic Director of the Dallas Theater Center from 1992-2007, where he also directed dozens of productions of every sort, including Shakespeare, modern classics, and a wide of American plays, including the world premieres of several new plays.\u00a0 He has directed extensively at theaters around the country, including Portland Stage Company, Great Lakes Theater Festival (Cleveland), the Wilma Theatre (Philadelphia), the Pasadena Playhouse, Center Stage (Baltimore), the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, the California Shakespeare Festival, and the Williamstown Festival.\u00a0 In New York City, he has directed at American Place Theatre, South Street Theater, and The Acting Company.\u00a0 He has also served as a resident director at the Juilliard Theater Center in New York City, among other work in major drama schools around the country.\u00a0 He also has extensive experience as a professional actor in New York and in regional theaters.
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Acting II with Elizabeth Webster Duke ’96. <\/em><\/strong>(THEA 012, W 1-4P and 4:15-6:15PM, SciLab26) Prerequisite: Acting I (THEA 002A) or consent of instructor.\u00a0 1 credit.<\/p>\n

In this course students will explore and develop the skills necessary to perform Shakespeare with specificity and confidence. In addition to vocal and physical exercises intended to strengthen and free the actor\u2019s body and voice, students will delve into Shakespearean scene study.\u00a0 The course provides a strong foundation in basic acting technique that can be applied to multiple dramatic genres.\u00a0 In addition students will explore Shakespearean scenes using rigorous textual analysis, learning to use the clues in Shakespeare\u2019s text to make smart, useful acting choices.\u00a0 While working on scenes from Shakespeare\u2019s plays, students will learn how to rehearse, how to develop a character and how to increase their vocal, physical and emotional flexibility. 5 hours per week.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Webster Duke \u201896 is a member of the resident acting company at The Peoples Light and Theatre Company where she has performed in over forty productions. In the Philadelphia area she has also performed with The Wilma Theatre, The Walnut Street Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, The Eureka Theatre, Play Penn\u2019s New Play Festival and The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.\u00a0 In Washington DC, she has performed with Ford\u2019s Theatre, The Bay Theatre, Taffety Punk Theatre Company in their critically acclaimed all-female production of Romeo and Juliet, and The Kennedy Center.\u00a0\u00a0 She is a finalist for the F. Otto Haas Emerging Theatre Artist Award, and holds an MFA in Classical Acting from the Academy for Classical Acting at The Shakespeare Theatre.\u00a0 In addition to leading Shakespearean Text workshops at The George Washington University and in schools throughout The Washington DC area, she has also partnered with The National Opera and The Philadelphia Museum of Art in their professional development initiatives towards arts integration in the classroom.\u00a0 She has taught at Temple University, The George Washington University, and Swarthmore College.\u00a0\u00a0 She graduated from Swarthmore with distinction in Theater and English Literature.<\/p>\n

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