Basic Acting (171-0-20)

Topic

Everyday Acting

Instructors

Erin K Ortman

Meeting Info

Wirtz 101 Performnce Black Box: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

Everyday Acting is an opportunity for anyone who is ready to launch or continue their understanding of the craft of acting. Throughout the course we will explore both breath and body practices as they relate to accessing imagination and releasing tension. Working to release tension should free our child-like sense of play and boundless creativity to create and interpret character. By playfully exploring a character's backstory, current given circumstances and desire for the future, we will integrate our own lived experience with text-based choices found in a script.

Registration Requirements

This class is open to sophomore, junior, and senior majors and non-majors by permission number. Interested students should contact Professor Ortman erin.ortman@northwestern.edu Six of the twelve total spots have been reserved for RTVF students who need the course as a prerequisite for the Acting for Screen module. These students should reference the module in their email to Professor Ortman, along with their major and class year

Class Attributes

No Freshmen