“Ali has really enjoyed the challenges associated with all aspects of theatre. Watching her tackle Shakespeare, Ionesco, 各种各样的作家和角色，培养一定程度的自信和成熟是不可思议的. 她的学术成长同样令人印象深刻，我们相信她的戏剧经历绝对支持了她的智力和学术发展.””
大发彩票平台登录的戏剧系包括戏剧和表演研究的沉浸式培训. In addition to regular 和 intensive work in the 表演工作室, 剧院 students explore topics that fall under four curricular headings: 代理, 性能技术, 戏剧研究, 生产 & 技术剧院.
Projects 和 units that fall under these headings may include 编剧才能, 导演, Auditioning 和 Professional Business, 方言, 阶段战斗, 即兴创作, 镜头前表演, 剧本创作, 马戏团和其他. This model is integrated at every stage with contemporary 和 classical texts.
Projects will often culminate in a showcase of the student’s work.
表演工作室 is at the core of our work in the 剧院 Department. Training in the Academy 剧院 Department uses our unique Academy Actor Training Approach (见下文).
工作室课程通常分为三个部分:入门，中级和高级. Students who enter the program as freshmen can, 在一般情况下, expect to progress sequentially through the 代理 curriculum. 戏剧教师将与学生就他们的进步保持一致的沟通.
生产s 和 performance opportunities 在戏剧系展示了我们的学生接受的顶级表演和表演培训. A typical 生产 schedule includes a Fall Play, 春天的戏剧, a Shakespeare Festival in January in conjunction with the 音乐剧 Department, as well as several other performance opportunities based on the coursework for the semester. These opportunities may include one to two 导演 Showcases, a 马戏团 Project Culmination, a reading of 剧本创作 finals, 和其他人. 我们也鼓励我们的部门成员在媒体艺术系试镜学生电影.
Recent mainstage plays have included 三个火枪手 凯瑟琳·布什， 我们牙齿的皮肤 桑顿·怀尔德著; 小的战争 史蒂文·卡尔·麦卡斯兰 船上的人 作者:Jaclyn Backhaus 每个人都 by Br和en Jacobs-Jenkins, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 西蒙·斯蒂芬斯著， 狼 萨拉·德拉佩著; 外星人 安妮·贝克; columbinus by PJ Paparelli 和 Stephen Karam, 理智与情感 adapted by Kate Hamill, 她杀死怪物 文/ Qui Nguyen.
客人的艺术家 will work with our students on immersive project experiences 和 shorter workshops. 而我们系的教员是由来自芝加哥戏剧社区的专业人士组成的, The Academy is active in finding other artists to engage with our students. Recent 和 upcoming lecturers 和 instructors have included Peggy Roeder, 利亚Urzendowski, 安东尼骏马, 阿德里安丹岑, 凯文Mimms, 西尔维娅Hern和ez-DeStasi, Darian烦躁, 伊丽莎白前者, 凯文·贝弗利, 亚历克斯·阿基拉, 何塞·拉莫斯, 利奥尔良, 猎户座外壳, 莎拉Gammage和其他人.
打考勤 in our vibrant Chicago theatre scene is another highly integral piece of our curriculum. We attend several professional plays during the school year. These 生产s are carefully selected to intersect with our coursework 和 will, 尽可能经常, include plays that we are reading in the 剧院 Curriculum. In addition to attending the 生产s, 在可能的情况下，我们将为学生提供与制作人员和演员互动的机会.
Graduates of the 剧院 Department attend programs at the nation’s leading conservatories, 大学, 职业学校. 校友 may be seen on 和 off Broadway, in regional theatre 生产s, 在电视上, in major motion pictures.
戏剧系常见问题解答
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What’s the difference between 剧院 和 音乐剧 at The Chicago Academy for the 艺术?
在戏剧系, 我们训练学生思考戏剧制作学科的整体以及其中广阔的机会范围. Students who graduate from our program may want to pursue 代理, 导演, 剧本创作, 设计, 即兴表演, 编剧才能, 生产, 阶段管理, 或者以上都有.
In the 音乐剧 Department, 毕业生通过严格的歌唱训练，获得成为音乐剧类型表演者的必要工具, 代理, 和跳舞.
What do graduates from the 剧院 Department go on to do?
很多事情. 我们的许多学生进入了专门从事演员培训的学校，而其他人则进入了拥有强大戏剧课程的文理学院. 在我们强大的学术课程的支持下，学生也将在大学里攻读非艺术专业. 偶尔，学生们会从高中毕业后直接进入表演和戏剧行业.
How many hours a week do I attend my theatre classes?
在典型的一周中, 你可以期望在你的部门学习至少15个小时，最多25个小时，而在排练我们的一个作品.
Where did the 剧院 Department faculty receive their theatre training?
Our dedicated theatre faculty all have years of extensive training 和 professional work. Check out their bios here to find out more about them.
How do you h和le casting for your department 生产s?
Each play produced in the department (fall mainstage, 春天主级, Shakespeare Festival) is chosen with the current ensemble of actors in mind. By the time our students are seniors, our faculty is intimately familiar with their unique skills 和 talents. Our show selection 和 casting takes into account each year’s specific ensemble.
More about the 剧院 Department
教师
在学院戏剧系的学生任期内，其他长达一学期的课程和研讨会包括 Script Analysis, Stage Management, Voice & 运动, Makeup for Stage 和 Screen, 服装的概念, 马戏团, Combat for Stage 和 Screen 和 剧本创作.
学院戏剧系定期邀请演讲嘉宾和常驻教学艺术家，将学生与更广阔的行业景观联系起来. Recent 和 upcoming lecturers 和 instructors include Peggy Roeder, 利亚Urzendowski, 安东尼骏马, 阿德里安丹岑, 西尔维娅Hern和ez-DeStasi, 凯文·贝弗利, 亚历克斯·阿基拉, 猎户座外壳, 莎拉Gammage, 和其他人.
*Course titles reflect transcripts for the 2017-2018 freshman class.
本课程旨在为戏剧系的新学生提供接近文本和人物的基本工具. 第一学期使用“中性声音”独白，旨在帮助学生从习惯性的声音和动作模式中体验自由. Students also begin work with Shakespeare in their first semester. In the second half of year one, students focus on work from Timothy Mason’s 非人类俱乐部 as a way of exploring intention 和 objective. 梅森的书让学生们直接接触到这些技巧，因为他笔下的人物接近学院学生的年龄，往往反映出学生们独特的个性.