In the Upper Division theatre program, students can choose between two different tracks of study. Ninth and tenth graders interested in acting and/or directing can take classes called Performance 1 and Performance 2, 其中包括即兴创作等主题, 可视化, 现场研究, 脚本分析, 性格的工作, 声音和体能训练, 剧本创作, 和戏剧作法. For those who are interested in design and/or technical theatre, we offer a class focusing on all aspects of the design and build process, working alongside industry professionals who are brought in to work on our main stage productions.
For the serious student of theatre who wishes to pursue theatre in college or beyond, 我们提供高级剧团, a course for eleventh and twelfth graders who have successfully completed Performance 2. This course functions like a small theatre company, 包括学生演员, 董事, 设计师, 舞台管理人员, and involves staging several intimate and provocative productions per year.
The Upper Division theatre program stages a main stage straight play each fall, a winter 短裤! 电影节(戏剧和电影), and a spring musical in collaboration with our Upper Division choral and instrumental programs. 最近的作品包括《棋牌游戏大全》,“坏女孩”,”“灰姑娘,“我所有的儿子。,和《棋牌游戏大全》.” Berkeley’s Upper Division theatre program has been recognized as “杰出的” in several categories, as part of the Broadway Star of the Future program.
另外, students may audition to become part of our Institute for Advanced 剧院 Studies, 棋牌游戏平台的一部分 高级体验式学习中心. The institute is designed primarily for the actor who wishes to train in a rigorous, semi-private environment to prepare for the college or professional audition process. Upper Division students learn to choose and perfect monologues that they can use for college pre-screens or auditions for professional theatre and film. 除了, they learn how to create a successful self-tape, 拍个漂亮的爆头照, 在后台准备一份个人资料. They hear directly from professional actors, 行业专家, and college professors about how to have a successful audition, 如何预约一个专业角色, and how to set the stage for a career in theatre or film.