CICS - Northtown Campus – Theater Art 133: Acting 1 Dual Credit

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Completion of this class with a “C” grade or higher will earn the student 3 college credits from Wright College, transferable to other universities to take the place of a fine arts course. Acting is for anybody. Find your sources of inner confidence, develop your presence, and grow your listening, observing, and communication skills in this course focused on positive feedback and self-assurance. This class develops a range of practical knowledge and skills surrounding voice, movement, improvisation, script analysis, independence, and teamwork. Engage in a variety of activities and creative exercises that teach you to make strong choices and commit to them, exploring myriad methods and approaches. Through projects, find intersections of personal identity with empathy for characters who see the world from other perspectives. By the end of the course, you will assemble a portfolio of audition materials and reels that can be used in professional and academic settings in the future. Acting techniques, stressing exercises, improvisations, prepared and general acting situations; theories of method and technical methods explained and presented; survey of acting styles. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.