| Grade Range: |
| | 11–12 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | Theatre: The Musical 1,2 and Theatre: The Musical 3,4. |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters. |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: |
| | Visual and Performing Arts |
| UC subject area satisfied: |
| | f - Visual and Performing Arts |
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| Course Description: |
| | Theatre: The Musical 5,6 extends concepts, technique, and vocabulary past personal performance and into the lens of musical theatre direction. Students will begin to independently cast roles, coach performances, and develop their own warmups. They will choose a “mentor” from musical theatre history and identify leadership roles for which they are qualified. Analysis is deeper and more sophisticated, focusing on musical theatre storytelling, staging, physicality, and music theory (in a more complex conductor’s or piano/vocal score). The course culminates with a student-led and student-directed production for public performance. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 9296 - Musical Theatre |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | Taylor and Strickland, Theatre: Art In Action, Glencoe Publishing, 1st edition. |