Musical & Theater Foundations
About the Course
A fundamental acting education supports the ability to be successful in any career in musical theater, theatrical plays, and performance production. In this four-week intensive, teens will explore the world of the character through work on sensory awareness, physical involvement, imagination, and communication. Beyond any single production, teens will build a foundational knowledge of the theater. At the end of four weeks, discrete work highlighting learned skills as an actor, scene development, and musical scenes, will be shared with families in an informal setting on a Cornish stage.
While this intensive may be taken independently, it is the foundational program that is designed to work in conjunction with the Summer@Cornish electives in the afternoon. Please select two afternoon electives to go along with this intensive. Please see those descriptions or email plus@cornish.edu if you have any questions.
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