THEATER
USING THE MODEL OF An ENSEMBLE COMPANY, THEATER STUDENTS LEARN PROVEN PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES AND EXPLORE EXCITING INNOVATIONS IN THEATER PRACTICE.
The Perpich theater ensemble works together to create performance, emphasizing the collective success of the group over individual achievements. In this collaborative approach, everyone contributes to the overall production, fostering a sense of unity and shared responsibility.
Together, students read, see, reflect upon, and perform plays and literature of historical and social significance. Students learn how performances are crafted, how plays are made, and the cultural contexts from which the stories arise.
Students develop their own themes, using principles of drama they have learned in performance classes: Collaboration and Teamwork, Shared Responsibility, Focus on the Whole, Collective Effort, Unity and Balance, Diverse Applications.
The program is challenging for all levels of experience from beginner to advanced. It offers solid preparation for college programs in theater and the liberal arts, and has a strong record of placement in conservatory programs.
The curriculum consists of skills including acting, movement, playmaking, audition courses, and voice, with training opportunities for actor-singers, playmakers, and stage managers; emphasis on drama of literary and social significance; text analysis and action-playing through the Stanislavsky System and others; inclusion of all students in ensemble performance work; collaboration with other programs at Perpich Arts High School and local and national professional artists. The program prepares two full ensemble productions and two student-centered workshop presentations.
Theater students are required to participate in public performance projects & presentations.
interested in musical theater?
AS PART OF THE THEATER DEPARTMENT, PERPICH ARTS HIGH SCHOOL has A TWO-YEAR MUSICAL THEATER TRACK.
This track enhances students’ overall knowledge of the art form and the skills within the ‘triple threat’ requirements of musical theater – acting, singing, and movement. This is an intensive and prescribed program which may include after school and some weekend commitments for additional program enhancement.
