Theatre Curriculum

Description of Program

The Theatre Department of Barbara Ingram School for the Arts offers the distinction of a conservatory-style approach to training students in the craft of the dramatic and theatre arts. In our program, students communicate as active creators and interpreters, designers and builders. Their tools range from the body as an instrument to the lighting and soundboard as a workbench. It is our goal to nurture our student’s creativity and to let each one know that what they are pursuing as storytellers is foundational to their artform and paramount to the human experience. The actor-centric training is an immersive deep-dive with opportunities to delve in music, voice, dance and production techniques. Through physical training and performance, every aspect of the actor’s instrument is engaged, instilling a lifelong confidence that they will carry with them throughout their highly-adaptable, professional lives. Designer, director, builder, performer, our multi-discipline theatre training, will become the tools to turn ideas into reality. Taking classes alongside future architects, veterinarians, entrepreneurs and Oscar winners, we want our students to graduate from the BISFA Theatre program, recognizing that their options go well beyond the audition room.

Acting Track

Grade 9

• Acting 1/ Improvisation

• Music Fundamentals

• Movement and Dance

• for Actors

• AS Ensemble 1