Through the instruction of an experienced musical theater actor, students will learn the fundamentals of musical theater (acting, voice, and dance) through fun and engaging activities and exercises in a fun and nurturing environment! Each activity will target a different acting, voice, or dance fundamental skill while also touching on other reading comprehension, verbal, social, and emotional skills. Learners will delve into building characters, using the body, face, and voice to effectively express a specific character, scene work, vocal physiology, acting the song, and the basics of musical theater dance and choreography. Through these activities, learners will come out with a greater understanding of themselves, the world of musical theater, and creativity!

The class will also provide students with an opportunity to interact with each other and the instructor on a regular basis. This will include group exercises, scene work, and class discussions, which will help students learn to work as a team and build their social and verbal skills.
This class will integrate thematic conventions of musical theater and will culminate in the creation of devised musical theater project.

Week 1: Introduction to Musical Theater & Storytelling

Week 2: Introduction to Acting, Objectives, and Actions

Week 3: Movement & Physicality

Week 4: Music and Sound in Theater

Week 5: Fundamentals of Voice Technique

Week 6: Characterization

Week 7: Devising a Musical I

Week 8: Devising a Musical II

SUBSITUTE POLICY:
Ferrell Studios is an organization on Outschool with about 15 teachers with professional training and experience in the arts. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. Thank you for your understanding!