Mission Statement
The mission of the Oceanside High School Theater Department is to provide an educational experience which enables all students to grow personally through creative expression, while nurturing their performance skills to the fullest. Students will be knowledgeable artists who possess an awareness of the evolution of theatre through time and key works of these eras. The school's curriculum prepares students to be well-rounded, contributing members of the community, as well as theater professionals.
Drama 1 A/B
Course Description: This course provides students opportunities to develop an appreciation and respect for the craft of acting as well as for the collaborative effort of all involved in producing works of theater/ film. Attention is also given to improvement of personal and interpersonal skills through collaborative work and dramatic activities including improvisation and scenework.
Units are as follows:
Unit 1: Theater Games/ Improvs - to build teamwork
Unit 2: Focus on Body/ Sense Awareness - Pantomime
Unit 3: Voice/Oral Interpretation - sample activities: Radio Commercials, Soap Operas, Storytelling
Unit 4: Scene #1 - Blocking, Necessary and Interpretive Movement, Acting Exercises, etc.
Unit 5: Scene #2 - Student-Directed Scenes - learn about Directing
Unit 6: Scene #3 - Acting Shakespeare!
Unit 7: Set & Costume Design - Design for a Play TBD
Unit 8: Playwriting - act out peer's scenes
Play Production - We put on the plays! :-)
Course Description: This course provides students opportunities to develop an appreciation and respect for the collaborative effort of all involved in producing works of theater. Each student will develop a greater appreciation for the aesthetics of the dramatic arts, and criteria of an effective performance, and awareness of the historical influences and contributions of the theater by producing and performing the school’s theatrical productions. Through reading of the textbook and scripts, all aspects of the design process, and participating in the acting and directing aspects of productions, students will have an opportunity to become keenly aware of the theater world and the performing arts as a profession while preparing the school's plays! Our productions take place at the Sunshine Brooks Theater down the street and at El Camino's Truax Theater (until our Performing Arts complex is finished in a few years, that is!)
