DRA 134 - Improvisational Acting

1. Take part in ensemble building.
   1. Determine what an ensemble is.
   2. Establish an environment conducive to creating.
2. Examine detailed listening.
   1. Separate the means and levels of listening.
   2. Demonstrate effective listening.
3. Classify fundamental improvisation terminology.
   1. Examine the basic premises of successful improvisation.
   2. Apply improvisation fundamentals to exercises and performances.
4. Distinguish the value of improvisation in other fields.
   1. Correlate improvisation fundamentals to processes and procedures in other academic majors and professions.
   2. Infer how improvisation fundamentals affect day-to-day behavior.
5. Interpret effective non-scripted storytelling methods.
   1. Break down the elements of storytelling that apply to effective improvisation.
   2. Propose ideas that generate effective storytelling in improvisations.
6. Generate an ability to agree in scene work.
   1. Modify habitual contradictory responses in exercises and performances.
   2. Characterize the benefits of agreement in improvisation.
   3. Develop an ability to show a variety of effective agreement in improvisation.
7. Create characters.
   1. Invent specific classifications of characters, one at a time.
   2. Characterize behavioral tendencies for specific onstage characters.
8. Construct stories.
   1. Invent relationships.
   2. Generate effective plot points.
   3. Incorporate all of the ensemble’s additions to the story.
9. Evaluate improvisations for effective fundamentals.
   1. Assess effective storytelling.
   2. Critique truthful behavior.
   3. Evaluate the strength of performer’s application of improvisation fundamentals.