This course focuses on the relationship of theatre to various cultures throughout history, and on the contributions of significant individual artists. It introduces students to elements of the production process including playwriting, acting, directing, design, and criticism. Students will also survey different periods, styles and genres of theatre through play reading, discussion, films and viewing and critiquing live theatre, including required attendance of theatre productions.

This course introduces the student to fundamental acting theories. Emphasis is placed on exercises and activities that develop skills for performance: motivations and relationships, memorization, stage movement, vocal production, and interpretation of text. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting.

This course expands on the theories and skills introduced in Acting I. Self-awareness of the actor is explored and developed before a classroom and invited audience. Emphasis is placed on intermediate level acting techniques and skills to include comprehension and translation into meaningful dramatic action, character analysis and building, scene analysis and performance from selected scenes from Modern Realism. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting.

The student is engaged in sophisticated analysis of scenes from modern realism with a focus on character analysis and development at an advanced level. Emphasis is placed on research, characterization (cultural bonds, discoveries, psychology), emotional centering, physical and emotional control, rehearsal process, and techniques to create a fully realized character using the foundations gained in Acting I and Acting II. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting.

This course is designed for students to practice and master skills learned in Acting II & III. Special emphasis is placed on recognizing character types and the choice of suitable material for creating a repertoire of monologues. Students are prepared for industry auditions and will select, rehearse, and perform monologues in mock cattle-call auditions. In addition, students will perform in beginning directing scenes for that semester. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting.

This course focuses on the application of the student’s use of the voice as a creative instrument of effective communication for the stage, motion pictures, television, and public speaking. It encourages an awareness of the need for vocal proficiency and employs basic techniques designed to improve the performer's speaking abilities to include breathing, proper posture, resonance, projection, and articulation/diction. Students are introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet and care of a well produced voice. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Voice and Articulation.

This course focuses on the application of the student’s use of the voice as a creative instrument of effective communication for the stage, motion pictures, television, and public speaking. It encourages an awareness of the need for vocal proficiency and employs intermediate techniques designed to improve the performer's speaking abilities to include breathing, proper posture, resonance, projection, and articulation/diction. Students are introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet and care of a well produced voice. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Voice and Articulation.

This course introduces the theory and practice of design and construction of stage scenery; and familiarization with the tools and materials employed by the stage designer, stage carpenter, prop master, and sound engineer. Students will have the opportunity to apply design and construction principles in drama department productions. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Stagecraft.

This course introduces advanced theory and practice of design and construction of stage scenery; and familiarization with the tools and materials employed by the stage designer, stage carpenter,prop master, sound engineer, lighting technician, and stage manager. Students will have the opportunity to apply design and construction principles in performing arts department productions. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Stagecraft.

This course studies theory, demonstration, and practice in applying make-up for theatre, film, and television. Students receive instruction in supplies, materials, and techniques in the various methods for all phases of design and application of makeup in production. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Makeup.

This course studies advanced theory, demonstration, and practice in applying makeup for theatre, film, and television. Students receive instruction in alternate supplies, materials, and techniques in the various methods for advanced phases of design and application of makeup in production. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Makeup.

This course introduces the study and execution of stage lighting with an emphasis on equipment, control, operations, color, and their relationship to design.

This course introduces techniques of beginning lighting design for various stage performances which include theatre, dance and music. Students will translate theatrical moments and music into lighting sketches, storyboards, atmospheres, transitions, and develop points of view and approaches to design.

This course provides principles, theories, and techniques of play script analysis for theatrical production. Students will explore the reading, analyzing, and understanding of play scripts in a variety of genres and styles to develop skills in how to read a play to discover its structure; the playwright’s methods of creating plot, character, and imagery; and an understanding of how theatrical texts are distinct from other forms of literature.

Students study real and theoretical practices to develop introductory techniques and skills in the many areas of technical theatre for actual performance to include events in theatre, dance, music, and public venue. Students perform a range of introductory supervised technical theatre assignments such as stage management, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations, and/or supporting box office and house management staff. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Technical Theatre in Production.

Students study real and theoretical practices to develop basic techniques and skills in the many areas of technical theatre for actual performance to include events in theatre, dance, music, and public venues. Students perform a range of introductory supervised technical theatre assignments such as stage management, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations and/or supporting box office and house management staff. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Technical Theatre in Production.

Students study real and theoretical practices to develop intermediate techniques and skills in the many areas of technical theatre for actual performance to include events in theatre, dance, music, and the public. Students perform a range of intermediate supervised technical theatre assignments such as director, designer, stage manager, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations, and/or supporting box office and house management staff. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Technical Theatre in Production.

Students study real and theoretical practices to develop advanced techniques and skills in the many areas of technical theatre for actual performance to include events in theatre, dance, music, and the public. Students perform a range of advanced technical theatre assignments such as director, designer, stage manager, scenic and prop construction, maintaining and hanging lighting equipment, costume and make-up labs, assisting audio operations, and/or supporting box office and house management staff. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Technical Theatre in Production.

Supervised theatre production of student directed, produced, and/or written one-act plays. Students will be cast or serve as crew in a festival and rehearse separate one-act plays in a department sponsored production to be presented in a blackbox, mainstage, or other found performance space.

Supervised theatre production of student directed, produced, and/or written one-act plays. Students will serve as a crew head, designer, director, or playwright in a festival and rehearse separate one-act plays in a department sponsored production to be presented in a blackbox, mainstage, or other found performance space.

Students study the rehearsal and performance process to develop introductory techniques and skill as an actor in a live theatrical production. The emphasis is on practical experience working cooperatively with an ensemble and production personnel. Content varies for each production and will range in literary style and dramatic content. Study culminates in a series of college public performances. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Rehearsal and Performance.

Students study the rehearsal and performance process to develop basic techniques and skill as an actor in a live theatrical production. The emphasis is on practical experience working cooperatively with an ensemble and production personnel. Content varies for each production and will range in literary style and dramatic content. Study culminates in a series of college public performances. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Rehearsal and Performance.

Students study the rehearsal and performance process to develop intermediate techniques and skill as an actor in a live theatrical production. The emphasis is on practical experience working cooperatively with an ensemble and production personnel. Content varies for each production and will range in literary style and dramatic content. Study culminates in a series of college public performances. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Rehearsal and Performance.

Students study the rehearsal and performance process to develop advanced techniques and skill as an actor in a live theatrical production. The emphasis is on practical experience working cooperatively with an ensemble and production personnel. Content varies for each production and will range in literary style and dramatic content. Study culminates in a series of college public performances. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Rehearsal and Performance.

This course teaches the fundamentals of multiple movement techniques for students in the theatre and related arts. The course focuses on the development of the student’s individual movement expression. Through practice of organizing and reorganizing the body in multiple ways the student becomes aware of how to respond to the emotional and physical needs of a character. Flexibility, relaxation, control, and creative expression will be developed.

This course explores the basic elements of stage direction through lecture, demonstration, and exercise. Beginning with analysis and interpretation to create the director’s vision, topics include fundamental techniques in working with actors and production personnel, casting, scheduling, blocking, pace, timing, and coordination of technical elements. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Directing.

This course is a continuation of the basic elements of stage direction. Topics include advanced techniques in working with actors and production personnel, blocking, pace, timing, and coordination of technical elements. Includes practical experience directing one-act plays by published and original/unpublished playwrights. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Directing.

This course is a survey of the history and development of musical theater from its beginnings in ancient Greece to the "Golden Age of Musicals" in the mid-1960s. The elements of the musical and the artists who promote and create them will be studied. Genres explored will include opera, operetta, burlesque, pantomime, vaudeville, tin pan alley, the minstrel show, revue, and musical comedy through scripts, scores, and film.

This course is a survey of the history and development of American Musical Theater from the late 1960s to the present. The elements of the musical and the artists who promote and create them will be studied. Genres explored will include rock musicals, dance musicals, mega musicals, jukebox musicals, pop-operas, "pop-erettas", film and TV musicals, international musicals, and new musicals.

This course explores the many aspects of costume design, including the breakdown of a script, artistic rendering of the literature, development of themes and design concepts, research sources, examination of the social and economic mores that govern dress, and the history of dress. Students will analyze, research, and design two plays to present to the class. The course will include film and theatre industry standards in the area of costume design. Students will apply skills learned in class through work on theatrical productions.

This course provides practical experience with minor roles or minor technical positions in acting, directing, scenery construction, lighting, props, sound, and costume construction for the stage through participation in theatrical productions.

This course teaches basic skills in the construction, organization, and care of stage costumes and accessories, as well as costume history, and design. It includes an exploration of a variety of costume crafts and methods of construction.

This course teaches advanced skills in the design, history, construction, organization, and care of stage costumes and accessories. It includes an exploration of a variety of advanced costume crafts and methods of construction.

This course is an introduction to the study of film as both art and industry, including cinematography, editing, modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology, and critical analysis. Examines the broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture.

This course provides a historical and critical survey of motion pictures from its origins in the 19th century through its development up to and including the World War II era. It will analyze a variety of national and international films from the beginning of the cinema until the end of the World War II era. The elements of film making to be considered will be their aesthetic form, economic structures, technological developments, and as social and cultural movements. Significant filmmakers in these eras will be studied for the contributions to the filmmaking process. Lectures, illustrated by screened examples of films, examine filmmaking from its very beginnings in the nineteenth century.

This course provides a historical and critical survey of motion pictures from postwar World War II up to the present with an emphasis on the contributions of postwar modernist filmmakers and those of the intervening years up to the present in the filmmaking process. Lectures, illustrated by screened examples of films from 1945 until the current century.

This course examines the craft and business of screenwriting from all perspectives, including the creative process, structure, proper formatting, pitching, marketing, business and legal aspects. A series of in-class and out-of-class writing exercises culminates in students writing the opening sequence of a two-hour screenplay or a complete short-subject screenplay.

This course examines the craft and business of screenwriting from all perspectives, including the creative process, structure, proper formatting, pitching, marketing, business and legal aspects. The focus will be on advanced analysis and application of story structure through a series of in-class and out-of-c1ass writing exercises and script analyses.

This course will analyze the filmmaking and television production processes and the consequences that the technical and creative processes of the film and television media have on the craft and business of film and television acting. The course will evolve through a series of practical scene-study exercises that duplicate the actual experience of acting for film and television. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting for Film and TV.

This course will analyze the filmmaking and television production processes and the consequences that the technical and creative processes of the film and television media have on the craft and business of film and television acting at a more advanced level. The course will evolve through a series of practical scene study exercises that duplicate the actual experience of acting for film and television. Ventura College faculty have designated this course as part of a course family titled Acting for Film and TV.

This course offers specialized study opportunities for students who wish to pursue projects not included in the regular curriculum. Students are accepted only by a written project proposal approved by the discipline prior to enrollment.