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Mar 13, 2025
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THEA001D PO - Beginning Acting: Black TheatreWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered Spring 2024
Instructor(s): C. Ratteray
Credit: 1
African American Theatre is an introductory course which explores the fundamentals of acting technique and text analysis. Students will explore exercises based in Stanislavski’s psychological realism alongside examinations of theatre-making techniques from the African American theatrical tradition. We will begin with articles from world renowned intellectual, W.E.B. Dubois, and examine the framework within which he discusses the need for and definition of black art. Course requirements include detailed analysis, preparation and performance of monologues and scenes pulled primarily from Black playwrights. This course is affiliated with the Intercollegiate Dept of Africana Studies (IDAS) and fulfills the analyzing difference requirement by Pomona. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 6; Speaking Intensive; Analyzing Difference
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