Bridgewater State University's Arts for Youth

Acting Classes

In addition to playing a role in the Arts for Teens production, students take acting classes in the morning, in order to develop the physical and vocal skills essential to the well-rounded actor.  These classes focus on ensemble building in the beginning of the session - through a vast array of theatre games and improvisations, a sense of community is established, and the creative abilities of each teen are strengthened as they learn to improvise dialogue and action, invent conflict, and quickly respond to the events of the scene.  A second major component of the acting classes includes character development, as the teens learn to utilize both physical and vocal choices to portray character.  As the session progresses, the teens start to focus on the role(s) they are playing in the production, applying their “character building” skills in improvisations designed to help them develop their assigned role(s), as well as character relationships within the play.