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Actors Conservatory
Certificate of Achievement
2022-2023
About the Program
The Theater Arts major is designed to provide knowledge, training, and practical experience in a variety of areas which can be used in continuing participation and appreciation of theater and film throughout life. The Theater program at Las Positas is a unique blend of hands-on learning, personal creative exploration, and history and culture; theater is a wonderful way to continue to grow as a student and as an artist. Classes cover such topics as theater history, musical theater, acting, theater for young audiences, and directing, as well as stage and production management, lighting, scenery, and costume design. Our student-centered coursework and productions offer many different opportunities for students to become involved in the program and college in a meaningful, academic, and career-centered way. The Las Positas Theater program presents 4 productions annually, as well as many other performing and technical opportunities for our theater majors. We house our program in a beautiful state of the art performance facility with three theaters (a 450-seat proscenium, a black box, and an outdoor amphitheater), a costume shop, scene shop, and rehearsal studio.
About the Certificate
The Actors Conservatory at Las Positas College seeks to inspire and prepare students for a life as performing artists. The Actors Conservatory foundational belief is that inspired, trained and professional actors will be leaders in the next generation of artists, passionately advocating for theater as a precious art form and viable trade skill. The Conservatory challenges students to find their personal truth, inner strength, and outer artists, enriching their own career path and the communities and stages around them.
Career Opportunities
Typical job opportunities include actor or performer in stage, television, or film, and digital media. This program also lines up with many of the foundation courses needed for an Associate for Degree for Transfer (AD-T) in Theater.
Program Outcomes
- Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to apply the learned techniques of acting in a public performance of various genres of theater, or other types of personal creative work, synthesizing acting, movement, and vocal skills into a truthful theater performance.
- Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to demonstrate a professional work ethic within a professional framework of collaboration in rehearsal and performance.
- Upon completion of the Actors Conservatory, students are able to exhibit a portfolio of academic and performance work through engagement and experiences aimed at a deeper and more profound understanding of the craft of theater and the cultural importance of the art form.
- Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Actors Conservatory, students
are able to integrate an understanding of the history of theater and theatrical text
into performance using character construction, physicality and vocal nuance.
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| KIN FNE1 Fencing - Epee 1 | 1 |
| MUS 21A Beginning Piano | 1 |
| MUS 23A Elementary Voice I | 1 |
| THEA 1 Conservatory Readiness | 1 |
| THEA 1A Theory/Practice of Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 1B Theory/Practice of Acting II | 3 |
| THEA 3A Beginning Improvisation | 3 |
| THEA 3B Intermediate Improvisation | 3 |
| THEA 4 Modern American Theater | 3 |
| THEA 10 Introduction to Dramatic Arts | 3 |
| THEA 25 Fundamentals of Stage Speech | 3 |
| THEA 39A Musical Theater Workshop - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 39B Musical Theater Workshop - Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 53 Script Analysis | 3 |
| THEA 54 Shakespeare Through Performance | 3 |
| THEA 55 Movement for the Actor | 1 |
| THEA 56 Acting for the Camera I | 3 |
| THEA 58 Stage Combat | 2 |
| THEA 59 Acting for the Camera II/Voice Over | 3 |
| THEA 60 Business of Acting | 1 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| THEA 5 Theater for Young Audiences | 3 |
| THEA 31A Drama Workshop - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 31B Drama Workshop - Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 47A Performance in Production: Introduction to Live Performance | 3 |
| THEA 47B Performance in Production: Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 47C Performance in Production: Intermediate | 3 |
| THEA 57A Performance in Production - Intro to Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57B Performance in Production - Beginning Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57C Performance in Production - Intermediate Musical Theater | 3 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| THEA 57A 57B, and 57C may be taken only if they were not taken in List A | |
| THEA 48A Technical Theater in Production - Beginning | 3 |
| THEA 57A Performance in Production - Intro to Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57B Performance in Production -Beginning Musical Theater | 3 |
| THEA 57C Performance in Production -Intermediate Musical Theater | 3 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| DANC 1 Introduction to Dance | 1 |
| DANC 2A Jazz Dance Fundamentals/Beginning | 1 |
| DANC 3A Ballet Fundamentals/Beginning | 1 |
| DANC 4A Modern/Contemporary Dance A | 1 |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| MUS 44 Concert Choir | 1 |
| MUS 45 Chamber Choir | 2 |
| MUS 46 Vocal Jazz Ensemble | 2 |
| Units Category | Units |
|---|---|
| Total Units | 61-62 |
Updated: July 2022