Theatre Arts Micro-Credential

Why Consider a Theatre Arts Micro-credential from GCC?

If you’re interested in acting, directing, and stage management, but don’t necessarily want to commit to a full degree, this micro-credential is for you!

Who should consider a Theatre Arts Micro-credential?

• Students who want to work in the industry, but do not want a two or four-year degree in theatre.
• High school drama teachers who would like the chance to exercise skill building techniques to work with their students and produce a quality show.

Learning & Skill Development:

The actor must pick appropriate material, memorize, perform, use voice and movement properly, audition, create a character, and analyze a play. The Director must successfully pick appropriate material, analyze the play, audition, cast, block, and work with designers for a successful production. Stage Managers must work with directors, designers, and actors, must keep the stage manager’s workbook, spike sets, and call rehearsals and actual performances. Students will learn to:

• Audition successfully for an internship or production.
• Applying acting skills to create a character for a role in a show.
• Create a stage managers book and run the duties in stage management.
• Analyze, block, audition, cast, rehearse a show with a cast.
• Analyze a script and create theme, blocking, and work with designers and actors.

GCC’s Competitive Edge:

This is the only Theatre Arts Micro-Credential offered by a SUNY school. The four required courses are offered online so students from across the state can earn it.

The four courses are:

THE 103-Fundamentals of Acting

Introduces basic acting techniques with emphasis on personal characterization. Student actors strengthen their self-knowledge and determine a unique point of view through individual and group improvisations, sensory exploration and text work.

THE 163-Fundamentals of Directing

Introduces basic directing skills with emphasis on script interpretation, scoring, casting, blocking, working with actors /technical staff, rehearsal and performance.

THE-205-Audition Techniques

Explores the audition process. Prepares students to choose appropriate material for the individual actor. Reviews and continues the exploration of a variety of acting styles (Stanislavski, Method, Meisner). Teaches resume writing techniques, how to select a

photographer and appropriate pictures, and interviewing skills for working with producers and directors. Works on the audition process: breaking a monologue into objectives and beats and performing several monologues in an array of genres.

THE 207-Stage Management

Introduces the duties and responsibilities of stage managers, detailing best practices for running auditions, building rehearsal reports, writing blocking notation, creating a prompt book, and calling cues. Focuses on the organizational and managerial skills required in the position of a stage manager, with emphasis on their role as the liaison between the director and the production team. Includes development of related skills, such as building rehearsal kits, documentation, mediation, and team communication.

Turn Your Micro-Credential Into An Associate Degree

Students can also apply ALL of these micro-credential credits to a Theatre Arts Associate in Applied Science degree (or others) right here at GCC!