Adelphi University Performing Arts

Courses Offered

Course #	Course Title	Credits

Acting Courses

PFA 100	Introduction to Stanislavsky	2 cr
PFA 111	The Profession and the Working Actor	2 cr
PFA 130	Mechanics of Voice Production	2 cr
PFA 150	Introduction to Scene Study	2 cr
PFA 180	Voice Projection	2 cr
PFA 200	Text Analysis	2 cr
PFA 210	Theatre History I	3 cr
PFA 230	Diction (Voice III: Erasing the Local Accent)	2 cr
PFA 250	Intermediate Scene Study	2 cr
PFA 260	Theatre History II	3 cr
PFA 280	Diction (Projection-Working With The "Accentless" Voice)	2 cr
PFA 299	Actor's Lab	0.5 cr
PFA 304	Performing Verse Drama (Greeks to Jacobeans)	3 cr
PFA 340	Rudiments of Directing	2 cr
PFA 350	Psychological Acting	2 cr
PFA 354	Performing Shakespeare (Jacobeans to Present)	3 cr
PFA 360	Directing	3 cr
PFA 380	Stage Accents	2 cr
PFA 400	Auditioning	2 cr
PFA 402	The Solo Performance	2 cr
PFA 450	Acting for the Camera	2 cr
PFA 454	Realism	2 cr
PFA 460	Theatrical Outreach	3 cr
PFA 481	Manhattan Production	2 cr
PFA 490	Independent Study	1-3 cr
PFA 493	Professional Internship	1-3 cr

Some applied electives are: art and art history courses for designers; dance therapy and composition and directing for stage managers; and any acting or dance course for all technical/design majors. It is strongly suggested that all technical theatre/design majors take theatre history.

Course #	Course Title	Credits

Acting /Theatre

PFA 108	Beginning Acting	3 cr
PFA 109	Dramatics	3 cr
PFA 290	The Arts and Creative Process	3 cr

Contact

Adelphi University
Performing Arts Center
Department of Theatre, PAC 251
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
p - 516.877.4930
f - 516.877.4926
e - Sullivn2@adelphi.edu

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