Acting Fundamentals/Acting for the Non-Actor Syllabus

Course Description: A study of acting involving the development of acting techniques, styles, and disciplines. Provides theory and practical experience with varied characterizations. Emphasizes individual growth and acquired skills necessary to the acting craft.

Textbook Information:  No textbook is required for this course

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER - PLEASE READ!

Playwrights create characters based on human beings – on people from every conceivable socio-economic, ethnic, and gender category. The playwright places these characters in highly dramatic and often dysfunctional relationships and scenarios. Consequently, theatre students will sometimes be faced with controversial subject matter, characters, situations, and language. Please maintain an open mind when discussing and viewing materials. The instructor, prior to presentation, must approve everything presented. Alternative assignments are strictly at the discretion of the instructor.

Meet Your Instructor: 

Chris Cannon is an actor, director and teacher who has lived and worked on both the east and west coasts of the United States. Chris has worked as a stage and film actor and director in New York City, Virginia, Florida and Los Angeles.  He has held a variety of performance, creative and managerial positions at Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Pepperdine University, Theatreworks/USA, Heritage Repertory and the Sonnetag Theatre at the Icehouse, to name a few.  He is a former Production Manager for Holland America Cruise Line and served as the Executive Director of the Berks Arts Council in Pennsylvania managing one of the largest jazz festivals on the East Coast.  Chris holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Virginia and has studied entertainment performance at the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida.  

“I’m passionate about authentic, gritty and abrasive theatre and cinema.”

“I love acting and actors.  Actors are present.  They always work with what is directly in front of them and aren’t afraid to get dirty.”

“I love plays and films that have something to say about the emotional realities of being human.”

“I have been on a lifelong search for salvation and in the theatre and behind or in front of the camera, I always seem to find it in many surprising forms.”

Instructor Contact 

Course Syllabus:  Theatre 110-49877 107-49898 Cannon Chris Spring 2018.pdf