The art of acting tunes the body and opens the voice, sharpens awareness and inspires generosity. Through safe play and rigorous exercise, this introduction to acting explores ensemble viewpoints and soundwork, being present, developing a personal warm-up, making and accepting offers through improvisation, and various approaches to handling text. For majors only, this course emphasizes participation and progress in conjunction with performance expectations. May require attendance of TheaterCNU productions outside of scheduled class times.