Theatre Arts

Middle school theater is the introductory to theatrical art. Students will learn the basics of technical and musical theatre, production, set design, character development and physical representation. Students may audition for the middle school One Act Play and perform at the MISD One Act Play Evaluation.

High school theatre arts students are expected to achieve a proficient level of mastery and understanding in audience etiquette and performance evaluation. Additionally, each high school student will actively participate in one or all of the following activities:

• set design and implementation
• physical and emotional representation
• public performance
• character development and analysis with monologue and duet performance
• critical evaluations of productions
• peer direction

Other activities and classes in which the students are given the opportunity to participate:

• Theatre
• Technical Theatre
• Musical Theatre
• Theatre Production
• International Thespian Society
• Improvisational Troupe
• UIL One-Act Play
• Betty Lynn Buckley Awards
• Community Projects

"The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent." - Robert Brustein