The course is an acting intensive offering students the opportunity to engage in a rigorous rehearsal process with a professional theater director. The course emphasizes exploration and embodiment of character, and culminates in a staged production in the Berlind Theater. This semester, the topic of The Comeuppance by Tony and Pulitzer prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ’06 will be explored – a comedy about isolation and nostalgia, following a group of friends preparing for their twentieth high school reunion.
Distribution Area: LA
Prerequisites and Restrictions
This course is only open to minors and prospective minors in Theater and Music Theater (prospective minors can self identify).
Other Information
Most roles are cast through the theater program audition process. Interested students should reach out to vfont@princeton.edu. Participating students must be available 12-15 hours a week of rehearsal and coaching outside of class time. Tentative rehearsal schedule will include weekend time in the spring, and some early rehearsal towards the end of the fall semester.
