Performing Arts
The performing arts program at Marin Catholic is designed to assist the student actor of all levels in developing a sense of comfort and ease in front of an audience, a fluid expressiveness, and a broadened sense of the role theater plays in today's society as well as in societies of the past.
CLASSES
Beginning Acting is aimed at building the students' skills in the
following areas: voice, improvisation, physical characterization, text
analysis and scene work from contemporary theater. Trends in 20th century drama are explored in the first semester and elements of comedy
and its origin are explored in the second semester.
Advanced Acting provides opportunity for students to hone their basic skills
through work in more challenging styles of theatre: Greek Tragedy,
Shakespeare, Modern Comedy, and children's theater. Works are explored
in their cultural and historical contexts.
PERFORMANCES
Marin Catholic thrills its audiences with three productions each year.
In the fall, students take the stage of MC's newly renovated Poetz
Theater to deliver a comedy or drama, classical or contemporary. Recent plays include Macbeth, Nunsense, The Curious Savage, Godspell, Our Town, Amadeus, and Arsenic and Old Lace.
These fully produced presentations not only give students the
opportunity to further develop and showcase their skills, but they
provide a lesson in the many facets of theatrical production.In the spring, drama students travel to the Marin Center's Showcase Theater to present the a musical theater production to a capacity crowd. A guest choreographer comes on board to help direct this yearly hit.
Elementary school audiences are treated to the whimsical playfulness of the Advanced Acting students as they perform the annual Children's Theater production. Past performances have featured a baseball game, bumbling knights, and a six-foot Humpty Dumpty.
