Training
•Bullet: 21-unit Acting major within the 60-unit AA: a 12-unit core (Introduction to Theater or History of Theater, Acting I, Technical Theatre in Production, Culture and Gender in Theater), one Rehearsal and Performance course, and two acting electives
•Bullet: Acting electives include Acting II, III and IV, Acting Shakespeare, Improvisation and Physical Theater, and Acting for Fun and Profit
•Bullet: Acting I covers movement, speech, theater games and improvisation, and reading and viewing plays; Acting II builds on it with character analysis, monologues, and scenes
•Bullet: Program learning outcomes center on analyzing dramatic literature, cultural and artistic appreciation of theater, and basic performance and production skills
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Rehearsal and Performance: Non Musical (enrollment by audition) and Rehearsal and Performance: Musical give supervised participation in plays and musicals presented to the campus and community with full production support
•Bullet: Part of Performing Arts Napa Valley, whose theater programs contribute to campus and community life
Professional Development
•Bullet: Students learn from professional artists, and the department lists acting and directing among its occupations
•Bullet: More than 400 theater companies operate in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Shakespeare Napa Valley's outdoor summer productions have drawn more than 30,000 viewers since 2010
