By Christine Simmons
A day in theatre isn’t just a normal day. Theatre class is a fun, yet creative, way to spend some time during school.
Dianne Truslow, the drama instructor, spends her day teaching Theatre classes. During Theatre, the students spend time playing games, getting to know everyone in the class, and they even learn about a side of them that may be interested in theatre arts.
Truslow’s day isn’t just one level of class, either. Drama classes range from Drama I to Drama IV. Each year is a higher drama skill level than the one before it.
Theatre I consists of acting, vocal sound, and group effort. Students practice to get ready for challenges such as simple classroom plays, monologue memorization, and class multi-act plays.
Ninth grader Tabby Gaylor has her opinion of theatre I: “It’s very exciting really. It expresses me in a way.”
Although theatre class isn’t as rough as a natural core class, Truslow still has expectations. Students can’t just sit around thinking the only thing they had to do was show up, but they must participate in various activities. And because of Mrs. Truslow’s expectations, students learn a lot from her lessons.
Gaylor says, “I didn’t have too much experience before the class.”
Truslow also takes time to let everyone in the class communicate with other class members. In the beginning of the year she plays games and has activities that involve every student to say something about them so everyone knows everybody.
Drama is not a laid back activity. There are some times where things are very easy, but then again some things require time, like memorization of lines, monologues, and audition practice.
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