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Theater

Introduction to Theater

As an introduction to theatre, students become acquainted with the history of the theatre and various significant plays. Areas of technical production, such as make up, lighting, costuming, and set design are studied. Students will encounter contemporary acting practices, guided by well-founded theological anthropology, and solidified through the performance of monologues and ensemble performance. Participation in extracurricular theater performances is recommended but is not required or guaranteed. 

Theater

Students become acquainted with the history of the theatre and various significant plays. Areas of technical production, such as make up, lighting, costuming, and set design are studied. Students will encounter contemporary acting practices, guided by well-founded theological anthropology, and solidified through the performance of monologues and ensemble performance. This is for students who have already taken an introductory course in theater, have previous experience, or just want to jump all in and learn more. 

Theater Teacher Lewis Bliss

Lewis Bliss is an actor, musician, composer, and writer with a passion for crafting meaningful art that touches troubled hearts with the hope and joy of Christ. He has directed or codirected elementary through high schoolers in over a dozen productions including “A Christmas Carol,” “The Sound of Music,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “A Tale of Two Cities” and has toured with the Logos Theatre in C.S. Lewis’s “The Horse and His Boy” which came to the Museum of the Bible in D.C. He currently codirects the Regnum Lucis Theatre program in Fairfax, teaches youth drama camps/classes with Storyteller Studio, and works part-time as a church cantor at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Annandale. He wishes to share with students his love for theatre in a way that inspires them toward a greater sense of their dignity and value in the eyes of God. 

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