This is an introductory course on acting techniques. The course will focus on the Stanislavski system, and the psychological approach in acting will be introduced. The emphasis is on the conceptions and expressions of action. Students will be engaged in role-playing in various scenes, and will create and perform the basic structure of scenes, i.e. beginning–middle–end, through action-based acting. By the end of the course students will be able to understand the foundational elements and associated techniques of good acting and utilize those elements and techniques to communicate with other actors during the creative acting performance.