HJ Theatre Department

The purpose of this course is to further the students skill in drama as a literature, craft and performing art. This is a performance based class.

Assignments & Grading

60% Tests Grades

40% Daily Grades

Participation is an enormous component of this class.  Since it is a performanced based class you must participate in every activity that is assigned.  I can not give you a grade if you choose to to “sit out” or “take a zero”.

We will read, watch, and listen to a variety of pieces and works this year.  You will love some of them, but unfortunately not all.  However, I hope that you learn an appreciation for the ones you do not enjoy.  Remember that it is someone’s “blood, sweat, and tears”.

Supplies Needed:

Pen or Pencil

Notebook Paper

Textbook will be kept in class

My name is Mrs. Mandy Fortenberry.    This is my 16th year to teach and my 13th year at Hardin-Jefferson.  I love it here!  I teach Theatre Arts I, II, III, and IV.   I graduated from Lamar University in 2000 with a Bachelors’s degree in Fine Art and Communication.  I currently coach UIL Prose, Poetry, Extemporaneous Speaking, LD Debate, and I am the One-Act Play Director.