Dramatic Writing Course
It’s a long-term course which lasts about 6 or 8 terms. (1 year or 18 months) This workshop begins with the elementary writing practices. The workshop’s purpose is improving writing skills and expanding the practices considering the form-oriented techniques.
By the end of the course, students write a long dramatic play. They can also perform their plays as play reading performance in Maktabetehran festival.
Directing Course
Directing workshop in Maktabetehran is a long-term course which usually lasts about 4 or 6 terms (about 1 year) the first two terms are allocated to theorical issues of directing field such as analyzing and studying the basis of art, theater and directing. After 2 terms, practical classes start, working with things and actors. The final outcome is theatrical work, directed by students and performed on the stage of Maktabetehran.
Theater Acting Course
Acting course in Maktabetehran is a general acting course which is held in 9 months. The first course includes two types of workshops, theorical and practical. One 90-minute weekly session is allocated to theorical subjects and two 180-minute sessions are considered for practical subjects.
Some of the theorical topics are mentioned below:
- Reading world famous plays from acting view
- Analyzing world famous directors from acting view
- Studying the experimental theater
Light and Scene designing Course
Maktabetehran light and scene designing course is a general theorical and practical course.
The subjects of the course are as below:
Improving the skills of designing and realizing the meaning of picture in different eras of the Art History also designing practices on different works. By the end of the course the students will be able to design the lightings and scenes of the festival works.