•wide array of costuming

•stage make-up kit

•studios equipped with lighting and sound equipment

•stereos

•basic props and furniture that is available

•a variety of scripts

PDRAMA9
PDRAMA9

PDRAM10
PDRAM10

PDRAM11
PDRAM11

PDRAM12
ADA4M1

PDRAMA9 DRAMATIC ARTS, (GRADE 9), OPEN
DRAMA IN THE COMMUNITY, (GRADE 9), OPEN
CREDIT: 2

This course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using material from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will construct, discuss, perform, and analyse drama, and then reflect on the experiences to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them. Students will study the development of Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre.
Participation in ensemble performance is mandatory

PDRAM10 DRAMATIC ARTS, (GRADE 10), OPEN
DRAMATIC ARTS, PRODUCTION, (GRADE 10), OPEN
CREDIT: 2

In this course, students continue to develop the skills and techniques learned in ADA1O1, as well as begin to translate their personal exploration into experimental and analytical processes. This course requires students to actively explore dramatic forms and techniques, using their own ideas and concerns as well as sources selected from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Student learning will include identifying and using the principles of space, time, voice, and movement in creating, sustaining, and communicating authentic roles within a drama. Students will assume responsibility for decisions made in the creation and presentation of the drama, and will analyse and reflect on the experience. The development of theatre in the Medieval Time period will also be studied.

Participation in ensemble performances is mandatory.

PDRAM11 DRAMATIC ARTS, (GRADE 11), UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE PREPARATION
DRAMATIC ARTS, MUSIC THEATRE, (GRADE 11),
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE PREPARATION
CREDIT:2

In this course, students are introduced to the concepts of stage combat, play analysis and production. Children’s theatre, docudrama, anthology, musical theatre, Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre are explored. Production skills and stage craft are taught through the performance of various works. Students will attend various performances outside of school, as well as tour their own productions. Research projects, seminars and reviews are critical components of the course.

Participation in ensemble performance is mandatory

DRAMATIC ARTS, GRADE 12, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE PREPARATION (REQUIRED) CREDIT:1

This course includes improvisation, a study of Canadian playwrights, Commédia dell’Arté and Melodrama. Students will explore the major movements in theatre, from the Restoration to the present. Students will have the opportunity to develop their own skills in playwriting, direction and the technical aspects of production. Research projects, seminars and reviews are critical components of this course.

Participation in ensemble performance is mandatory

DRAMATIC ARTS, ACTING, GRADE 12,
UNIVERSTIY/COLLEGE PREPARATION (OPTIONAL)
CREDIT: 1

The optional course in Dramatic Arts at the Grade 12 level will focus on performance within the community. Students will identify needs within various communities (e.g. Elementary schools, adult education centres, homes for the elderly); then they will address those needs in a series of workshops and performances. Part of the course will follow a rep theatre format.

Awards and Achievements:

In February of 2000, 10 drama students (8 team members and 2 alternates) entered the Improvisation Competition that was held at the Ford Center. Cardinal Carter placed first in the Southern Ontario Improv Finals. The team consisted of Mario Mabrucco, Leslie Kazimierczak, Tony Del Rio, Brian Rieper, Tabatha Cook, Celene Faludi, Zachary Lyon, and Scott Brown. The two alternates were Samatha Durrell and Joaquin Sevillano. The team travelled to the Canadian Finals, held in Ottawa in April. They made it to the final round, after an intense week of competition. The team came fourth in Canada.

Also in February, Aaron Furfaro wrote and directed a play called 'Four Corners of the Circle', for The Sears Festival on February 21, 2000. He won an Award of Merit for outstanding writing and direction and Tara Keenan won an Award of Merit for outstanding stage performance.

Each year the grade 12 students do a director's unit with a piece of their own choosing. Many students choose to workshop their own scripts. Last fall, Trevis Legall chose to workshop a piece based on an earlier visit to the Toronto Aids Memorial. The response was quite positive, so Trevis, in conjunction with other performers, decided to expand the piece. This piece, along with four other student written one acts was presented at the Poor Alex Theater in September. Both VISION TV and the Toronto Star profiled the work of this group.

In March of 2001, 10 Drama students entered the Toronto regional competition of the Canadian Improv Games. At the end of the week long competetion, Cardinal Carter placed First. The team consisted of Mario Mabrucco, Brian Rieper, Tabatha Cook, Celene Faludi, Zach Lyon, Jessica Rovito, Joaquin Sevillano and Samantha Durrell. Scott Brown was the alternate. The team then travelled to the Canadian Finals, held in April at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The team made it into the final round of competition and placed third in Canada.

In March, 2003, CCAA's Improv Team placed first in the Toronto/Southern Ontario finals of the Canadian Improv Games. Over sixty tournaments competed in this annual tournament. In April the team travelled to Ottawa to compete in the Canadian finals at the National Arts Centre. After a gruelling week of competition, Carter placed first in Canada.

Congratulations to team members Lorena Munoz, Scott Brown, Samantha
Claire, Meghan Swaby, Mario Mabrucco, Liam O'Doherty, Matthew Karzis, Christina
Wollesen and their coaches, Sheila O'Brien and Alma Parks.