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Workout
(COMM 373)
"Workout" is the name of the group that has been functioning as the core commitment group of Arena Theater since 1973. The group varies in size between thirty and forty, and admission is gained through an audition, which is held during the second week of Fall Semester.
The group meets twice weekly for one hour and fifteen minutes. During that shared time much takes place: individual physical work, acting exercises and group work. Attendance is mandatory.
The commitment also includes support of the season both technically and as actors, with upperclassmen assuming responsibility to lead the effort in those areas. While Workout involvement is not a guarantee of casting, it does assume an interest in and availability for acting parts in the season.
In lieu of a Theater major, Workout is what allows Wheaton an accountability structure to take on the producing responsibilities for Arena Theater’s three-play season. Although there are often many others who are involved in the Theater at Wheaton in various ways, students who commit to Workout for the year assume the bottom line responsibility for staffing, building and acting in the plays. Without this kind of accountability and commitment, Theater as a serious academic and artistic enterprise would not be possible.
The culture of Workout is a blend of more than thirty years of tradition with a commitment to addressing the changing needs of the Theater here at Wheaton College. It is a means of serving the larger community by providing them with the kind of Theater that can only take place in an environment of commitment, sacrifice and mutual support.
Fore more information, please contact the Director of Workout, Mark Lewis.
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