Fall 2026

Acting I: Introduction to Acting

THEATRE 150: ACTING I: INTRODUCTION TO ACTING provides a basic introduction to the craft of acting.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Stephen Tabor3.6/5N'Jameh Russell-Camara

Summary

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The course involves few assignments, focusing primarily on participation and acting, with tests and essays offering extra credit opportunities.

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Prerequisites

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THEATRE 150 used by

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Professors

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About this rating

Raw average: 3.50/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Stephen Tabor is praised for creating a safe, funny, and respectful learning environment with relevant feedback and extra credit opportunities. Reviews note that the course involves few assignments beyond participation and acting.

Conversely, one reviewer reports receiving a C despite implementing feedback, describing Tabor as unnecessarily harsh and passive-aggressive. This student advises non-acting majors to take the class with a different professor.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.54 GPA, 71.7% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.53 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Audrey Standish, Chelsea Anderson, Jessica Lanius, Whitney Derendinger: Chelsea Anderson, Whitney Derendinger, and Jessica Lanius receive praise for fun, supportive environments with low difficulty. Conversely, Audrey Standish reviews are mixed: some cite rude attitudes, difficult exams, and unnecessary readings, while one recent review describes her as caring with a manageable workload.

AUDREY STANDISH is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHELSEA ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JESSICA LANIUS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEPHEN TABOR is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WHITNEY DERENDINGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction20 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction19 / 200
LEC 003Classroom Instruction19 / 200
LEC 004Classroom Instruction20 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Stephen Tabor receives polarized reviews, with one student praising his supportive environment and another reporting harsh grading and passive-aggressive behavior.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 78.7% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.71 GPA, 85.9% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 94.3% A/AB (n=70 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The course involves few assignments, focusing primarily on participation and acting, with tests and essays offering extra credit opportunities.

Students value the safe, respectful learning environment and relevant feedback provided by the instructor.

Topics

  • Actor training skills

Skills

  • Voice, movement, language skills, and engaging communication

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.08 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
THEATRE 150 · Fall 2026

Acting I: Introduction to Acting

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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