Spring 2027

Acting Skills for Life

Acting Skills for Life applies acting techniques to non-arts settings like business and education, focusing on public speaking confidence, communication, and managing stage fright.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Clare Haden4.3/5Anna GebarskiSYDNEY Curran

Summary

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Past student reviews · Clare Haden

Students described the workload as light, with short, informal writing assignments and brief readings. One student noted the work felt like less than two credits, while others found the varied weekly tasks manageable and fun.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain a deeper understanding and awareness of their physical/vocal presence.

  • Effectively communicate their work to different audiences.

  • Adjust their behavior in real time to respond to audience feedback.

  • Manipulate their vocal and physical presence to communicate more effectively.

  • Gain confidence in public speaking and leadership presence.

  • Develop greater self-awareness and how acting techniques can benefit all areas of connection with others.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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THEATRE 200

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Professors

Spring 2027

Clare Haden

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About this rating

Raw average: 5.00/5 from 20 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.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 1.1/5 difficulty · 7 reviews

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Past student reviews · Clare Haden

Clare Haden taught this course as a fully asynchronous online experience with short, informal writing assignments and varied weekly tasks. Students described the workload as manageable and noted that Haden provided rapid, personalized feedback on every submission. Reviewers found the class engaging and useful for developing confidence, even for those without prior interest in theatre.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 86.1% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=120 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 88.8% A/AB (n=179 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 88.8% A/AB (n=179 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANNA GEBARSKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CLARE HADEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 001Online Only0 / 300
SEM 002Online Only0 / 300
SEM 003Online Only0 / 300
SEM 004Online Only0 / 300
SEM 005Online Only0 / 300
SEM 006Online Only0 / 300

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Clare Haden

Clare Haden taught a supportive, engaging course where students found the content applicable to life skills. She provided personalized feedback and remained accessible, making the class feel like a valuable, low-stress experience.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 86.1% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.56 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=120 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 88.8% A/AB (n=179 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Clare Haden

Students described the workload as light, with short, informal writing assignments and brief readings. One student noted the work felt like less than two credits, while others found the varied weekly tasks manageable and fun.

Past student reviews · Clare Haden

Students reported the course was entirely asynchronous with no lectures, though Professor Haden was active on Canvas. She graded submissions extremely quickly, sometimes within hours, and provided kind, productive reviews that kept students motivated.

Topics

  • Applying acting techniques to professional and educational contexts.
  • Effective communication tailored to diverse audiences.
  • Self-awareness and interpersonal connection through acting methods.

Skills

  • Public speaking confidence and effective communication in professional and personal settings.
  • Vocal and physical presence control for enhanced communication impact.
  • Real-time behavioral adjustment based on audience feedback.
  • Strategies for managing stage fright and performance anxiety.

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · 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.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.04 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 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

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
THEATRE 200 · Spring 2027

Acting Skills for Life

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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