A weekly multidisciplinary event that will include: sharing of ideas, information, and inspirations; professional and academic panels and workshops; guest artists; discussions and performances.

Study of criteria for analyzing and evaluating plays and performances; workshops in critical writing.

A theoretical and creative examination of visual, physical, and spiritual understanding of theatrical spaces and their relation to the artist, audience, and performance. The class is both a seminar and a studio practicum utilizing theatrical and nontheatrical texts. The class culminates in space-inspired performances created by student collaboration teams.

Classical trompe l'oeil painting and modern scene painting for classroom projects and departmental productions. Organization and painting of full stage drops emphasized. Materials fee.

To learn the basics of fabric dyeing including color matching, ombre, shibori, resist-dyeing; fabric painting and distressing using union dyes, fiber specific dyes, and fabric paint. Safety issues and concerns will also be addressed.

This course will introduce the student to each of the areas of costume crafts, which include but are not limited to a variety of materials. Millinery basic techniques will also be explored.

In this course, students will obtain a basic knowledge of pattern drafting based on draping to an individual, starting with the dress form and fitting it to a specific body. We will use draping techniques to learn pattern manipulation for garments post-1920s.

The objective of this course is to focus on the fit of clothing and costumes to individuals. Students will learn how to identify fit issues in a fitting setting and how to correct the pattern. Bias construction, flat-patterning, working with stretch, and direction-giving will be explored.

Explores the theories, practices, and the ideas behind the art of theater and theatrical performance in the 21st century, with an emphasis on historical perspectives and contemporary applications. Students will analyze how different societies and perspectives shape the theatrical form and the experience of it. Students will examine critically aesthetic and theoretical issues concerning theater and performance.

An actor-generated performance piece is created using theater games, improvisation, and ensemble-building techniques.

This studio/analytical course is designed to unite the actor's unique instrument with the dramatic demands of the written text. In this class, the play's the thing.

Course builds on concepts and skills learned in script analysis and applies them to close reads of two dramatic works and an intensive reading of two others. How does the actor get the most out of the first readings of a play? How do different works demand different or similar approaches? What is the nature and function of research in the artistic process?

Explores human history through the lens of fashion using a multidisciplinary approach for each period and drawing on art history, anthropology, psychology, economic and political history, as well as sociology to understand the major arcs of fashion and how they reflect the cultural consciousness of their time.

A holistic approach to learning the art of puppetry, this course combines a study of the history and aesthetics of puppetry with the art and craft of making and manipulating created actors, that is, puppets.

Delves into a half-century of theater's multi-branched avant-garde movement that flowered in the 1960s including the aesthetics, goals, and approaches to craft. Study includes political theater, new use of space, and development of new vocabularies.

Physical aspects of stage violence ranging from unarmed fighting to the use of weapons. Emphasis on safety and cooperation between actors.

Design projects tailored to individual needs with a concentration on productions of scale and complexity beyond departmental scope. Portfolio development is emphasized.

Advanced theoretical and practical lighting problems examined. Coordinated with current productions.

Directors meet with designers enrolled in 08:966:521-522, Elements of Design, to explore the collaborative process in the creation and exploration of design ideas.

Continuation of 08:966:533-534, Directing Project, with production of a full-length play at Jameson Studio Theater.

Learn how to replicate period gown prior to the 1920s through draping and flat-patterning techniques. This will include the construction of one complete finished set of period undergarments and period gown in muslin.

Obtain a basic knowledge of tailoring techniques by constructing a man's suit. This will include patterning, fitting to an individual, and constructing a man's suit jacket.

Obtain a basic knowledge of historical costumes and clothing, from western dress of ancient times up through the 17th century. This will include learning basic terminology and visual identification of periods using a variety of research tools.

The objective of this course is to obtain a basic knowledge of historical costumes and clothing from western dress of the 18th century to modern dress. This will include learning basic terminology and visual identification of periods using a variety of research tools.

Field trips to study practice at the League of Resident Theaters playhouses on the eastern seaboard. Conferences with artistic personnel and analyses of productions and performances. Activity fees.

One-on-one, hands-on tutorial work that frees personal habits of tension and inefficiency, which impede the ease and power of our physical design.

M.F.A. degree thesis projects in acting, directing, playwriting, stage management, and design.