07:965:211Theater Appreciation: Experiences in Contemporary Theater (3) Designed for nonmajors. Students attend a wide spectrum of theater offerings-Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, repertory, and university theater performances-and, through discussion and lectures by professional artists, gain an appreciation of performance. Theater tickets: up to $100 (generally, no text fee is required). Mancuso, Krebs |
07:965:212Theater and Contemporary Issues (3) Exploration of theater and drama as they relate to issues of contemporary culture. Class attends between six and eight productions in local, regional, and New York theater; reads several works on current issues; and writes on topics related to the two areas. Theater tickets: up to $100 (generally, no text fee is required). Prerequisite: 07:965:211. |
07:965:218Playwriting (3) Exploration of the craft of playwriting through the writing and evaluation of exercises, adaptations, and short plays. |
07:965:219Playwriting Project (BA) Advanced projects in playwriting by arrangement with instructor. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
07:965:271-272Basic Acting (3,3) Theory and practice of the art of acting. |
07:965:311-312Theater History (3,3) Western theatrical traditions from Greek through contemporary avant-garde theater. |
07:965:325-326Intermediate Acting: Scene Study (3,3) Scene study and the basis of characterization. Prerequisites: 07:965:271-272. Approval of instructor or audition required for admission. |
07:965:343American Theater and Drama (3) Survey of American theater and drama from the nineteenth century to the contemporary, with concentration from the period of Eugene O`Neill and the Provincetown Players to the present. |
07:965:359-360Independent Study (BA,BA) Open only to theater arts majors with permission of instructor and student`s theater arts adviser. |
07:965:384Shoestring Performance and Production (BA) Intensive investigation of advanced ensemble acting and creative dramatics. Full-length theater piece for children and adults produced. Eligible students assigned roles as performers or production staff. The Shoestring Players perform a limited touring season in the tristate area. Hart. Prerequisite: By audition only. |
07:965:396Internship/Theater (BA) Supervised work experience in a department of a professional theater organization. Includes design and production, performance, stage management, business management, or literary management. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
07:965:398Basic Theater Texts (3) Reading and discussion of key works in the theatrical repertoire. Survey begins with the classic Greek drama and ends with contemporary plays. Develops habits of script analysis particularly useful to theater practice. Prerequisites: 07:965:311-312 or permission of instructor. |
07:965:401Theater Criticism (3) Study of criteria for analyzing and evaluating plays and performances; workshops in critical writing. Blumenthal. Prerequisites: 07:965:311-312, accepted writing sample, and permission of instructor. |
07:965:408Script Analysis (3) Lecture and discussion designed to achieve a better understanding of play form and structure. Prerequisites: 07:965:311-312 or permission of instructor. |
07:965:421Directing (3) Principles of play directing. Hart. Prerequisites: 07:965:271-272 and 07:966: 215-216. Open to juniors and seniors only. |
07:965:422Advanced Directing Project (3) Principles of play directing and scene study. Hart. Prerequisite: 07:965:421. By permission of instructor. |
07:965:451Storytelling (3) An introduction to the art and practice of storytelling. Universal iconography and performance are stressed. Ruskin |
07:965:471-472Creative Dramatics for Children (3,3) Techniques of conducting informal dramatic activity; supervised practice with a group of children. Prerequisite: Open only to juniors and seniors by permission of instructor. |
07:965:491-492Project Work (6,6) Application of performance, production, or critical theory under professional supervision in an outside theatrical organization. Activities include, but are not limited to, literary management, acting, stage management, design, and theater management. Prerequisites: 07:966:215-216 and permission of student`s B.A. adviser. Open to juniors and seniors only. |
07:965:493Honors Seminar in Theater Arts (3) Students perfect abilities to do independent work. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
07:965:494Honors Project in Theater Arts (3) Individual research and/or creative project presented as honors thesis. Prerequisites: 07:965:493 and permission of department. |
07:965:495-496Seminar: Topics in Theater (BA,BA) |
07:965:497-498Workshop Assignments (BA,BA) |
