07:965:211 Theater Appreciation I (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 and in class presentation fee: up to $150 (generally, no text is required). Jones, Mancuso.

07:965:212 Theater Appreciation II (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 and in class presentation fee: up to $150 (generally, no text fee is required). Prerequisite: 07:965:211. Mancuso.

07:965:271-272 Basic Acting (3,3) In the first semester, through theater games and classroom exercises, the student learns to respond spontaneously from his or her genuine and personal self. In the second semester, the student applies the foundation built in the first semester to the practical aspects of acting in scripted material.

07:965:300 New York Theater Experience (3) This course is designed to provide the student an enhanced, detailed experience as an audience member of contemporary theater. This is done by examining and challenging the plays in deep analytical terms: examining play/script structure, elements of design, performance truth, and directing/staging. Students attend up to 12 professional productions--Broadway, Off Broadway, and regional. The class attends plays every Wednesday night, and in-depth student panel discussion occurs the following Monday evening. Cost of class is $375. Transportation is additional. Jones

07:965:310 Introduction to Costume Design (3) Introduces the techniques required to create costumes for a theatrical production. The class will include some rendering, but the focus will be creating and researching design concepts in storyboard form.
Esposito

07:965:311-312 Theater History (3,3) Western theatrical traditions from Greek through contemporary avant-garde theater. Letwin

07:965:314-315 Playwriting (3,3) Exploration of the craft of playwriting through the writing and evaluation of exercises, adaptations, and short plays.

07:965:318 Screenwriting (3) An introduction to writing for film; students develop their own screenplays as they examine different styles and genres of the medium.

07:965:325-326 Intermediate 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. Lents.

07:965:350 Improvisation and Theater Games (3) Improvisational theater games and exercises for the student who has some experience in acting. Prerequisite: 07:965:271. Ruskin.

07:965:359-360 Independent Study (BA,BA) Prerequisite: Open only to upper-class theater arts majors with permission of instructor and student's theater arts adviser.

07:965:364 Theater Management (3) Exploration of management of regional and commercial theater, including organization, administration, marketing, budgeting and fundraising. Prerequisite: Open to 965/966 majors or by permission of instructor. Jones.

07:965:365 Theater Management: Producing (3) Continuation of theater management with emphasis on the role of the producer. Prerequisite: 07:965:364. Jones.

07:965:390 Theater Horizons (1) Discussion of careers in theater and career preparation--guest speakers and site visits included. Required of all junior theater arts 965 majors. Jones.

07:965:396 Internship/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.

07:965:398 Basic 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. Lents.

07:965:401 Theater Criticism (3) Study of criteria for analyzing and evaluating plays and performances; workshops in critical writing. Prerequisites: 07:965:311-312, accepted writing sample, and permission of instructor. Blumenthal.

07:965:408 Dramatic Structure (3) Lecture and discussion designed to achieve a better understanding of play form and structure. Prerequisites: 07:965:311-312 or permission of instructor. Letwin.

07:965:421 Directing (3) Principles of play directing, including visual storytelling techniques, communication with actors, and staging fundamentals. Prerequisites: 07:965:271-272 and 07:966:215-216. Open to juniors and seniors only. O'Connor.

07:965:422 Advanced Directing Project (3) Under the direct supervision of the instructor, students apply techniques learned in directing to the direction of a one-act play.
Prerequisite: 07:965:421. By permission of instructor. O'Connor.

07:965:451 Storytelling Workshop (3) An introduction to the art and practice of storytelling. Universal iconography and performance are stressed. Students are placed for performance practice. Prerequisite: 07:965:271. Ruskin.

07:965:471-472 Creative Dramatics for Children (3,3) Techniques of conducting informal dramatic activity; supervised practice with a group of children. Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors by permission of instructor. Ruskin.

07:965:491-492 Project Work (BA, BA) 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. Jones.

07:965:493 Honors Seminar in Theater Arts (3) Students perfect abilities to do independent work. Prerequisite: Permission of B.A. adviser. Jones.

07:965:494 Honors Project in Theater Arts (3) Individual research and/or creative project presented as honors thesis. Prerequisites: 07:965:493 and permission of B.A. adviser. Jones.

07:965:495-496 Seminar: Topics in Theater (BA,BA)

07:965:497-498 Workshop Topics in Theater (BA,BA)