| THE 0150 | Theatre Workshop |
| Description: | Description not available. 1.5 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 |
| THE 0200 | Acting |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 , Fall 1997 |
| THE 0203 | Dance Movement |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 |
| THE 0212 | Rehearsal and Production |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2000 , Spring 1996 , Spring 1995 |
| THE 0412 | Seminar |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1998 |
| THE 0415 | Playwriting and Directing |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2001 , Spring 1998 |
| THE 2019 | The Theatrical Expernce |
| Description: | The variety of arts and crafts that combine to create theatre. Through hands-on experience, discussion, and performance, the interrelations among dramatic idea, stage direction, acting, design and technical elements that harmonize in a theatrical production are discovered. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 2021 | Theatre in Philadelphia |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Summer 2006 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 2025 | Improvisational Theatre |
| Description: | Improvisation to explore non-verbal communication strategies and the study of theatre as a communication medium. Readings in non-verbal communication and modern theatre theory. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | THE 2029 |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2004 , Spring 2004 |
| THE 2029 | Fund Princ of Acting |
| Description: | Traditional acting theories and basic techniques: games, improvisation, sensory awareness exercises and beginning work on scenes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| THE 2030 | Advan Princ of Acting |
| Description: | Creation of an original piece of theater. Self-selected scenes used to deepen individual growth. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2004 |
| THE 2032 | Elements of Dance |
| Description: | The broad range of dance styles, dance theory, vocabulary, and body placement. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 |
| THE 2033 | Advanced Elements of Dance |
| Description: | Expanded study of dance styles, dance theory, vocabulary, and body placement. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | THE 2032 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 2034 | Musical Theatre |
| Description: | Explores the conventions of musical theatre. Practical work in the application of musical performance theory to specific song, movement and stylized acting techniques. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2000 |
| THE 2040 | Theatre Practicum |
| Description: | Significant and responsible participation in the department's production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 |
| THE 2051 | Creativity in Theatre |
| Description: | Employing writing, acting, directing, movement, film, music and mixed-media elements, the course creates an experimental definition of theatre including content, structure and form. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 |
| THE 3006 | Shakespeare on Stage |
| Description: | Shakespeare texts as theatrical experiences, including both traditional and modern approaches to directing Shakespeare. Practical scene work to make complex language accessible to beginning students. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2007 , Spring 2005 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2002 |
| THE 3007 | Playwriting |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2006 , Spring 2006 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2005 |
| THE 3008 | Black Theatre |
| Description: | Focuses on the development of Black theatre as an outgrowth of African-American historical evolution with an emphasis on those plays which are enduring. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 3020 | Teaching of Acting |
| Description: | A laboratory course for teachers of dramatic arts at the junior and senior high school levels. Emphasis is on the development of teaching skills, including exercises in movement, improvisation and scene study. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 3030 | Spec Topics in Theatre |
| Description: | A specialized area of theatre studies (e.g., avant-garde, feminist, Asian, Melodrama), combining elements of theatre history, dramatic literature and criticism, as well as performance and production aspects of live theatre. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 |
| THE 4010 | Scenography |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 4011 | Directing the Play |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 4014 | Women and Theatre |
| Description: | The contribution of women artists to the American theatre, discussing the particular social issues, and the pertinent historical perceptions and problems encountered by women in the arts. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1995 |
| THE 4020 | Directed Studies in Theatre |
| Description: | Reading and practical work in a specialized area of theatrical production or scholarship under the direction of a faculty artist or scholar. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | NONE |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 , Summer 2009 , Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 |
| THE 7000 | Creative Drama-Teachers |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 7001 | Improvisation in Classrm |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 7002 | Directing |
| Description: | The process of stage directing, including script interpretation. Emphasis is on the use of action, movement, design and rhythm in staging techniques. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 7003 | Acting/Directing Styles |
| Description: | Acting and directing employing the techniques used to approach classical texts. For actors, emphasis will be on the relationship between performance style and the language of classic texts; for directors, the requisite stage imagery. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 7004 | Perform Theory-Monodrama |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 7005 | Asian Theatre |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 7010 | Scenography |
| Description: | Investigation of the stage metaphor and image for the director/actor and beginning designer. Emphasis on translating intellectual production concepts into visual ones. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2008 , Spring 2006 , Spring 2004 , Spring 2002 |
| THE 7011 | Directing the Play |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 7051 | Playwriting Strc/Style |
| Description: | An introduction to the art of playwriting through the study of existing plays (both as texts and as productions) and their components, as well as the development of students' own plays through specific assignments, exercises, and ongoing scene work. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 7052 | Sound and Movement |
| Description: | Eastern and Western theories of voice production and body work. Application of techniques to integrate the components of the performing artist's physical instrument. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 , Spring 2005 |
| THE 7070 | Theatre Topics |
| Description: | Seminar course focusing on a specialized area of theatre studies, (e.g., avant-garde, feminist, Asian, Melodrama), combining elements of theatre history, dramatic literature and criticism, as well as performance and production aspects of live theatre. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2005 |
| THE 7100 | Principles of Acting |
| Description: | Fundamental training in the Stanislavsky System as applied to performing realistic plays, including exercises, improvisation, & scene work. Restricted to graduate students & qualified undergraduates. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 7110 | Script Analysis |
| Description: | Examination of the sociological, psychological and ideological circumstances of modern and contemporary American plays through a line-by-line breakdown of text to reveal the connection of action and characterization to theme. Restricted to Graduate students and qualified Undergraduates 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 7120 | Dramaturgy-Classic |
| Description: | Introduction to production dramaturgy, examining dramatic literature and exploring theatrical practices from the fourth century B.C.E. to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Development of research skills necessary for dramaturgical work. Restricted to Graduate students and qualified Undergraduates. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 7130 | Dramaturgy-Modern |
| Description: | Further studies in production dramaturgy, examining dramatic literature and exploring late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatrical practices (Eastern and Western). Development of research skills necessary to prepare dramaturgical materials designed to support production. Restricted to Graduate students and qualified Undergraduates. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 7140 | Dramtc Vis & Frm Classic |
| Description: | Study of the radical juxtaposition of contrasting plays from different countries (Eastern and Western) and different eras (classic orientation) in the context of dramatic theory and criticism. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | (THE 7110 or THE 8039) and (THE 7120 or THE 8504) and (THE 7130 or THE 8501) |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 7150 | Dramtc Vis & Frm Modern |
| Description: | Study of the radical juxtaposition of contrasting plays from different countries (Eastern and Western) and different eras (modern orientation) in the context of dramatic theory and criticism. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | (THE 7110 or THE 8039) and (THE 7120 or THE 8504) and (THE 7130 or THE 8501) |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 7200 | Production Practicum I |
| Description: | Significant & responsible participation in the department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 7210 | Production Practicum II |
| Description: | Significant & responsible participation in the department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 7220 | Production Practicum III |
| Description: | Significant & responsible participation in the department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Graduate students and qualified undergraduates |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 8000 | Principles of Acting |
| Description: | Introduction to the actor's creative process using exercises, improvisations and scenes. Emphasis on realistic, emotion-based approaches to preparation and performance. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 8001 | Characterization |
| Description: | Acting explored through vocal and physical adjustments. Exercises and scene work in non-realistic theater, with an emphasis on comedy. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2005 |
| THE 8002 | Acting Styles |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8003 | Advanced Scene Study |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2006 |
| THE 8004 | The Teaching of Acting |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Summer 1996 |
| THE 8011 | Play Directing II |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8013 | The Musical Theatre |
| Description: | An examination of the musical theatre from historical and contemporary perspectives. Includes training in the development of artistic and organizational skills necessary for mounting a musical production. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 , Spring 2003 |
| THE 8022 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8023 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Description not available. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8024 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Description not available. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8025 | The Production Practicum |
| Description: | Significant and responsible participation in department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| THE 8026 | The Production Practicum |
| Description: | Significant and responsible participation in department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| THE 8027 | The Production Practicum |
| Description: | Significant and responsible participation in department production program. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| THE 8031 | Design II |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8033 | Performance Art |
| Description: | A theoretical and practical examination of the contemporary media of performance art and its relationship to traditional theater. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 8035 | Technical Theatre |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8039 | Script Analysis |
| Description: | An examination of the sociological, psychological and ideological circumstances of contemporary American scripts. The analytic technique is a line-by-line breakdown of a text to reveal the connection of action and characterization to theme. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 8060 | Criticism |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8061 | Special Projects Theatre |
| Description: | Description not available. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8100 | Improvisation |
| Description: | Exploration of unscripted performance through individual & group exercises, theatre games, & short- & long-form improvisation. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8110 | Voice & Movement |
| Description: | Exploration of theories in voice production & body work (Eastern & Western) & application of techniques to integrate the components of the performer's physical instrument. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 8120 | Characterization |
| Description: | Acting explored from the point of view of social class, focusing on voice & behavior adjustments to create class distinctions. Group exercises & scene work in a variety of social class-based circumstances. Prerequisite is THE 7100 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8125 | Scene Study |
| Description: | Further exploration of scene work to deepen actors' understanding of their art, themselves, & their collaborative relationship with scene partners. Prerequisite is THE 7100 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8130 | Solo Performance |
| Description: | Immersive workshop integrating all aspects of theatre-making - writing, directing, dramaturgy, acting, design - through the weekly creation and presentation of original pieces for the solo artist. Prereq: THE 7100; or permission of instructor 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 8140 | Musical Theatre |
| Description: | Practical approach to developing & integrating the performance skills required for musical theatre: acting, singing, & dancing. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8150 | Acting Styles |
| Description: | Laboratory on performing nonrealistic theatre; actors develop approaches to classical and/or modern plays with heightened language, physical & stylistic demands. Prerequisite is THE 7100 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 8160 | Scenography |
| Description: | Introduction to & investigation of the three primary elements of stage design - scenery, costume, & lighting - with an emphasis on the visual realization of production concepts. Prerequisite is THE 7110 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 8170 | Directing |
| Description: | Fundamentals of directing realistic plays: script analysis, creative interpretation, approaches to working with the actor, movement & blocking, visualization, design, rhythm & picturization, culminating in the staging of two realistic scenes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | (THE 7100 or THE 8000) and (THE 7110 or THE 8039) |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 8180 | Directing Styles |
| Description: | Laboratory that concentrates on the process of evolving original approaches to nonrealistic plays, & on developing with actors an expressive approach to classical, poetic, fantastic, extreme, and/or abstract material. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | THE 8170 or THE 7002 |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 8190 | Playwriting |
| Description: | Hands-on exploration of the art & craft of playwriting through exercises, scene writing, the study of existing plays (as texts & in production,) & the development of students' own dramatic work. Prerequisites are THE 7100 & THE 7110 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 8200 | Theatre Topics |
| Description: | Seminar focusing on a specialized area of theatre studies (Ancient Greek, Asian, Irish, Melodrama, feminist, etc.), combining elements of theatre history, dramatic literature & criticism as well as performance & production aspects of live theatre. Restricted to graduate students & qualified undergraduates. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2009 |
| THE 8210 | Performance Theory |
| Description: | Investigation of performance, from theatre and dance to ritual and popular entertainment (e.g., circus, kathakali, Broadway muscials, festivals, schamanism), using a variety of theories to examine contemporary critical issues. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8220 | Gender, Politics & Performance |
| Description: | Theoretical approach to the interpretation of dramatic texts and performances, focusing on topics of gender, identity, subjectivity and politics. Students will integrate theory and practice, while enhancing writing skills. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8230 | Avant-Garde Theatre |
| Description: | Seminar exploring the twentieth-century American avant-garde, including artists such as the Living Theatre, the Open Theatre, Allan Kaprow, Bread and Puppet Theatre, Performance Group, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, Robert Wilson, Mabou Mines, the Wooster Group, etc. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8240 | Asian Theatre |
| Description: | Seminar exploring the performance forms (both traditional & modern) of India, China, Japan, & Southeast Asia, with emphasis on their characteristic features; cultural, religious, & aesthetic influences. The impact of these forms on Western theatre practice. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8250 | Critical Writing for Theatre |
| Description: | Wrokshop in critical writing about dramatic texts and theatrical production, including but not limited to innovative scholarship and production reviews. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8300 | The Teaching of Theatre |
| Description: | Exploration of the skills necessary to teach practical theatre at all levels: formulating teaching goals, creating syllabi, developing lesson plans, creating lectures & in-class presentation materials, & learning to adapt these to a variety of learning styles. Prerequisites are THE 7100, THE 7110, THE 7120 & THE 7130 or permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8310 | Technical Theatre |
| Description: | Introduction to various scene shops and scenic technologies, including the study of traditional and modern materials, construction tools and techniques, and shop organization and management as they pertain to scenic production. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8320 | Theatre Administration |
| Description: | Project-driven introduction to the basics of theatre administration: crafting a mission statement; building a board; establishing 501(c)3 status; creating budgets; PR/marketing; grantwriting and cultivating funders; hiring and managing a staff; acquiring performance spaces; and working with theatrical unions. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8400 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Faculty/student seminar discussing just-completed & current projects for the purpose of exchanging practical & philosophical responses to issues, problems, & procedures encountered in the work. 1.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8410 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Faculty/student seminar discussing just-completed & current projects for the purpose of exchanging practical & philosophical responses to issues, problems, & procedures encountered in the work. 2.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8420 | Rehearsal & Performance |
| Description: | Faculty/student seminar discussing just-completed & current projects for the purpose of exchanging practical & philosophical responses to issues, problems, & procedures encountered in the work. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8501 | Dramaturgy Thea Trad Mod |
| Description: | Readings and analysis in the conventions of theatrical production. East and West, with an emphasis upon the preparation of dramaturgical guides, for contemporary production of modern works. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 8502 | Theatre History III |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8503 | Theatre History iv |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8504 | Dramaturgy-Classic Trads |
| Description: | Readings and analysis in the conventions of theatrical production, East and West, with an emphasis upon the preparation of dramaturgical guides for contemporary production of historical works. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 8510 | Dramtc Vis & Frm Classic |
| Description: | A study of the radical juxtaposition of contrasting plays from different countries (East and West) and different eras (classic orientation) in the context of dramatic theory and criticism. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005 |
| THE 8511 | Dramtc Vis & Frm Modern |
| Description: | A study of the radical juxtaposition of contrasting plays from different countries (East and West) and different eras (modern orientation) in the context of dramatic theory and criticism. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Spring 2006 |
| THE 8512 | Drama Literature III |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8513 | Drama Literature IV |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8514 | Hist of American Theatre |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8515 | History of Avant-Garde |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8516 | Dramaturgy |
| Description: | A seminar on the methodology of production research, the relationship between the director and the dramaturgy, and the development of program material. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 1999 , Fall 1998 |
| THE 8518 | Contemp American Theatre |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8519 | Plays Thea & Revolution |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8520 | Theatre Aesthetics |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8521 | Perform Thry Monodrama |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8522 | Research & Bibliography |
| Description: | Description not available. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8523 | Spec Stud - Research |
| Description: | Advanced research in theatre history, dramaturgy, literature or criticism on a tutorial basis. Includes public present- ation of a research project. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 |
| THE 8525 | Special Studies - Acting |
| Description: | Advanced scene work in a range of acting styles on a tutorial basis. Includes public performance of a dramatic program. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Summer 2009 , Spring 2009 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 |
| THE 8526 | Spec Stud - Scenography |
| Description: | Advanced scenic design work on a tutorial basis. Includes public presentation and defense of a design project. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| THE 8527 | Spec Studies - Directing |
| Description: | Advanced directing work on a one-act play or significant portion of a full-length play. Includes public presentation of the directing project. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 |
| THE 8528 | Spec Studies-Playwriting |
| Description: | Advanced scene writing or playwriting on a tutorial basis. Includes public reading of an original script. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| THE 8529 | Spec Studies- Production |
| Description: | Advanced work in an area of technical production, including stage management and set construction, on a tutorial basis. Includes public presentation and defense of production skills. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2009 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007 |
| THE 8530 | Spec Stud Voice Movement |
| Description: | Advanced voic production and body work on a tutorial basis. Includes public performance of an original voice and move- ment program. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 1998 , Spring 1997 , Spring 1996 |
| THE 8540 | Collaborative Theatremaking |
| Description: | Laboratory workshop in collective creation for actors, directors, playwrights, dramaturgs, and designers generating weekly installments of a semester-long narrative written, designed, directed, and performed by participants in rotating small groups. Prereq.: Permission of instructors. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 8550 | Play Development Workshop |
| Description: | Laboratory workshop for playwrights, dramaturgs and directors developing new plays and exploring the collaborative process through script conferences, work with actors, and ongoing revision, culminating in public staged readings. Prereq.: Permission of instructor. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9080 | Thesis Continuation |
| Description: | Description not available. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 1996 |
| THE 9100 | Advanced Acting Workshop |
| Description: | Advanced performance work focusing on a specialized acting method or technique, such as Commedia dell'Arte, Shakespeare, Suzuki Method, or professional audition techniques. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | (THE 7100 or THE 8000) and (THE 7110 or THE 8039) and (THE 8120 or THE 8001) or (THE 8125 or THE 8003) or (THE 8150 or THE 8002) |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9110 | Advanced Dramaturgy |
| Description: | Advanced work on production research methods, developing the relationship between the director and the dramaturg, and the creation of program material. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | (THE 7100 or THE 8000) and (THE 7120 or THE 8504) and (THE 7130 or THE 8501) |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9120 | Advanced Scenography Workshop |
| Description: | Advanced exploration of the three primary elements of stage design. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | THE 8160 or THE 7010 |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9130 | Advanced Directing Workshop |
| Description: | Advanced work on play texts: advanced scene scoring & picturization, open rehearsals, fostering of artistic collaborations, staging of stylistically challenging scenes. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | THE 8170 or THE 7002 |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9140 | Advanced Playwriting Workshop |
| Description: | Advanced work on original full-length or long one-act plays, with particular attention to revision strategies and techniques. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | THE 8190 or THE 7051 |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9200 | Spec Stud - Production |
| Description: | Advanced work in an area of technical production (e.g., set construction, stage management, scenic painting, etc.) on a tutorial basis. May include the public presentation and defense of production work. Permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 9210 | Spec Stud - Research |
| Description: | Advanced research in theatre history, literature or criticism on a tutorial basis. May include the defense of a research project. Prereqs: THE 7120 and THE 7130, permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 9220 | Stud - Voice & Movement |
| Description: | Advanced voice production and body work on a tutorial basis. May include the public performance of an original voice and movement program. Prereq.: THE 8110; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9230 | Spec Stud - Acting |
| Description: | Advanced scene and monologue work in a range of acting styles on a tutorial basis. May include the public performance of a dramatic program. Prereqs: THE 7100 and THE 7110 and THE 8120 or THE 8125 or THE 8150; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 9240 | Spec Stud - Solo Performance |
| Description: | Advanced work in solo performance on a tutorial basis. Includes the public performance of an original piece. Prereq.: THE 8130; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9250 | Spec Stud - Dramaturgy |
| Description: | Advanced practical work in dramaturgy on a tutorial basis. May include the defense of a dramaturgical project. Prereq.: THE 7120 and THE 7130; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: |
| THE 9260 | Spec Stud - Scenography |
| Description: | Advanced work specializing in one area of stage design (scenery, costume, or lighting) on a tutorial basis. May include the public presentation and defense of a design project. Prereq.: THE 8160; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 |
| THE 9270 | Spec Stud - Directing |
| Description: | Advanced directing work on a one-act play or significant portion of a full-length play on a tutorial basis. Includes a public presentation of the directing project. Prereq.: THE 8170; permission of instructor and approval of department Chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 9280 | Spec Stud - Playwriting |
| Description: | Advanced playwriting on a tutorial basis. May include a public reading of an original script. Prereq.: THE 8190; permission of instructor and approval of department chair. 3.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |
| THE 9300 | Thesis Continuation |
| Description: | Continuation of supervised research for students writing master's theses. Prereq.: Approval of department chair. 0.0 credit(s) |
| Restrictions: | Restricted to graduate students |
| Prerequisites: | None. |
| Last Offered: | Spring 2010 , Fall 2009 |