Introduction to Theater Art, Every Year, Fall 3(3-0-3)
Discover how the traditions and practice of theatre in our society have developed, attend live theatre with classmates, and participate in play production projects that will inspire you to make the enjoyment of live theatre on ongoing part of your life.
Introduction to Dramatic Process, Every Year, Fall 3(0-0-6)
Develop skills for creating dramatic presentations using improvised as well as published and original scripts. This introductory course in stage acting and the play development/rehearsal process provides opportunities to become a moreconfident and successful team member in collaborative situations on and off the stage. Topics include story telling, play analysis, theatre appreciation, effective use of the voice and body in performance, mime and mask.
Ensemble Production, Every Year, Winter 3(0-0-6)
Rehearsal and production of a full-length play for public performance: Students audition for production assignments in acting, stage management, and assistant directing in a play or a selection of scenes. Play analysis, scene study, rehearsal, and performance skills are practiced. Attendance at selected professional theatre productions is an aspect of this course.
Prerequisites: 3 credits in Drama or consent of the instructor.
Stagecraft And Design, Every Year, Winter 3(0-0-6)
An introduction to the technical aspects of theatre: scenery design, construction, and painting, lighting and sound, properties, costume, and stage management. Students will undertake practical projects in one or more of the technical disciplines as part of a production company presenting the fall full-length play in the production studio.
Prerequisites: 3 credits in drama or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to and Development of Oral Communication, Every Year, Winter 3(3-0-3)
Learn to speak in public. Gain understanding of your speaking voice as physical instrument, and develop ways to make it work better for you. The life of an educated person presents many speaking opportunities: to entertain, to teach, to persuade, to negotiate, and to inspire in a wide variety of public settings. Drama 349 uses theatre-based techniques to develop public speaking skills and design effective oral presentations.
Intermediate Ensemble Production II, Every Year, Winter 3(0-0-6)
Further opportunity for rehearsal and production of a full-length play for public performance: Students audition for production assignments in acting, stage management, and assistant directing in a play or a selection of scenes. Play analysis, scene study, rehearsal, and performance skills are practiced. Attendance at selected professional theatre productions is an aspect of this course.
Prerequisites: DRAM 305
Special Projects in Drama, Every Year, 1.5(0-0-3)
This course gives the student an opportunity to do intensive production-related work in drama under the direction of the instructor. Students focus on a particular aspect of production and take major responsibility for that aspect. The course may be taken as 398 and again as 399. Students must follow the same procedures for requesting this course as for a Directed Reading Course.
Prerequisites: DRAM 202 or 249 or consent of instructor.
Special Projects in Drama, Every Year, 1.5(0-0-3)
This course gives the student an opportunity to do intensive production-related work in drama under the direction of the instructor. Students focus on a particular aspect of production and take major responsibility for that aspect. The course may be taken as 398 and again as 399. Students must follow the same procedures for requesting this course as for a Directed Reading Course.
Prerequisites: DRAM 202 or 249 or consent of instructor.
Advanced Ensemble Production, Every Year, Winter 3(0-0-6)
Further opportunity for rehearsal and production of a full-length play for public performance: Students audition for production assignments in acting, stage managment and assistant directing in a play or a selection of scenes. Play analysis, scene study, rehearsal, and performance skills are practiced. Attendance at selected professional theatre productions is an aspect of this course.
Prerequisites: DRAM 355