Undergraduate
121 Scenery and Lighting Laboratory (1-2R)
Building and painting scenery, hanging lights for productions. thrice for maximum of 8 credits.
122 Costume Laboratory (1-2R)
Building costumes for productions. thrice for maximum of 8 credits.
124 Production (1-2R)
Working backstage for productions. thrice for maximum of 8 credits.
196 Field Studies: [Topic] (1-2R)
198 Workshop: [Topic] (1-2R)
199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1-5R)
Stage crew: lighting, scene, costume.
210 Introduction to Design (4)
Introduction to the principles of design as applied to the arts of theatre
design, scenery, costumes, and lighting. Creative projects to develop
concepts of visual imagery. Rose, Hooker. Includes laboratory
211 Theater Production I (4)
Introduction to the mechanics of mounting a theatrical production including basic construction of scenery and props and use of lighting equipment. Rose. Includes laboratory.
212 Theater Production II (4)
Introduction to costumes and makeup. Costume construction includes basic
hand and machine sewing techniques. Beginning makeup covers ingenue,
beards, wounds, and fantasy. Bonds. Includes laboratory.
250 Acting I (4)
Principles of warm-ups, individual inventory, Stanislavski system, character
analysis, and rehearsal procedure.
This course is offered in multiple
sections every term. No prerequisites. (Graduate Instructors).
251 Acting II (4)
Continuation of Stanislavski in scene study supported by full dramaturgical
consideration of characterization in the scope of a play – recently,
students in one section studied and did scene work from A Doll’s House,
both the original by Henrik Ibsen and an adaptation by Ingmar Bergman.
This
course is offered Winter term only, in two sections – students must
have successfully completed Acting I in order to apply or audition for
permission to enroll. (May, Gilg).
252 Acting III (4)
Development of performance principles through new explorations in movement
and voice, with an emphasis on poetic texts and monologue work.
This course
is offered Spring term only, in two sections – students must have successfully
completed Acting I and II in order to apply or audition for permission
to enroll. (Schmor, May, Gilg).
271 Introduction to Theater Arts (4)
Play and script structure, contemporary aesthetic attitudes, and the value of theater arts to society and the individual.
321 Scenery Production (1-3R)
Production or performance crew head for scenery. Prereq: TA 210, 211, 212. R thrice for maximum of 12 credits.
322 Costume Production (1-3R)
Production or performance crew head for costumes. Prereq: TA 210, 211, 212. R thrice for maximum of 12 credits.
323 Lighting Production (1-3R)
Production or performance crew head for lighting. Prereq: TA 210, 211,
212. R thrice for maximum of 12 credits.
324 Production (1-3R)
Stage manager, assistant director, or dramaturgy position. R thrice for
maximum of 12 credits.
325 Performance (1-3R)
Preparation, rehearsal, and performance of an acting role. R thrice for
maximum of 12 credits.
364 Play Direction (4)
Sources of dramatic material, choice of plays, casting and rehearsal
of players, production organization. Prereq: TA 210, 211, 212, 250, 271,
or equivalent and instructor's consent. Gilg.
367 Theatre History I (4)
The Western classical tradition from ancient Greek theatre through Roman,
Medieval, Renaissance (Italy, England, and Spain). (Schmor/Watson).
368 Theatre History II (4)
Theatres of court and empire, from French Neoclassical through English
Restoration, Japanese and Chinese court theatres, German Romanticism,
and the advent of Realism (Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov). (Graduate Instructor).
369 Theatre History III (4)
Modernist avant-garde and postmodernist cross-cultural theatres, from
early 20th century revolutionary theatre through Brecht, Beckett, 1960s
physical theatre collectives, Grotowski, “Happenings,” “Performance
Art,” postcolonial drama and new works. (Schmor).
399 Special Studies: [Topic] (1-5R)
401 Research: [Topic] (1-21R)
405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-21R)
406 Field Studies: [Topic] (1-21R)
407/507 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R)
408/508 Workshop: [Topic] (1-21R)
409 Practicum: [Topic] (1-3R)
Rehearsal and Performance is a current topic. R thrice for maximum of 12 credits.
410/510 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-4R)
411/511, 412/512, 413/513 Costume History I,II,III (4,4,4)
History of Western clothing in cultural context. Bonds.
411/511: Egyptian to Renaissance.
412/512: mid-Renaissance to romanticism.
413/513: Victorian to the present.
416/516 Costume Design (4)
Beginning design concepts and various artistic media as applicable to
costume design and rendering techniques. Prereq: TA 210 or instructor's consent.
Bonds.
417/517 Advanced Costume Design (4)
Analysis and interpretation of scripts for costume design. Continuation of development of rendering techniques. Prereq: TA 416/516 or instructor's consent. Bonds.
418/518 Costume Pattern Drafting (4)
Designing patterns through flat patterning and draping techniques. Practical experience in pattern development and execution. Prereq: TA 212 or instructor's consent. Bonds.
419/519 Costume Construction (4)
Practical problems encountered in building and decorating costumes for
the stage. Prereq: TA 212 or instructor's consent. Bonds.
423/523 Theater Arts Pedagogy (4R)
Practical experience as teaching assistant includes research, presentation, coaching, and written reports. Available in a variety of disciplines. Prereq: instructor's consent. R thrice when topic changes for maximum of 16 credits. Barton.
425/525 Scenery Drafting Techniques (4)
Drafting techniques for the scenic artist. Plan views; isometric, orthographic, and section views of scenery details. Conventions of stage and scenery plans. Drafting equipment. Prereq: TA 211 or instructor's consent. Hooker.
440/540 Principles of Design in the Theater (4)
Visual statement in the theater. Composition, color, spatial relationships, line, and movement for the scene, costume, and lighting designers and for the director and actor.
441/541 Scene Design: Single Set (4)
Elements of scene design; the scene designer's role. Creating a ground plan, measured perspective techniques, elevations, design styles. Design process and procedures related to the proscenium stage only. Prereq: TA 210 or instructor's consent. Hooker.
442/542 Scene Design: Multiple Sets (4)
Selected problems in the design of dramatic productions. Prereq: TA 210 or instructor's consent. Hooker.
444/544 The Mask (4)
Explores mask design in different world cultures and mask fabrication in various materials.
445/545 Advanced Projects in Theater Technology: [Topic] (4R)
Specialized areas of theater technology, one topic per term. Topics include
scene painting, projections, draping, makeup, puppetry, stage management,
props, and special effects. Prereq: instructor's consent. R seven times
when topic changes for maximum of 32 credits. (Bonds, Hooker, Rose).
452/552 Advanced Acting: [Topic] (4R)
Topics in the performance of a specific genre or period (Shakespeare, Brecht,
ancient and contemporary versions of Greek drama); in devising (devising for
mainstage production, community-based and location performance, solo performance);
and technique (intensive skill development in movement, speech and song, emotional
range, rhetorical codes)
(Advanced Acting courses are offered each term, and are open by application/audition
for permission to enroll, to all students who have successfully completed
Acting I, II, III and have completed at least two of the 210, 211, 212 sequence.
Recent courses have included: Lyric Performance (Barton); Neurolinguistic
Programming (Barton); Acting Shakespeare (Barton and Schmor); Presence and
Resistance (Schmor); Challenges in Greek Drama (May).
462 Advanced Script Analysis (4)
Topics in theater literature including recent European drama, recent American drama, recent British drama, and American musical theater. Prereq: TA 367, 368, 369.
465 Playwriting (4)
Writing for live performance in both traditional and non-traditional venues.
467/567 Lighting for the Stage (4)
Designing lighting for the stage; technical and aesthetic problems. Prereq: TA 211 or instructor's consent. Rose.
471/571 Studies in Theater and Culture: [Topic] (4R)
Dramatic literature and historical cultural concepts. Establishes a cultural
context for periods of drama, using arts materials and socioeconomic factors
to clarify aesthetic attitudes and practices of theater. Prereq: TA 462 and
instructor's consent. R thrice when topic changes for maximum of 16 credits.
472/572 Multicultural Theater: [Topic] (4R)
Origins and development of contributions in theater and drama by various cultures including Latino and Latina, Chicano and Chicana, African American, Asian American, and Native American. R four times when topic changes for maximum of 20 credits.
474/574 Themes in Dramatic Literature: [Topic] (4R)
The intents, uses, and effects of dramatic literature with special regard for theatrical production and audience reception. R thrice when topic changes for a maximum of 16 credits.
503 Thesis (1-16R)
Graduate
601 Research: [Topic] (1-16R)
602 Supervised College Teaching (1-16R)
605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-16R)
606 Field Studies: [Topic] (1-16R)
607 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R)
Recent topics (for graduate students only) have
included Postmodernism, Brecht, contemporary Aesthetics, Dada/Surrealism, Ecocriticism, Shakespeare in contemporary theory and production. (Schmor, May, Watson)
608 Workshop: [Topic] (1-16R)
609 Practicum: [Topic] (1-3R)
Rehearsal and Performance is a current topic. R five times for a maximum of 18 credits.
610 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-5R)
611 Research Methods (3)
Survey of critical perspectives and research methodologies, required introduction
for new graduate students to our programs and resources.
651, 652 Theory of Dramatic Production (3, 3)
651: History and theories of acting/performance. (Schmor)
652: History and theories of directing/production. (Schmor)
664 Special Problems in History of Theater: [Topic] (3R)
Components of the theater during the golden ages of dramatic art: the ancients, European Renaissance, Asiatic, 18th- and 19th-century European. Watson.