2024-2025 Course List

Integrated sound design to support and enhance theatrical production.

Prerequisites:

THEA 475

Survey of theatrical history from its origins to 1700.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100

This course examines how all global performance styles and techniques influence each other. Focusing on the last 250 years, students will examine how performance practices from all around the world have merged (sometimes in a celebratory way, sometimes due to appropriation) to become the performing arts of today.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Survey of the history of the American Musical Theatre from its origins to the present.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100 and consent

This class teaches how to access historical information and present it to directors, actors, or designers in a way that will help them make informed and practical artistic choices.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100 and consent

Writing the short and long play.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100. Permission of instructor.

Special topics not covered in other classes. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

THEA 100. Permission of Instructor

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Prerequisites:

Consent

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Prerequisites:

Consent

A performance based class concentrating on using the song as the basis for acting.

Introductory survey of American Musical Theatre history and repertoire as well as performance techniques for the singing actor. ALT-F

Study and exercises in vocal development emphasizing the demands of stage speech.

Theatre speech including study of the International Phonetic Alphabet. F

A study and practice of dialects most often used in performance. ALT-S

Advanced scene studies with a focus on analysis and the varied approaches to developing motivations. ALT-S

The development of individual performance craft and advanced acting methodologies. ALT-F

Advanced scene studies in classical and stylized dramatic literature. ALT-S

Development of performance craft for the media. ALT-S

An exploration of basic skills involved in unarmed combat and a variety of historical weapons systems with primary emphasis on theatricality and safety. F

Exposes students to the functions of theatre managers through case studies, discussions, practical application and readings. ALT-S

Advanced studies in script analysis, actor psychology, and staging techniques culminating in performance projects with critical analysis. S

Students will build a strong ensemble and work together to create a new production about a specific event or theme relevant to them.

Development of techniques and skills in the creation of scenery. F

Refinement of model building and drawing skills in theatrical design. S

A visual appreciation of assorted cultures through the study of their architecture, decoration, furniture, utensils, etc.