Course |
THTR 101 Introduction to Acting |
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Professor |
Lynn Hawley |
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CRN |
97318 |
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Schedule |
Mon Wed 10:30 - 11:50 am Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3
credits This
course, intended for prospective theater majors, focuses on accessing the
beginning actor’s imagination and creative energy. Using theater games, movement work, and improvisational
techniques, the intent is to expand the boundaries of accepted logic and to
encourage risk-taking in the actor.
Course work includes intensive classroom sessions, individual projects
designed to promote self-discovery, and group projects focused on the process
of collaborative work.
Course |
THTR 101 Introduction to Acting |
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Professor |
TBA |
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CRN |
97333 |
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Schedule |
Tu 1:00 – 4:00 pm Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3
credits This
course, intended for prospective theater majors, focuses on accessing the
beginning actor’s imagination and creative energy. Using theater games, movement work, and improvisational
techniques, the intent is to expand the boundaries of accepted logic and to
encourage risk-taking in the actor.
Course work includes intensive classroom sessions, individual projects
designed to promote self-discovery, and group projects focused on the process
of collaborative work.
Course |
THTR 101 NT Introduction to Acting |
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Professor |
Naomi Thornton |
|
CRN |
97332 |
|
Schedule |
Th 3:20 -5:20 pm Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
2
credits Scene
preparation and beginning scene technique.
Emphasis on relaxation, breathing, and concentration. Teaching the actor to make choices and
implement them using sense memory and to integrate this work with the
text. Group and individual exercises
and improvisations. Continuous work on the acting instrument stressing freedom,
spontaneity, and individual attention. Materials: poems, monologues, stories,
and scenes. Reading of American plays,
1930 to present.
Course |
THTR 103 Acting Company |
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Professor |
Jonathan Rosenberg |
|
CRN |
97334 |
|
Schedule |
Tu Th
1:30 -2:50 pm Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3
credits Corresponding with
Directing Seminar, actors work with student directors on scene work for
in-class presentation. Open to first
year students.
Course |
THTR 121 LL Movement for Actors |
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Professor |
Lenore Latimer |
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CRN |
97306 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 10:30 - 11:50 am Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
1 credit Basic training in
movement, rhythm, development of technique and confidence in space.
Course |
THTR 131 Voice for Majors |
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Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
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CRN |
97325 |
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Schedule |
Tu Fr
9:20 - 10:20 am Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
2 credits This course is designed
to develop an awareness of the importance of physical relaxation, breath
capacity and control, resonance and placement. There will also be an emphasis
on clarity of articulation and the use of vocal range and inflection. This
course is intended for moderated and prospective theater majors.
Course |
THTR 132 Voice for Non-Majors |
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Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
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CRN |
97326 |
|
Schedule |
Tu Fr 10:30 - 11:30 am Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
2 credits This course will
concentrate on basic voice and speech work to enable the students to
communicate with greater clarity and confidence. Some of the demands of
speaking in public will also be addressed.
Course |
THTR 141 A Alexander Technique I |
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Professor |
Judith Muir |
|
CRN |
97320 |
|
Schedule |
Mon 9:00 - 10:20 am Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
1 credit. A world-respected
technique developed over 100 years ago; the Alexander Technique is a valuable
tool for performers, writers, scholars, and artists. It is a simple and
practical approach to improving balance, coordination and movement. During this
course we will learn about habits of thinking and moving that cause stress and
fatigue. This awareness will enable different choices to be made in ourselves
and how we respond to the environment.
Course |
THTR 141 B Alexander Technique I |
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Professor |
Judith Muir |
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CRN |
97338 |
|
Schedule |
Mon 10:30 – 11:50 am Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
1 credit. A world-respected
technique developed over 100 years ago; the Alexander Technique is a valuable
tool for performers, writers, scholars, and artists. It is a simple and
practical approach to improving balance, coordination and movement. During this
course we will learn about habits of thinking and moving that cause stress and
fatigue. This awareness will enable different choices to be made in ourselves
and how we respond to the environment.
Course |
THTR 206 History of Theater |
|
Professor |
Jean Wagner |
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CRN |
97339 |
|
Schedule |
Tu Th 10:30 - 11:50 am RKC 200 |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
Cross-listed: Classical Studies, Theology
4
credits This
course looks at the major periods and forms of Western dramatic literature from
its primal roots, through Greek and Roman Tragedy and Comedy, Medieval Theater,
Tudor Comedy, Renaissance Drama, Commedia dell-arte, Elizabethan Theater, and
the Spanish Golden Age. We will read plays from each of these periods as well
as theoretical and critical writings which will elucidate the social and
aesthetic conditions of the day. This course will provide the student with an
understanding of the development of theater as an art form, and explore how
theater relates to and reflects the intellectual, social, political and
spiritual climate of the broader culture. This course is open to all students,
and is a requirement for moderation in Theater.
Course |
THTR 207 Playwrighting I |
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Professor |
Chiori Miyagawa |
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CRN |
97340 |
|
Schedule |
Th 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
4
credits An
introductory course that focuses on discovering the writer’s voice. Through
writing exercises based on dreams, visual images, poetry, social issues, found
text, and music, each writer is encouraged to find his or her unique language,
style, and vision. A group project will
explore the nature of collaborative works.
Students learn elements of playwriting through writing a one-act play,
reading assignments, and class discussions.
This course is for sophomores and upper-college students only.
Course |
THTR 208 Playwrighting II |
|
Professor |
Chiori Miyagawa |
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CRN |
97341 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher P. Arts |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
4
credits This
course will function as a writer’s workshop. Students focus on developing a
full-length play, with sections of the work-in-progress presented in class for
discussions. Students grow as playwrights by developing characters and
themes that are sustained through a full-length play. The students will
also read a wide range of dramatic literature and be exposed to diverse styles
of playwriting. Prerequisite: Playwriting I or Theatrical
Adaptations.
Course |
THTR 209 Scene Study |
|
Professor |
Lynn Hawley |
|
CRN |
97319 |
|
Schedule |
Mon 1:00 -4:00 pm Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3 credits A
course intended for students who have taken one semester of Intro to Acting and
would like to continue their study. The course deals with movement from a games
oriented curriculum into work with theatrical texts and discovery of the
processes of scene study.
Course |
THTR 227 Neutral Masks |
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Professor |
Shelley Wyant |
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CRN |
97327 |
|
Schedule |
Th 9:00 – 12 noon Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
Cross-listed: Integrated Arts
2 credits The roots of this work
with the mask come from a diverse system of traditions including the Balinese,
the great teachers and theorists Pierre LeFevre, Michel St. Denis, Jaques LeCoq
and Francis Delsarte. Neutral Mask is an exploration of the world of the mask
and all the freedom inherent to performers within that world. We discover the
essence of transformation by using the tools of breath and focus. Students
learn to identify the elements that contribute to physical freedom through the
four stages of man and a study of mythological stories.
Course |
THTR 228 Character Mask |
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Professor |
Shelley Wyant |
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CRN |
97518 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 1:00 – 4:00 pm Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
2 credits The character mask
work builds on Neutral Mask classes with the addition of speech. Students will
work with a new set of masks that have no mouths and which offer an assortment
of diverse characters. The liberation found behind the mask assists in
the complete development of a wide variety of personalities. We meet and become
familiar with these new characters through improvisation. Using voice and body
skills, the stories of the masks are deeply explored and developed. Prerequisite:
THR 227, or by permission of the professor.
Course |
THTR 303 Directing Seminar |
|
Professor |
Jonathan Rosenberg |
|
CRN |
97323 |
|
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 -4:30 pm Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
4 credits This is a studio course
that covers the practice of directing from text analysis, ‘table work’,
imagining the world of the play, design, casting, space, rehearsal and blocking
in different configurations. The work will proceed from scenes to a full-length
work. By permission of the instructor.
Course |
THTR 307 Advanced Acting |
|
Professor |
Jonathan Rosenberg |
|
CRN |
97322 |
|
Schedule |
Tu Th 10:30 - 12 noon Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3 credits This is a studio acting
class where students will explore scenes from challenging plays of varied
styles. Extensive rehearsal time outside of class is required. Pre-requisites:
Intro to Acting and Scene Study. Maximum enrollment: 12 students.
Course |
THTR 307 NT Advanced Acting |
|
Professor |
Naomi Thornton |
|
CRN |
97331 |
|
Schedule |
Th 1:00 -3:00 pm Fisher P.
Arts |
|
Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
3 credits This is a studio acting
class where students will explore scenes from challenging plays of varied
styles. Extensive rehearsal time outside of class is required. Pre-requisites:
for acting majors, Intro to Acting and
Scene Study. For all others, Intro to Acting. Maximum enrollment: 12 students.
Course |
THTR 310 Survey of Drama: Contemporary German Theater |
|
Professor |
Johanna McKeon |
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CRN |
97321 |
|
Schedule |
Mon 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher Studio |
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Distribution |
Analysis of Art |
This course will explore the rise of modernism in
German Drama. After briefly grounding ourselves in the tradition of classical
German theater with Goethe’s Faust, we will follow the trajectory of innovation
and rebellion in major 19th century German playwrights, from Buechner’s radical
(30 year) anticipation of the realistic dramatic school with Woyzeck to
Hauptmann’s elimination of a single protagonist in his naturalistic masterpiece
The Weavers to Wedekind’s graphic exploration of adolescent sexuality with
Spring Awakening. These plays will be studied within the context of the vast
cultural changes taking place in modern Europe, specifically the industrial
revolution, the rise of Marxism, and the influence of the writings of Darwin,
Nietzsche, Freud and Einstein. As we move into the anti-realistic plays
of the 20th century, we will focus extensively on German Expressionism and
stage scenes from Georg Kaiser’s play From Morn to Midnight. The semester will
conclude with a workshop on Brecht. We will read a new play each week as well
as appropriate secondary material. Practical work will include oral reports,
staged readings, visual artistic responses, a monologue project based on the
writings of Hugo von Hoffmansthal, and a Kurt Weil song lab. Papers will
be assigned on crucial issues arising out of the seminar.
Course |
THTR 310I Survey of Drama: Blackface Minstrelsy in the Making of America |
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Professor |
Zakiyyah Alexander |
|
CRN |
97328 |
|
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Analysis of Arts/
Rethinking Difference |
Blackface minstrelsy is recognized as America’s
first original contribution to world theatre – a dubious honor certainly. This
course will look at how this form of performance helped shape other
entertainment forms such as popular song, vaudeville, burlesque, radio, film
and television. We will examine the central location of this popular cultural
medium in not only its theatrical site but also its historical location. The
course will look at the originators and the imitators of this practice, and the
ramifications on society’s perceptions of African-Americans or what it is to be
an American. The readings will assay how this performance form helped construct
national identity, policy-making and practices of social behavior.
Course |
THTR 340 Voice in Performance |
|
Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
|
CRN |
97335 |
|
Schedule |
Fr 1:30 - 3:30 pm Fisher Theater |
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Distribution |
Practicing Arts |
2 credits This course is designed
for those students who have already had
some training in voice and will concentrate on addressing demands which occur
in performance such as speaking over underscoring, sustaining dialogue in
fights or dances, and developing power and range. Technical exercises will be
used to promote coordination of speech and movement.