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91403 |
THTR 101 Introduction
to Acting |
Lynn Hawley |
M . W . . |
11:50 -1:10
pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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.
Class size: 18
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91407 |
THTR 101 Introduction
to Acting |
Jonathan Rosenberg |
. T . Th . |
10:10 - 11:30
am |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
See
description above. Class size: 18
|
91416 |
THTR 101 C Introduction to Acting |
Naomi Thornton |
. . . Th . |
3:45 -5:45 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class size: 14
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91412 |
THTR 103 Acting
Company |
JoAnne Akalaitis |
. . W . . |
12:30 -4:30
pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
3
credits
Corresponding with Directing Seminar, actors work with student directors on
scene work for in-class presentation. Open to first year students.
Class size: 14
|
91419 |
THTR 121 Movement
for Actors |
Jean Churchill |
. . . . F |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
1
credit Basic training in
movement, rhythm, development of technique and confidence in space. Class
size: 18
|
91420 |
THTR 125 Theatrical
Adaptations |
Jorge Cortinas |
. . W . . |
3:10 -5:30 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
Adapting
classic and contemporary fiction or biographies to a theatrical form is a
creative process that integrates the original intention of the material with
the writer’s imagination. It is an exciting collaboration between two writers,
though only one is writing the script. Adaptations have an important place in
all storytelling fields – musical, plays, television shows and movies – and
their popularity is increasing. In this class students will read examples of
successfully adapted scripts and examine different approaches and styles of writing.
They will adapt several short stories into short plays and choose a significant
person in history, research his or her biographical information, and write a
play based on his or her life. The students who are interested in taking this
course should have taken at least one introductory writing workshop in any
genre. Class size: 18
|
91409 |
THTR 131 Voice for
Majors |
Elizabeth Smith |
. T . . F |
10:10 - 11:30
am |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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.
Class size: 12
|
91406 |
THTR 141 Alexander
Technique I |
Judith Muir |
. . . . F |
10:00 - 11:50
am |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class size: 16
|
91503 |
THTR 142 Alexander
Technique II |
Judith Muir |
. . . . F |
12:00 -1:50
pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
1 credit Level II deepens the study of
Alexander Technique including the developmental movements that children make
from birth to upright posture.
Class size: 12
|
91414 |
THTR 207 Playwriting
I |
Chiori Miyagawa |
. . W . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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.
(No writing sample required.) Class size: 12
|
91417 |
THTR 207 B Playwriting I |
Jorge Cortinas |
. . . Th . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
See
description above. Class size: 12
|
91851 |
THTR 207
C Playwriting
I |
Chiori Miyagawa |
. T . . . |
1:30 -3:50 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
See
description above. Class size: 12
|
91404 |
THTR 209 Scene Study |
Lynn Hawley |
M . W . . |
1:30 -2:50 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class size: 15
|
91622 |
THTR 206 History of
Theater I |
Jean Wagner |
. T . Th . |
3:10 -4:30 pm |
OLIN 309 |
AART |
4 credits This course offers a survey of world
performance, theater and drama from a global perspective as it relates to key
developments in human communication that have shaped our perception of the
world. We will begin with the evolution of human languages and
consciousness; the rise of oral, ritual and shamanic performance; religious and
civic festivals; and imperial theater practices. We will explore the
interconnections between religious worship, public entertainment, royal
patronage and government censure. The course will emphasize the role
performance, as both artistic practice and social institution, has played as a
cultural and political force in society, and will explore not only how
performance is created, but for whom and why.
Class size: 16
|
91413 |
THTR 303 Directing
Seminar |
JoAnne Akalaitis |
. . W . . |
1:30 -4:30 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class size: 12
|
91408 |
THTR 307 Advanced
Acting |
Jonathan Rosenberg |
. T . Th . |
11:50 -1:10
pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class size: 12
|
91415 |
THTR 308 Advanced
Scene Study |
Naomi Thornton |
. . . Th . |
1:30 -3:30 pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
3 credits Scene Technique with work on specific
rehearsal tasks and practice of their application. Continued work on the acting
instrument, understanding the actor as artist and deepening the physical,
emotional, intellectual connection and availability of each actor. Advanced individual exercises, scenes, and monologues from all
dramatic literature. Intended for Upper College
students, others by permission. Repeatable for credit. Prerequisite: Introduction to Acting. Class
size: 12
|
91411 |
THTR 310 Survey of Drama:
American
Melodrama, Minstrelsy and Vaudeville |
Jean Wagner |
. . W . . |
10:10 - 12:30
pm |
FISHER PAC |
AART |
This
course will examine Popular Theater in the United States from a cultural and
performance perspective from its 18th century European routes through
the early 20th century. We
will begin with an examination of the relationship of Melodrama to the French
Revolution, and trace its path through the political and social upheavals in 19th
century America, including the Temperance and Abolition movements, the Civil
War andthe growth of industrial capitalism. Next we will investigatebothBlackface
and Whiteface Minstrelsy,Vaudeville
and other forms of popular entertainment that helped shape American national,
racial and economic ideologies. Texts
will include plays by Dion Boucicault andDavid
Belasco, George Aiken and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Williams and Walker’s Abyssinia, and various Vaudeville sketches. The course will incorporate practical scene
work, viewing films and archival footage and readings from theoretical and
historical texts. Class size: 15
|
91418 |
THTR 340 Voice in
Performance |
Elizabeth Smith |
. . . . F |
12:00 -2:00
pm |
FISHER PAC |
PART |
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. Class
size: 12