Course |
THTR 101 A: Introduction to Acting |
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Professor |
Lynn Hawley |
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CRN |
15213 |
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Schedule |
Tu Th 10:00
- 11:20 am Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 |
Naomi Thornton |
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CRN |
15215 |
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Schedule |
Th 3:20 - 5:20 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 122 Movement for Actors |
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Professor |
Jean Churchill |
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CRN |
15231 |
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Schedule |
Tu 4:30 - 5:50 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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1
credit Basic
training in movement, rhythm, development of technique and confidence in space.
Course |
THTR 131 A Voice for Majors |
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Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
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CRN |
15216 |
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Schedule |
Tu Fr 1:30
- 2:30 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 131 B Voice for Non-Majors |
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Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
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CRN |
15217 |
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Schedule |
Tu Fr 3:00
- 4:00 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 |
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Professor |
Judith Youett |
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CRN |
15218 |
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Schedule |
Mon 9:30
- 11:00 am Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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. Register
for one 90-minute group per week, THTR 141A or THTR 141B.
Course |
THTR 141 B Alexander Technique |
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Professor |
Judith Youett |
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CRN |
15219 |
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Schedule |
Mon 11:05
- 12:30 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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See description above.
Course |
THTR 142 Alexander Technique II |
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Professor |
Judith Youett |
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CRN |
15220 |
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Schedule |
Mon 12:35
- 2:00 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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1
credit Level II
deepens the study of Alexander Technique including the developmental movements
that children make from birth to upright posture.
Course |
THTR 207 Playwrighting I |
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Professor |
Chiori Miyagawa |
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CRN |
15221 |
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Schedule |
Tu 1:30 - 3:50 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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.
Course |
THTR 208 Playwrighting II |
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Professor |
Chiori Miyagawa |
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CRN |
15222 |
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Schedule |
Tu 6:30 - 8:50 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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4
credits This
course will function as a writer’s workshop. After writing a short play,
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 being exposed to diverse dramatic literature and doing a short
adaptation project either of a classic play or a short story.
Prerequisite: Playwrighting I.
Course |
THTR 209 Scene Study |
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Professor |
Lynn Hawley |
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CRN |
15214 |
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Schedule |
Tu Th 11:30
- 12:50 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 a movement from a games
oriented curriculum into work with theatrical texts and discovery of the
processes of scene study.
Course |
THTR 215 Physical Comedy |
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Professor |
James Calder |
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CRN |
15227 |
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Schedule |
Wed 10:00
- 1:00 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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2
credits Beginning
with exercises in broad physicality, balance, rhythm, discovery, physical mask
and surprise, this class explores what about the individual student is unique and funny. When we begin to forget
what is an appropriate response, and imagine what we would be like if we were
never socialized, we begin to discover “the clown” that lives in each of us. By
embracing the archetypes of childhood and reclaiming the “internal response”
without the diminishing filter of socialization, we start to lose the
inhibitions that block us from being purely expressive. This class encourages
openness, invention, playfulness, generosity, sensitivity, and courage
Prerequisite:
Introduction to Acting
Course |
THTR 227 Neutral Masks |
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Professor |
Shelley Wyant |
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CRN |
15223 |
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Schedule |
Th 1:30 - 4:30 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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2
credits The roots
of mask work come from a diverse system of traditions including the Balinese,
the great teachers and the theorists Pierre LeFevre, Michel St. Denis, Jaques
LeCoq and Francis Delsarte. Neutral
Masks is an exploration of the world of the mask and all the freedom it has to
offer performers, using tools of breath and focus. Students learn to identify the elements that contribute to
physical expression.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Acting
Course |
THTR 231 Voice and Verse I |
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Professor |
Elizabeth Smith |
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CRN |
15228 |
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Schedule |
Fr 11:00 - 12:50 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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2
credits Verse is a
significant part of drama and learning to interpret it and speak it is
essential for the performer. This course deals with verse from the great poets
and dramatists, with an emphasis on Shakespeare. Prerequisite: THTR 131
Course |
THTR 240 Theatrical Adaptation |
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Professor |
Chiori Miyagawa |
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CRN |
15233 |
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Schedule |
Wed 10:30
- 12:50 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 -
musicals, 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. Students who are interested in taking this course should
have taken at least one introductory writing workshop. Email Prof. Miyagawa at [email protected]
a brief statement of interest by Dec.
1st.
Course |
THTR 303 Directing Seminar |
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Professor |
Jean Wagner |
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CRN |
15224 |
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Schedule |
Mon 1:20
- 4:20 pm Fisher Perf. Arts
Wed 1:30 - 3:00 pm Fisher
Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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 303CO Acting Company |
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Professor |
Jean Wagner |
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CRN |
15225 |
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Schedule |
Mon 1:20
- 4:20 pm Fisher Perf. Arts
Wed 1:30 - 3:00 pm Fisher
Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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4
credits Corresponding
with Directing Seminar, actors work with student directors on scene work for
in-class presentation. Open to first
year students.
Course |
THTR 307 A: Advanced Acting |
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Professor |
James Calder |
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CRN |
15229 |
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Schedule |
Wed 2:00
- 5:00 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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4
credits. The
Kinetics of Theater: Creating New Works of Visual Drama. A performance oriented course where students
will work primarily in a movement image realm while creating works of drama
derived from both Literature and popular culture. Extensive reading and viewing of classical and modern texts and
film will provide the basis for exploration of nee methods of presenting modern
drama. Groups will delve into
collaborative research and development of new work and the course will
culminate in a series of public performances. The course is open to upper
college students and will involve a vigorous schedule of research, in class
presentation, improvisation and physical work.
Survey of Drama courses study the major styles and
periods in drama from a literary, stylistic, and performance perspective, and
are at the center of the Theater Program. They are practical courses, applying
text to scene work. All theater majors are expected to take three courses over
two years from the Survey of Drama. Each
course carries 4 credits.
Course |
THTR 310C Survey of Drama:
African American Theater 1858 - present |
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Professor |
Dominic Taylor |
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CRN |
15232 |
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Schedule |
Mon 1:30
- 3:50 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: A
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NEW: Analysis of
Arts
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Cross-listed: Africana Studies
4 credits The purpose of the
course is to acquaint students with African-American Theater from the mid 19th
century to the present. The course will seek to put into context, the works of
the period, the styles of the period as well as the socio-cultural frame of the
eras examined. It will look at theater from Emancipation and Minstrelsy through
the civil rights movements to the 60's and the integrated aesthetic of realism
of the Negro Ensemble Company. Writers to be encountered include: William Wells
Brown, Rachel Grimke, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Jean Toomer, James Baldwin, Alice
Childress, Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins among others. Students will present
projects, write papers and engage in scene work.
Course |
THTR 318 Visual Imagination for the
Modern Stage |
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Professor |
Gordana Svilar |
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CRN |
15230 |
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Schedule |
Mon 10:00
- 1:00 pm Fisher Perf. Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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4
credits A
course taught by leading designers and directors in the field. It examines the
explosive prominence of visionary visual ideas on the stage in the past 30
years, the emergence of a new form of collaboration between directors and
designers and the inclusion of the new media on the stage. This course is
required for upper-college theater students.
Course |
THTR 327 Advanced Acting |
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Professor |
Naomi Thornton |
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CRN |
15226 |
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Schedule |
Th 1:00 - 3:00 pm Fisher Perf.
Arts |
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Distribution |
OLD: F
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NEW: Practicing
Arts
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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