Exploration of live performance from the beginning of recorded history up to 1600 through its cultural context--masked dramas, shadow puppets, passion plays, and Shakespeare. Course travels through India, Greece, Japan, Iran, Africa, Mexico, and Europe, weaving a theme of sustainability throughout. Approved for GT-AH1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Examines the interaction of dramatic literature and performance in European theatre from 1800 to present, with attention to innovators like Ibsen, Strindberg, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Churchill.
Studies the American musical theatre heritage and its relation to the continually changing social milieu. Examines productions, their creators, and performers. Recommended prereq., 3 credits in THTR, DNCE, or MUSC. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Introduces 20th century international drama. Discusses selected plays by major African, Asian, and European authors and explores different dramatic traditions and their increasing interactions throughout the 20th century.
Explores issues in American theatre and drama in the 19th through 20th centuries. Recommended prereq., at least 12 hours of THTR course work. Similar to THTR 4001. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors and minors.
Explores a body of 20th and 21st century dramatic literature central to the study of women and theatre as well as the study of 20th and 21st century cultural history from a cross-national and multiracial feminist perspective. Major playwrights, particularly women from Asia, Africa, and Europe, are read and discussed. Recommended prereq., THTR 3031. Same as THTR 5041 and WMST 4041.
Introductory course in craft of playwriting Requisites: primary focus on technique of developing short plays. Instructor consent required. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Theory and practice of directing for the stage. Recommended rereqs., two semesters of THTR 3035. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of THTR 1003 or THTR 2003 and THTR 1105 and THTR 1115 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Theatre (THTR or TBFA) majors and minors.
Intellectual and conceptual capstone course for departmental majors with separate sections for theatre and dance students. Course promotes integration of ideas regarding history, criticism, and theory in performance and production. All inquiry throughout the semester relates to the theme of creative process. Requisites: Restricted to Theatre (THTR, TBFA) or Dance (DNCE or DBFA) majors only (excluding minors).
Detailed study of a particular topic in theatre history (e.g., an era, a style, a country, or an organization). Topic specified in the online Schedule Planner. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics.
Study of live performance forms, theory, and literature throughout Asia: performance history, production styles, and social functions of performance. Background in theatre, dance, or Asian studies recommended.
Advanced study of theory and practice of stage directing through examination of the work of leading directors, analysis of texts, and classroom exercises. Department enforced restriction: previous directing course work and/or directing experience or instructor consent required.
Studies classical and neoclassical drama in performance, with particular attention to 20th century productions and the critical and scholarly responses to these productions.
Studies Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatic texts as playscripts for performance, with particular attention to contemporary Shakespeare criticism and landmark Shakespeare productions over the last two centuries.
Studies European theatre from 1600 to 1950, with particular attention paid to critical and scholarly responses to landmark productions of classics from the period.
Allows students to undertake a production project, normally within the major theatre season, that requires detailed preparatory research, testing of ideas, and public presentation. Students work under faculty supervision and prepare a documented written report and evaluation of the research, rehearsal, and performance process. Departement enforced restriction: advanced course work in directing and advisor approval.
Art of acting is examined through study of acting theories and practices developed during major periods of theatre history. Examines the variety of theories about acting that remain today.
Studies the portrayal of lesbians and gays in mainstream American theatre during the 20th and 21st centuries,as well as the contributions of gay and lesbian theatre artists during the same period.
Students undertake a dramaturgical project, normally within the major season, requiring detailed preparatory research, testing of ideas, and public presentation of theories and concepts in practice. Students work under faculty supervision and prepare a documented written report of their project. Recommended restriction: advanced course work in dramatic literature and advisor approval.
