MLA-Drama

Participation backstage and on-stage in Drama Department productions.

A production and performance laboratory which will involve students in a play for young audiences. May be repeated for credit. Fall.

Theories and techniques of writing feature films and teleplays, including structure, dialogue and characterization. Students write scenes and a short screenplay. Prerequisite: permission of faculty member.

The study of dramatic structure, dialogue, action and characterization. The students write short scenes and a short play.

The principles of scene design for the stage. Emphasis is on the execution of designs through drafting.

Theory and practice in the art of performing for young audiences. The students will participate in a major production for children.

An examination of methods used to teach theatre arts in the elementary classroom. Emphasis is on sensory awareness, pantomime and story dramatization. The students will participate in and lead creative drama sessions with children.

Theatre History I provides an understanding of how key shifts in human communication shaped developments in the history of theatre and performance. Focusing on artifacts from antiquity through to the restoration, this course explores the methodologies employed by contemporary theatre historians in an effort to create a truly global perspective on drama, theatre and performance.

Theatre History II is organized to provide an understanding of how key shifts in human communication shaped developments in the history of theatre and performance. Focusing on artifacts from the restoration through to the post-modern era, this course explores the methodologies employed by contemporary theatre historians in an effort to create a truly global perspective on drama, theatre and performance.

Participation backstage and on-stage in Drama Department productions.

The fundamentals of play directing. Emphasis is on play analysis, production techniques and the relationship between director, script and actor. The students will direct a one-act play.

Theory and practice in improvisational acting as an approach to characterization and ensemble playing.

Theory and practice in the styles of acting: Greek, Shakespeare, Restoration, Farce, Absurd, Epic and Artaud.

Student research on a selected problem in the field pursued under the guidance of an assigned member of the faculty. Fall, Spring.

Selected topics of mutual interest to the faculty member and students, such as costume history and design, advanced stage makeup and stage movement.