THE THEATRE ARTS & STUDIES PROGRAM

225.300 (H) (W)

CONTEMPORARY THEATRE AND FILM: AN INSIDER’S VIEW (3) Astin   Limit 50  An introduction to the performing arts, including an overview of theatre history, acting styles and the interaction of art and society. A personal view from inside.

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W 3-5:30pm

225.301 (H)

ACTING AND DIRECTING WORKSHOP I (3) Astin   Limit 16  An introduction to the fundamentals of acting through exercises, improvisation, and work on scenes from established plays and Shakespearean sonnets, based on the teachings of Stanislavsky, Greet, Boleslavsky, Michael Chekhov, Clurman, and Meisner.  This course also includes a brief survey of major playwrights.  Plays will be read, analyzed, and employed in scene work.

Sec. 02 added 02/07/08

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TTh 12-1:15

T 12-1:15, Th 9-10:15

225.308 (H)

SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE (3) Glossman Limit 15   The techniques and craft of following a Shakespearean text directly into character and action.  Students will work with a selection of Shakespeare's plays---King Lear, Romeo & Juliet, and As You Like It. Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, and King Lear---in exploring specific ways in which the power of the lines can be translated dynamically and immediately into vocal and physical performance.  (Some background in the acting sequence is encouraged.).

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M 6-8:30pm

225.310 (H)

STAGECRAFT (3) Roche Limit 6   A hands-on approach to the technical and theoretical elements of production. Meets in the Merrick Barn Scene Shop and the Carriage House Theatre.

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MW 12-1:15 TTh 9-10:15

225.312 (H)

ACTING CHEKHOV AND O’NEILL (3) Astin   Limit 16   Prereq:  At least one acting workshop (225.301 or 225.306)     Using the plays of Anton Chekhov and Eugene O’Neill, fundamentals from the Acting Workshops are applied in both preparation and scene work as the student employs the basics in order to build a character for the stage.  Play analysis is included. 

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TTh 10:30-11:45

225.319 (H)

PERFORMANCE II (3) Denithorne   Limit 20  Perm. Req’d. Prereq: Performance 225.320 The goal is performance on a professional level.  Auditions will be announced in November or December or call instructor at 6-0618

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225.320 (H)

PERFORMANCE (3) Denithorne   Limit 20  Perm. Req’d.    Auditions will be announced in November or December or call instructor at 6-0618.   The student is given specific acting assignments, and develops them as special projects for public performance under the direct supervision of the instructor. The goal is performance on a professional level. 

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TBA

225.321 (H)

THE LAB – A COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP  (4) Denithorne   Limit 20  Perm. Req’d.   Prereq:  At least one course in Acting, Directing or Playwriting. Admission to the class is by interview, TBA in November or December, 2007. Prior to that contact instructor at 6-0618.   A collaborative workshop for advanced actors, directors and playwrights, based on the model used at Circle Repertory Company in N.Y.C. Students-artists are encouraged in a process-oriented environment. Presentation given at term’s end.

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Th 1:30-5pm

225.323 (H)

DESIGN FOR THE STAGE (3) Coberg   Limit 12  The class will focus on production techniques, dramatic styles, script analysis, research, development of ground plans and elevations, basic model making techniques, and the transformation of information into dramatic space. Elements surveyed will be illuminated with field trips, fils, and guest lecturers. Course added 12/03/07

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T 1:30-4

225.326 (H)
(W)

IBSEN/STRINDBERG/BRECHT – THREE GIANTS OF THEATRE (3) Martin   Limit 15   Works that shaped and reshaped twentieth century theatre are explored. Plays include Peer Gynt, The Wild Duck, The Ghost Sonata, The Dream Play, Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, and others, with theatre theory exerpts from Brecht and Antonin Artaud.

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MW 1:30-2:50 TTh 6-7:15pm

225.327 (H)
(W)

THE BONES OF THEATRE – DRAMATIC STRUCTURES (PART I)  (3) Martin    Limit 15  Perm. Req’d.   Structures of shamanistic theatre, classical comedy, and medieval theatre are discovered in works by Beckett, Fo, Brecht, Churchill, Mee and Wertenbaker. Sanskrit Drama and “rasa” methods are examined against modern artists; Chinese Yuan Drama and Noh Theatre against Brecht, Yeats and Mabou Mines. 

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F 1:30-4

225.520

INDEPENDENT STUDY:  PROJECTS IN THEATRE Astin Perm. Req’d.   Special projects created for and tailored to the individual theatre student. Enrollment limited.

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TBA