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TH 101 Introduction to Theatre
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Introduces reading a play as an imaging of action. Exploration of structuring plot, character, and other elements of a play. Compares texts with interpretations in live and video productions. Required for all majors and minors.
TH 105 Introduction to Theatre-Non majors
Credits: 3Semester(s): F Sp
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Central theatrical and literary elements of dramatic art; readings in selected plays and criticism. Students attend several productions. For nonmajors.
TH 106 Introduction to Technical Theatre
Credits: 3Semester(s): F Sp
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: TH 135 or TH 136
Type: LEC
Production elements: materials, equipment and construction of scenery, costumes, lighting and sound; production organization: run crews, stage management. Required of all majors.
TH 107 Costume Construction I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 106
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC/LAB
Introduces materials, tools, and techniques; may include patterning; fabric identification, dyeing, and painting; projects on departmental productions.
TH 108 Basic Acting I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: freshman/sophomore standing or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Nature and elements of behavior-based acting; practical investigation and involvement; physical games; imaginative exercises; improvisations; preliminary introduction to scene work. Required of all majors and minors.
TH 109 Basic Acting II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106, TH 108, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Introduces scene study: how to break down a script; how to prepare an actor's score; primary terms; a precise and exacting rehearsal method; how to make fundamental character choices; how to uncover the character's dramatic intentions. Emphasizes working together, sharing space, and playing objectives. Students must be willing to explore their emotional life as a means to living truthfully on stage.
TH 126 Topics in Arts and Culture
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Provides students with the ability to discover, distinguish, recognize, and analyze the elements of theatre in contemporary American culture. Areas to be examined include other branches of the arts, family celebrations, social and political events, annual feasts and holidays, mass media including commercials and advertisements, sports events, paratheatre activities, and others. In each of these phenomena, we examine elements of theatre, such as script, acting, staging, costumes, lighting, and musical score.
TH 136 Production Practicum
Credits: 1Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: TH 106
Type: LAB
Practical experience on productions based on lectures in TH 106.
TH 205 Technical Drafting
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 106
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Transfer of designer's ideas to ground plans and working drawings.
TH 207 Stage Makeup
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203 and permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Analysis, research, and design as essential elements in realizing makeup for a character; explores basic materials and techniques.
TH 208 Method Acting I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
The study and practice of the Strasberg Method of relaxation and sensory exercises and its application to an actor in scene work and monologues. Concentrates on exercises that constitute Lee Strasberg's Method as well as scene and monologue work.
TH 209 Method Acting II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 208, TH 301, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Continues principles and techniques studied in TH 208. Advanced acting exercises based on the method developed by the late Lee Strasberg. Further develops exploration and application of advanced scene analysis, affective memory, and additional tools to scene-work. Advanced research on method acting, focusing on Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Robert Lewis, and Sanford Meisner.
TH 210 Audition Workshop (Non-BFA)
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: THD 109
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Studio/performance course focusing on three basic skills: scene analysis, "cold" readings, and monologue preparation. Students refine their ability to breakdown and analyze scripts and further develop their audition technique. These skills will be applied to the preparation and presentation of monologues and scenes from modern American and European plays, both realistic and nonrealistic, from the late 1980s and on. Requires all students be prepared and flexible, able to bring something new to each class and willing to adapt to direction and try new approaches to audition material.
TH 227 Voice Training I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Exercises to consciously relax body tension, align the body, and deepen the awareness of breathing. Text work, such as Haiku poetry, connects words to breathing.
TH 228 Voice Training II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 227 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Continuation of TH 227; focuses on the development of vocal range, power, capacity, flexibility, and sensitivity. Text work-including poetry, monologues, sonnets, and scene work, along with exercises-continues the breathing/word connection.
TH 230 Theatre Crafts
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106, TH 108
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Research, materials, and techniques of properties for scenery and costume construction. May include paints and finishes, casting and sculpting, sewing, leatherwork, upholstery, fabric dyeing, painting techniques, and millinery and wigs.
TH 235 Production Practicum
Credits: 1Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106, TH 108
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Practical run crew experience on productions.
TH 236 Production Practicum
Credits: 1Semester(s): Sp
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106, TH 108
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Practical run crew experience on departmental productions.
TH 301 Theatre History and Literature I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106, TH 108
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Early theatrical rituals: European theatre from antiquity (Greece and Rome), through the middle ages and Renaissance (including English Elizabethan theatre and Spanish Golden Age theatre), to seventeenth-century Baroque theatre in Italy and France, and Oriental theatre (India, China, Japan, Indonesia). Combines the study of theatre forms with reading and analyzing dramas. Required of all majors. Should be taken sophomore year.
TH 302 Theatre History and Literature II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 301 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
American theatre from the sixteenth century until the present; European theatre from the eighteenth century until the present; international theatre exchange. Combines the study of theatre forms with reading and analyzing dramas. Required of all majors. Should be taken sophomore year.
TH 303 Scene Design I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Analysis, research, style as translation from text to image; visual communication through spacial arrangement as it applies to theatre. Tools and techniques of presentation: ground plans, models, etc.
TH 306 Costume Design I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Analysis, research, style as translation from text to image; visual communication of character through clothes. Tools and techniques of presentation: organization, etc.; minimal drawing.
TH 308 Poetic Text
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203, TH 209, TH 227, TH 302, major or minor, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Actors' use of language, especially poetic and heightened language. Material is selected from a progression of styles beginning with naturalism and evolving to classical poetic texts. Stresses techniques of imaging, textual analysis, and full use of breath and voice to support the demands of non-naturalistic language.
TH 309 Mime/Movement for Actors
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 228, TH 308 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Involves the actor's use of specific techniques as a tool to add awareness, flexibility, and suppleness to body movement so that the actor becomes free to concentrate on creating a role. This intensive training leads to a more elaborate physical building of the character, which unites the actor's body and mind with the script.
TH 314 Introduction to Dramaturgy
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 108, Theatre Major, or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The dramaturg is an important collaborator in the theatrical production process, playing the multi-faceted role of historian, researcher, adaptor, translator, audience educator, and overall supporter of the production team. Working closely with the director, the dramaturg helps to shape and nourish the production and to facilitate the demanding process of bringing a play from the page to the stage. Introduced students to the fundamentals of production dramaturgy through close analysis of works by select playwrights of the contemporary historical theatre.
TH 315 Modern Theatre I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Deals in some detail with the development of a dominant realistic tradition in the theatre at the end of the nineteenth century and then examines the modification of that tradition because of the attacks that set in almost at once. Emphasizes understanding individual plays, together with some appreciation of relevant developments in acting and scenic design. Figures include Zola, Ibsen, Strindberg, Hauptmann, Maeterlink, Jarry, Chekhov, Synge, Kokoshka, Wedekind, Cocteau, as well as Antoine, Stanislavsky, and Lugne-Poe.
TH 316 Modern Theatre II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Significant developments in theatre art and play writing since World War I; selected readings in British and continental plays and criticism.
TH 320 American Drama
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Explores the contemporary American drama and theatre, specially emphasizing the plays of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Clifford Odets, Sam Shepard, David Mamet, and the emerging playwrights of the '80s and early '90s.
TH 325 Performance and the Critic
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Surveys the performing arts (theatre, dance, music, etc.) to increase background knowledge and develop critical awareness. Reading includes criticism, material on the performing arts, and texts of plays. Students attend live performances and write critiques. Discussion of performances and assigned reading; guest speakers; screening of films and videotapes; workshops on critique writing.
TH 331 Problems in Technical Theatre
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203, TH 205 or permission of insturctor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Techniques employed in resolving problems in technical theatre. Requires lab work.
TH 332 Lighting Design I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Equipment, materials, methods of lighting the stage. Requires crew work. Should be taken sophomore year.
TH 335 Production Practicum
Credits: 1Semester(s): F
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 106
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Practical experience building departmental productions.
TH 340 Makeup Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 203, TH 207, majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 341 Theatre Studio I
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: audition or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 342 Theatre Studio II
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: audition or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 343 Theatre Studio III
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: audition or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 344 Theatre Studio IV
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: audition or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 345 Costume Construction Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 346 Costume Design Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 347 Scene Design Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 348 Lighting Design Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 349 Technical Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 350 Properties Studio
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Significant participation in the performance, design, technical, and management phases of departmental productions. Credit hours for a specific project must be arranged with instructor.
TH 370 Age of Shakespeare
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/seniors, or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Dramatic works of Shakespeare's contemporaries-Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and others; theatre and theatrical practices of the period.
TH 401 Directing I
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
A practical course in directing. Provides students with the consciousness of theatre and creative directing: basic techniques in preparing the script for rehearsals, creating the space, collaborating with a designer, using tempo/rhythm, working with actors, preparing and conducting rehearsals.
TH 402 Directing II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 401 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Continuation of TH 401. Includes work on a play, script, or other material for a production: analyzing text, preparing lists of characters, settings, props, and music/sound effects. Creating a space: its character, dimensions, relationships between actors and audience, the role of light, use of objects within space, and shape of the space for the spectators. Explores the speed/tempo/rhythm of a production. Methods of casting, auditioning, rehearsing; methods of collaborating with authors, translators, literary advisors, designers, composers, stage managers, technical staff, and administrative staff.
TH 403 Scene Design 2
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 303 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Further studies in scene design; individual projects.
TH 404 Scene Design 3
Credits: 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
The scene designer's process is exercised by creating production proposals for significant theatrical works. Particular attention is given to text analysis, research methods, visual communication, three-dimensional response, and presentation. The course culminates in a portfolio review where the student will demonstrate his/her ability to create innovative and appropriate scenic environments for given texts in diverse venues.
TH 406 Costume Design II
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 306 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Further studies in costume design.
TH 408 Audition Techniques
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 309 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Techniques and methods of preparation essential for successful auditions at the college, graduate school, and professional levels.
TH 409 Acting in Shakespeare
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 408 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Deciphers rhythm and image codes in Shakespearean verse and incorporation of these elements into scene and character preparation. General social, historical, and theatrical orientation to Elizabethan England. Examines at least one tragedy and one comedy.
TH 411 Theatre Workshop
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Historical, artistic, practical aspects of a specific play or dramatic problem (audition), works of a specific playwright. Workshop performance produced entirely with the resources of class members.
TH 412 Theatre Workshop
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Historical, artistic, practical aspects of a specific play or dramatic problem (audition), works of a specific playwright. Workshop performance produced entirely with the resources of class members.
TH 413 Theatre Workshop
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Historical, artistic, practical aspects of a specific play or dramatic problem (audition), works of a specific playwright. Workshop performance produced entirely with the resources of class members.
TH 414 Theatre Workshop
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109 or permission of instructor, sophmore/junior status
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Historical, artistic, practical aspects of a specific play or dramatic problem (audition), works of a specific playwright. Workshop performance produced entirely with the resources of class members.
TH 416 Mask
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109, TH 203 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Studies mask traditions and practical exploration of mask technique, using neutral masks, full-face masks and half-masks. Develops skill in using sound, gesture and movement to create mask characters. Creating and performing solo or ensemble scenes, using mask characters.
TH 418 Theatrical Clowning
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 109, TH 203 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The history of clowning in Western theatre, with some reference to non-Western cultures. Students learn clowning techniques-charter work, transformation of objects, slapstick, and simple acrobatics. Each student develops an individual clown character and presents that character in performance before an audience.
TH 422 History of Theatre Space and Architecture Seminar
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Review of history of theatre space and architecture from the origins of theatre in ancient Greece to the present times. The review focuses on Western culture but also includes theatres all over the world.
TH 423 Advanced Acting: Special Topics
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Particular techniques or methods of acting, focusing on the work of a major theoretician, practitioner or teacher of acting, such as Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Sanford Meisner, or Lee Strasberg. Builds on previous work in the core acting sequence. LEC
TH 424 Advanced Acting: Special Topics
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 209, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Particular techniques or methods of acting, focusing on the work of a major theoretician, practitioner or teacher of acting, such as Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov, Sanford Meisner, or Lee Strasberg. Builds on previous work in the core acting sequence.
TH 427 Voice and Movement
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 228, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Explores the connection between voice, movement and language. Students learn to release habitual patterns of tension, to use their voices and bodies more spontaneously and expressively, and to communicate more effectively through sound, gesture and movement.
TH 433 Lighting Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Exercises the lighting designer's ability to communicate orally, visually, and graphically in the production process. Emphasis is given to visualization techniques and both hand and computer generated rendering techniques are explored.
TH 439 Studies in Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Intensive study of a particular movement, designer, problem, or area in theatrical design or technology.
TH 440 Studies in Design
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors, permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Intensive study of a particular movement, designer, problem, or area in theatrical design or technology.
TH 457 Comedy of Manners
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Social and historical background that in 1660 led to the rise of Restoration comedy in England. Development of comedy of manners in works of four English playwrights. Practical exploration and involvement; students work on scenes to develop understanding of the material's dramatic nature and interpretive problems.
TH 460 Asian Performing Arts
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Comprehensive study of a wide range of Asian performing arts, from theatre and dance to ritual and popular entertainment. Both intercultural and interdisciplinary, the course draws on the arts, humanities and social sciences.
TH 464 Black Theatre-Past and Present
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Surveys the roots and development of Black Theatre from its mythic traditions in Africa to the contemporary works of Ed Bullins, Amiri Baraka and August Wilson.
TH 466 Women in Theatre
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302 junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Studies works of women in theatre from Krotsvitha of Gandersheim to present-day women playwrights, actors, directors and designers.
TH 468 Sources of Modern Theatre
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LEC
Examines, in-depth, selected figures, movements, artists, and events that have had a seminal influence on modern theatre's development. Focuses on reading important texts, discussion, and individual research, but may include workshop activities when appropriate.
TH 477 Production Dramaturgy
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
The dramaturg is a major collaborator in the process of theatrical production, serving as both historical and critical researcher as well as a 'third eye' within the rehearsal space. This course is designed for students who wish to participate as dramturgs on select departmental productions throughout the season. The role of the dramaturg is to work closely with the director of the production to fulfill basic requirements and needs as that arise throughout the rehearsal and final production periods.
TH 478 Arthur Miller
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Comprehensively studies Arthur Miller's dramatic work in its historical and theatrical context, particularly focusing on one of the major plays, such as Death of a Salesman or The Crucible.
TH 479 Brecht
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
A study of the plays, poetry and theatre asthetic of Brecht, and the impact of that work on 20th Cent. Drama.
TH 480 Shakespeare on Stage
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior or senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Explores Shakespeare in performance in the twentieth and twenty-first century. We view and analyze film and video of the plays as produced by the BBC, the Royal Shakespeare Company and directors such as Orson Welles, Roman Polanski, Laurence Olivier, Peter Brook and Kenneth Branagh.
TH 481 Irish Dramatists
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Traditional, classical and contemporary playwrights from Cosgrove to Beckett and Friel. Explores common themes of identity, nationalism and revolt, particularly emphasizing the tradition of tragi-comedy in the work of Irish playwrights.
TH 482 Chekhov
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Comprehensively studies Anton Chekhov's major works and the contribution they make to theatrical realism's development as we know it today. Also studies the importance of Chekhov's collaborations with Konstantine Stanislavsky to the birth of realistic theatre production.
TH 483 Ibsen
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Comprehensively studies Henrik Ibsen's major works, particularly emphasizing A Doll's House, The Wild Duck, Ghosts' and An Enemy of the People and the contribution these plays made to the birth of realistic drama.
TH 484 Theatre of Molière
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 302, junior/senior or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Explores the comic genius of Moliere, both by studying his roots in the Commedia Dell'arte and through carefully reading his major works: The Misanthrope, The Miser, Tartuffe and the Would-be Gentleman (in translation).
TH 485 Playwriting Workshop
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 101, TH 108 or TH 203 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Explores basic tools of the playwright's craft; writing exercises to release imagination and spontaneity; guided development of characters, dialogue, scenes, plot structure; writing a ten-minute or short one-act play, which receives a staged reading at the end of the semester. Analyzes published plays and professional productions. May be repeated for credit.
TH 486 Playwriting Seminar
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 485 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Continuation of TH 485, for advanced students. Writing a full-length one-act play, which receives a staged reading at the end of the semester. Analyzes published plays and professional productions. May be repeated for credit.
TH 487 Major Figures
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Major dramatists or theatre artists; variable subjects.
TH 488 Major Figures
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Major dramatists or theatre artists; variable subjects.
TH 489 Major Figures
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: SEM
Major dramatists or theatre artists; variable subjects.
TH 493 Advanced Directing
Credits: 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: TH 402 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: None
Type: LAB
Continuation of TH 402, for advanced students.
TH 495 Undergraduate Supervised Teaching
Credits: 1 - 3Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: Senior standing in the department
Corequisites: None
Type: TUT
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Students may serve as undergraduate teaching assistants in 100-300 level courses with permission of instructor. Responsibilities include leading in-class discussions, meeting with students in small coaching groups, and holding study sessions.
TH 496 Art Management Internship
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Type: TUT
Practical, hands-on experience. Includes work in the areas of promotion, public relations, theatre management, box office, ushering, etc.
TH 499 Independent Study
Credits: 1 - 4Semester(s): N/A
Prerequisites: department majors, permission of instructor only
Corequisites: None
Type: TUT
The content of this course is variable and therefore it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.
Substantial independent research or applied project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Updated: May 22, 2008 3:52:08 PM