CURRICULUM GUIDE 15 THE 211 Theater Production II Half credit. Prerequisite: THE 111 or permission of instructor.
THE 326 Theatrical Design and Technology II Half credit. Prerequisite: THE 316 or permission of the instructor.
As an intermediate and advanced-level student of theater production, you are offered the opportunity to delve further into the inner workings of a production. You will take on numerous hands-on projects to challenge your ability to think creatively in designing and building, as well as learning to solve problems on the spot. This course offers you the opportunity to take a leadership role in a production, which will allow you to learn and teach in a live theatrical experience.
If you are a serious student of theater design and would like to dive more deeply into this pursuit, this class will allow you to create on a more significant scale. You will be given the opportunity to continue your design path in either sound or lighting, culminating by working on the design of a main stage, full production. You will help to teach your peers in class as you take on a leadership role in the design course. This course meets simultaneously with Theatrical Design and Technology I.
THE 213 Directing Half credit. Prerequisite: THE 114 or equivalent and permission of instructor. Open to juniors, seniors, and PGs.
COCURRICULAR OPTIONS (PERFORMING GROUPS)
Are you a visionary? Do you like to think about the big picture? In this class you will learn the fundamental principles and skills of play directing, which include script selection, casting, blocking, rehearsing, and production. You will be able to apply these skills to the staging of a scene or one-act play of between 10 and 15 minutes. At the end of the semester you fulfill the course requirement with a “low-tech” production of your one-act for an invited audience. You may elect to have your production reviewed for inclusion in the annual student-directed One-Act Play Festival. THE 315 Acting in Production Half credit. Prerequisite: THE 114 or permission of instructor. (Not offered 2020-2021) This course offers you the opportunity to be in the theater program’s final production. You will be able to hone your existing skills, develop new capabilities, explore the literature through play readings, and apply this knowledge in the spring term major production. After an initial period of scene study, character work, and monologue preparation, you and your classmates will select a script for production by the group. During the latter half of the semester, you will continue to improve your acting skills through rehearsals aimed at preparing the selected script(s) for public performance at the end of the semester. THE 316 Theatrical Design and Technology I Half credit. Prerequisite: THE 114 or permission of the instructor. Have you ever wondered what helps create the magic of a live performance? This course will allow you to learn, through hands-on and practical experience, how to design and mount a theatrical production. You will learn how to use the technology that helps to create the magic through working with lighting, sound, and projection equipment. You will have the opportunity to work with student choreographers to light a dance performance, and with student directors to fully design a one-act play.
ATT 400 Theater Immersion Credit: This fulfills the cocurricular and athletics requirement. Prerequisite: Approval of performing arts department chair. If you are participating as a cast member, director, assistant director, stage manager, lighting, or set or costume assistant designer for a major theater program production during any one term, you can fulfill your athletic team requirement for that school year through this participation. A PE class is required during the term this course is elected. THE 028 Stagecraft THE 098 Musical Production Role THE 099 Theater Production Role