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Disclaimer: The course information below is current as of Sep 30, 2008, is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute a legal contract between the University of Utah and any person or entity. This Web document is updated twice a year, on or about the first day of registration for Fall and Spring semesters.
1013 Survey of Theatre
(3) Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration.
For Non-majors. Students will explore the art of theatre through lecture and
participation. Students learn about theatre's craft areas-acting, playwriting,
designing, directing; its production areas; its management areas; its history
and aesthetics; its search for truth and its construction of meaning, and
contributions to civilization (advocacy). Attend live theatre: Analyze and
review live theatre experiences in writing.
1033 Acting I (3)
Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration.
For Non-majors. Acting techniques for non-majors. Students learn basic acting
skills through class participation in monologue work, scene work, and
improvisations.
1040 Dramatic Arts in
Television (3) Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration.
For Non-majors. Students will explore television as a theatrical art form.
Television content and structure will be examined and critiqued through multiple
lenses, including historical antecedents and international media issues. This is
an online course.
1050 Introduction to
Visual Arts of Theatre (3) Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration.
Meets with THEA 1550. For Non-majors. Students will discover and explore the
visual world of the theatre, including the design process. Students will
investigate elements and principles of design, and learn to apply them in the
analysis of costume, scenery, and lighting.
1120 Acting I (for Majors)
(3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. Non-majors should
enroll in THEA 1033 and 2033, (Must be taken in sequence). Students develop an
appreciation for the art of theatre and the discipline of acting. Students learn
respect for fellow students in the development of their creative potential.
1130 Acting II (for
Majors) (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1120 or Instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students develop complex acting skills by
exploring language and text-driven material through scene work and monologue
work. Students learn to enhance actor's skills such as concentration, focus,
observation, relaxation, ensemble work, and physical and vocal awareness. This
class requires students to actively participate, learn lines and explore the
psychology of the characters they will be portraying.
1160 Production: Babcock
(1)
Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Provides students
with hands-on practical backstage experience of the complex workings of a
Babcock Theatre production.
1170 Production: Lab
(1)
Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Provides students
with hands-on practical backstage experience of the complex workings of a Lab
Theatre production.
1220 First-Year Acting for
Actor Training Program (3)
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Introduces students to
elements of acting through the use of the self as a basis for investigation and
discovery. The course focuses on the introduction of acting process and
exploration of the self in creating character. Focus is on elements of acting as
applied to exercises, improvisation, contemporary monologues and scene work.
1223 Make up (3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors or with instructor's approval. Students are
introduced to facial structure, color theory, basic make-up techniques,
character make-up, fantasy make-up, and application techniques.
1230 First-Year Acting for
Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1220.
Continues the exploration of acting process through theatre games,
improvisation exercises, monologues, scenes and performance projects.
1550 Scenography (5)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. An introduction to
the art of scenography, including the ways in which theatre artists communicate
visually, and the way audiences "read" information in a theatrical design. This
course has a lab component.
1713 Script Analysis
(3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Theatre Core Requirement. In-depth analysis of
play scripts, including historical and cultural contexts, production histories,
and critical response.
1740 History and Analysis
of Musical Theatre (3)
Musical theatre is an exciting, highly collaborative, and constantly evolving
art form that is quintessentially American. This course is a survey of the
creation and development of American musical theatre from its roots in early
European comic opera and operetta to the contemporary Broadway musical. Students
will learn the history and basic forms/styles of musical theatre; explore the
aesthetic and philosophical attitudes of those who create(d) musical theatre;
and examine the political climates and prevailing social attitudes of the eras
in which musical theatre was and is currently created and how these climates and
attitudes have inspired and influenced the subject matter, artists, and
productions.
1760 American Political
Theatre (3) Fulfills Diversity & Fine Arts Exploration.
Open to all students. Taught as Writing Emphasis. For explanation, see
Writing Program in the Courses section. Theatrical scripts and performances
provide unique, inside looks at the impact of American politics on everyday
life. Readings and discussions of plays that reflect problems of class
(Labor-Capital), conflict (The Cold War, and Vietnam), caste (Race, Gender) and
sexual preference.
1770 The American
Experience Through Black Theatre (3) Fulfills Diversity & Fine Arts
Exploration.
Open to all students. This course explores perspectives of historical and
contemporary American society from a minority viewpoint through reading and
analyzing plays written by Black authors from antebellum times to the present.
The course examines works by African-American dramatists, and it compares these
with a body of plays that shaped the popular image of Black life in America and
in many cases perpetuated negative stereotypes of African-Americans.
2000 Production Design for
Film and TV (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or instructor's approval.
PADP Program requirement. Production design for Film and TV is a survey
course for majors and non-majors who are interested in learning about the design
and production of scenery, costumes and lighting for film and television
productions. The course reviews the history of American film design and current
trends in film/TV production design techniques. Film and documentary viewing is
included with weekly lectures.
2010 Second-Year Singing
for Actor Training Program (2)
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Introduces
singing/acting performance techniques through practical application and
repertoire study. Students study how to learn material, develop a process to
bring a song to performance level, and explore the musical theatre canon through
sight-singing, work-shopping, and performing.
2020 Second-Year Singing
for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 2010.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Presents students with
the basic elements of the physiology of the voice and discrete singing
techniques. The course helps students deepen their awareness of vocal production
through individual and ensemble exercises and performances.
2033 Acting II (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 1033 or Instructor's approval. Fulfills Fine Arts
Exploration.
For Non-majors. Advanced acting techniques for non-majors. The course builds
upon the skills and techniques developed in Acting I through focused approaches
to character creation and acting styles across diverse theatrical forms.
2040 Third-Year Singing
for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 2030.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course continues
the student's development of singing technique, including assessment of range
and craft, and culminates in the preparation of audition pieces.
2060 Second-Year Voice and
Speech for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1240.
Explores the fundamentals and discipline of voice work to ground the actor's
creative process. Areas of study include alignment, release, grounding, breath,
vibration, and inner aliveness through the exploration of heightened text.
2070 Second-Year Voice and Speech for Actor
Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEAT 3010.
Further explores voice through body and breath, focusing on voice placement,
filling space and communication through the use of monologues and heightened
text.
2110 Scene Design I
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or Instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students explore modern stage design through
lectures and assigned projects that develop drawing, sketching, and model
building techniques.
2140 Costume Design I
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or Instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to costume design and
rendering techniques to support a theatrical production.
2150 Stagecraft (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or Instructor's approval.
This is a practicum course in basic set, props, and scenery construction,
rigging practices, safety, and technical design, using various tools and
materials. The aim is to acquaint the student with techniques used to create
scenic environments and elements for stage productions.
2160 Design Studio (3)
Basic drawing and sketching techniques for Theatre Design Students
2170 Lighting I (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or Instructor's approval.
Theatre Majors and Minors. Introduces students to the mechanical aspects of
stage lighting. The course is also designed to help the actor, director,
technician and designer understand the functions, psychology, and practical
application of lighting design. An excellent base for film, photography,
computer graphics, and architecture.
2203 Costume Construction
(3)
Learn basic sewing and construction skills as it relates to costume design
for the theatre.
2220 Second-Year Acting
for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1230.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Emphasizes tools and
skills in building a character. Scene study focuses on realism through the works
of modern playwrights.
2230 Second-Year Acting
for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 2220.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Students examine,
through diverse dramatic literature, physical release and grounding of breath
and body, listening skills, spontaneous interaction, inner monologue,
wants/actions/obstacles, sense and emotional memory.
2240 Second-Year Movement
for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1220.
Introduces the fundamentals of movement and their relationship to acting.
Focus is on body alignment, awareness, placement, centering, and grounding in
space. Course explores the work of Etienne DeCroux (corporeal mime), illusionary
mime, ballet and modern dance techniques.
2250 Second-Year Movement
for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 2240.
Course furthers exploration of movement models and their relationship to
acting introduced in THEA 2240. Continues work with DeCroux's corporeal mime and
ballet/modern dance techniques. Begins exploration of Ann Bogart's Viewpoints.
Investigates the use of breathing and somatic exercises to enhance focus,
centerdness and intrinsic energies as applies to acting.
2420 Introduction to
Playwriting (3)
This course introduces students to the craft of playwriting. Through
completing a series of reading, writing, and presentation assignments, students
will begin to learn to write for the stage. By the end of the course, students
will have completed a substantial portion of a first draft of a new play.
2713 Theatre and Theory
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 1713 or Instructor's approval.
Theatre Core Requirement. Through readings, discussion, and performance,
students develop a working understanding of the critical theories most useful to
the analysis and production of theatrical ?texts,? including semiotics, (post)structuralism,
feminism, and postcolonialism. The capstone experience in the class is a
performance that exemplifies one or more of the theories studied during the
semester.
3000 Grappling with
Diversity and Multiculturalism Through the Arts (3) Fulfills Diversity.
Use of arts-based inquiry to represent data and explore diverse texts dealing
with multiculturalism and diversity. Students create and produce performance
pieces that integrate formal histories, personal narrative, case studies, and
theories and critiques of multicultural education.
3001 Zen, and the Art of
Eastern Theatre (3) Cross listed as UGS 3001. Fulfills Fine Arts
Exploration.
An introduction to the performance styles and traditions of the dramatic arts
of Japan, this course focuses on the practice and performance styles of Noh,
Kyogen, Kabuki, and Bunraku. Basic Zen meditation will be explored to understand
the mental discipline required of these highly theatrical and non-realistic
forms, which continue music, dance, and narrative.
3010 Third-Year Singing
for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 2020.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. This course continues
the exploration of singing technique through the building of individual
repertoire.
3015 Materials and Methods
in Theatre (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1033 or Instructor's approval. Fulfills
Fine Arts Exploration.
Course familiarizes elementary education majors with effective method for
integrating theatre into the elementary school curriculum.
3040 Introduction to Voice
and Speech (3) Fulfills Fine Arts Exploration.
This course is designed for students who wish to improve voice and speech
skills in the interest of clear and effective communication. Emphases include
body release, grounding of the breath, alignment, resonance, projection, rhythm,
and pacing.
3050 Theatre Singing Legit
Styles (3)
Study and practice towards professional performance of the "legit"
(classically based) singing styles of Musical Theatre genres, integrating the
skills of musicianship, singing, acting, speech, and movement.
3051 Theatre Singing
Contemporary Styles (3)
Study and practice towards professional performance of the contemporary
singing styles of Musical Theatre (including mix, belt, and pop), integrating
the skills of musicianship, singing, acting, speech, and movement.
3070 Third-Year
Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 3020.
Course builds upon the exploration of voice for the actor, focusing on
individual need, extending vocal possibilities, agility, strength, and stamina.
Emphasizes specific placement of sound in the interest of speech possibilities
and clear communication. Work is summarized in the presentation of monologues
and scenes using Stage Standard Dialect.
3090 Broadway to
Hollywood: Musicals on Stage and Screen (3)
In this on-line course students will examine musical theatre works that have
been produced both on stage and screen. With an understanding that live theatre
and the cinema are very different art forms, we will examine how musicals are
able to transcent from and succeed in both media. In addition, we will discuss
how the two forms have informed on another from Kern and Hammerstein's Showboat
to Sondheim's Sweeny Todd.
3110 Beginning
Stage Directing (3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to the fundamentals of play
directing. Students will study and experience the craft of directing including
play analysis, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance. Participants will
create a director's vision that integrates all play and production elements into
a unified artistic whole, and examine the evolution of the director's role in
the theatre.
3150 Acting American Style
(3)
This course provides an in-depth look at the development and practice of the
acting style that emerged from 20th century American Realism. In addition to
learning specific acting techniques connected with this movement, students will
examine the social context in which it developed and the works of some of its
major playwrights-including Odets, O'Neill, Miller, Williams, and Hellman-as a
means of enhancing scene work.
3170 Third-Year
Acting/Styles for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 2230.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Begins an extended study
of elements of verse and the use of language in verse drama. Students will
prepare monologues and scenes, drawn primarily from Shakespeare's texts.
3180 Third-Year
Acting/Styles for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 3170.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Continued study of the
elements of verse drama through performance projects drawn from texts by
Shakespeare and other verse playwrights.
3203 Tailoring (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 2203 or Instructor's approval.
This is a production emphasis class focusing on the specific techniques for
men's wear tailoring. Students will practice the techniques before completing
them on a real garment. Students demonstrate their mastery of the techniques by
building a finished wood jacket at the end of the semester.
3210 Tai-Chi Yoga Movement
(3)
Tai-Chi Yoga incorporates the dance forms, martial applications, and energy
work of Tai Chi, with the exercise, breathing, and meditation of Yoga.
3220 Movement Awareness
(3)
Based upon the Feldenkrais Method of Awareness Through Movement, this course
aims to improve posture, breathing, coordination, and overall use of the body
through gentle movement sequences. The technique relieves muscular tension and
enhances flexibility, outcomes that improve the performance of singers, actors,
musicians, and athletes. Lessons are done primarily on the floor on a soft mat
in loose clothing.
3230 Audition Technique I
for ATP (2) Prerequisite: THEA 2060.
An introduction to the business of acting, including discussion of graduate
school and professional possibilities, resume preparation, headshot selection,
and career choices (regional theatre, New York, L.A., Chicago). Students
practice presenting themselves through theatrical monologues and film audition
scenes.
3231 Audition Technique II
for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 3230.
The second in a two-course sequence. In this semester the text material is
primarily classical. Each student will develop a repertory of classical audition
pieces. Students also examine the business of acting as currently practiced by
working theatre professionals.
3260 Third Year Movement
for Actor Training Program (2) Pre-requisite: THEA 2250.
Course explores the use of neutral mask and character mask. Building on work
from 2nd-Year Movement, the work of Pitt, Rolfe. Lecoq and Copeau will guide
investigation of mask for the actor.
3261 Costume Pattern
Drafting and Draping (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or instructor's approval.
This course provides practical skills in creating patterns for theatrical
costumes using both flat pattern and draping methods. Students will learn to
interpret costume sketches into realized garments, create mock-ups and conduct
costume fittings.
3270 Third-Year Movement
for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 3260.
Course further explores the mask, focusing on Topeng and Commedia dell'Arte.
Specific movement patterns of the Topeng and Commedia characters will be
investigated to integrate and expand movement fundamentals for the actor. Use of
improvisational scenarios and scripted material is the means by which the work
will be explored.
3500 Sound Design I
(3)
This course is an in-depth look at modern theatrical sound design. Students
focus on the sound design process and apply the tools and technology necessary
to create and execute professional sound designs.Basic sound design and
engineering for the theatre.
3600 Stage Management
(3)
Theatre Core Requirement. For Theatre Majors and Minors. Introduction to the
creative and administrative work of a stage manager, including forms and
formats, protocols, and roles of the stage manager in a University production.
3620 Theatre-in-Education
Tour (1 to 3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will create a performance text
and production that will tour to elementary and secondary schools.
3720 History of Theatre
(3) Prerequisite: WRTG 2010. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
Theatre Core Requirement. This is the first semester in a two-semester course
tracing the history of theatre and performance in societies all over the globe.
Through lectures, discussions, and readings students explore the unique problems
of studying history of a transitory art form; examine possible origins of
theatre; study relationship between societies and their theatres from 500 BCE
through 1650 CE. Students conduct individual research and produce papers
discussing their findings.
3725 History of Theatre
Honors (3) Prerequisite: WRTG 2010. Fulfills Upper Division
Communication/Writing.
Meets with THEA 3720. History of Theatre, part I (Honors) 1st semester in a
2-semester course tracing the history of theatre in society. Through lectures,
discussions, and readings students explore unique problems of studying history
of a transitory art form; examine possible origins of theatre; study
relationship between societies and their theatres from ancient Greece to
Restoration England. Students conduct individual research and produce papers
discussing their findings. Honors students apply historical research in creative
projects.
3730 History of Theatre
(3) Prerequisite: WRTG 2010. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
Theatre Core Requirement. This is a second semester in a two-semester course
tracing the history of theatre and performance in societies all over the globe.
Through lectures, discussions, and readings students explore the unique problems
of studying history of a transitory art form and trace the history of theatre
and performance from the 17th century through the present day. Students conduct
individual research and produce papers discussing their findings.
3735 History of Theatre
Honors (3) Prerequisite: WRTG 2010.
Meets with THEA 3720. This is the second semester in a two-semester course
that traces the history of theatre in society. Through lectures, discussions,
and readings students trace the history of theatre from the 18th century through
the present day. All students conduct individual research and produce papers
discussing their findings. Honors students apply their historical research in
creative projects approved by the instructor.
3790 Special Topics I
(1 to 5)
Special topics courses are designed for both Theatre Majors and Non-Majors.
The focus of these courses varies each semester. Past courses have included:
Performance Art, American and European Scene Study, and Dialects. Auditions for
Actors Stage Combat Improv Check the Department's web site for current
information on the content and emphasis of special topics offerings.A variety of
topics in theatre are covered relating texts to the culture that produced them.
3791 Absurd Theatre
(3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will examine the dramatic
literature of seminal writers such as Alfred Jarry, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert
Camus, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco, Harold Pinter, and others in
an exploration of their philosophies, reaction to world events, and creative
expression.
3792 Queer Theatre (3)
Fulfills Diversity.
Gay and Lesbian Theatre explores the society, culture, and history of the
U.S.--early 20th Century to present --using the lens of gay and lesbian culture
and theatre. The course asks students to contemplate the relationship between
American drama written by and about gay men and women and the ever-evolving U.S.
culture these plays reflect.
3796 Auditions for Actors
(3)
Students develop an awareness and appreciation of the art of acting as an
actor and as an observer. Explores the basics of the audition process and
examines various points of view regarding it. Students will also create a simple
resume.
3810 Theatre Teaching
Forum (0.5)
Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Must enroll for four
semesters. A seminar for theatre education majors to discuss specific theatre
education issues, new research in teacher education, new teaching methods, and
share personal learning and teaching experiences.
3820 Theatre Teaching
Practicum (0.5)
Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Must enroll for four
semesters. Hands-on field based opportunities to teach theatre content to K-12
students.
3910 PADP Individual Set
Project I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned set design projects to
support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty. Course credit for
completing assigned set design projects on departmental productions.
3911 PADP Individual
Lighting Project I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned lighting design projects
to support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty. Course credit for
completing assigned lighting design projects on departmental productions.
3912 PADP Individual Stage
Management Projects I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission
required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned stage management projects
to support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty.Course credit for
completing assigned stage management projects on departmental productions.
3913 PADP Individual Tech
Project I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned technical projects to
support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty.Course credit for
completing assigned technical projects on departmental productions.
3914 PADP Individual
Costume Project I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned costume design projects
to support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty.Course credit for
completing assigned costume design projects on departmental productions.
3915 PADP Individual Sound
Project I (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned sound design projects to
support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty.Course credit for
completing assigned sound design projects on departmental productions.
3916 PADP MakeUP Project I
(1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned makeup design projects to
support departmental productions, mentored by PADP faculty.Course credit for
completing assigned makeup design projects on departmental productions.
3920 Beginning Individual
Performance Projects I (1 to 3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised performance projects.
3930 Undergraduate
Research Projects (1 to 3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised research projects.
3940 Studio Design Project
(1)
Creating a design for a play (set, costume, lights, sound, makeup, props) and
realizing that design on a stage with a limited budget.
4010 Shakespeare in
Performance (3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
Open to all students. Study Abroad Program. Lecture/Discussions on plays seen
in performance in London and Stratford-upon-Avon as performed by the Royal
Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and others. Introduces students to
the life and works of William Shakespeare through a combination of
lecture-discussions, play attendance, master classes with actors and artistic
staffs of major theatre companies, reflective journals, and field trips to
Shakespearean sites.
4020 Dramatic Genres
(3) Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
Open to all students. Study Abroad Program. Students will be immersed in
London's extensive Spring production season which includes outstanding
productions from all major periods of theatre history. This course also
introduces students to the work of great playwrights and worldwide currents of
artistic thought. Course work will include lecture-discussions, play attendance,
master classes with actors and artistic staffs of leading international
companies, reflective journals, and field trips.
4030 Contemporary Drama
(3) Fulfills Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration.
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Study Abroad Program. More new plays
premiere in London than any other city in the English-speaking world. This
course focuses on new, cutting-edge drama or The English Stage. Coursework will
include lecture-discussions, play attendance, master classes with actors and
artistic staffs of leading international companies, reflective journals, and
field trips.
4050 Pioneer Theatre Company (1) Prerequisite:
Instructor's consent.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Performance in Pioneer Theatre Company
Productions.
4090 Fourth-Year
Voice and Speech for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: THEA 3080.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Individualized and
small group study of advanced voice and speech techniques.
4100 Computer-Assisted
Design (3)
For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to CADD for theatre contexts
using a Macintosh platform.
4110 Acting and Directing
Shakespeare (3)
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Students will study the craft of acting
and directing Shakespeare through play analysis, interpretation, rehearsal, and
performance. Students will craft a "director's vision" and realize that vision
through the rehearsal and production of scenes.
4120 Research and
Collaboration (3)
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Analysis of the complex
relationship between director and designer using models of collaboration to
evaluate the artistic process.
4140 Advanced
Scene Study for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 3180.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. An advanced acting
studio concentrating on scene work.
4190 Advanced
Performance for Actor Training Program (2) Prerequisite: Instructor's
consent.
An in-depth exploration of a performance text and production process.
4220 New Play Workshop
(3)
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. Instructor's approval. Meets with THEA
6220. Students explore the collaborative processes which bring a new script from
the page to production.
4240 Audition Technique II
for ATP (2) Prerequisite: THEA 4230 and acceptance into the Actor Training
Program.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. The second in a
two-course sequence. In this semester, the text material is primarily classical.
Each student will develop a repertory of classical audition pieces. Students
also study the business as currently practiced by working theatre professionals.
4250 Fourth Year Mmovement
of Actor Training Program (3)
Course explores in depth the techniques of Butoh, an abstract movement form
originated in Japan. Focus will be on the approaches of Tatsumi Hijikata and
Kazuo Ohno, the two primary founders of Butoh. Work will focus on the
investigation of impulse and energy through the mind/body structure of Butoh.
4270 Stage Makeup II
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 1223 or instructor's approval.
Advanced makeup techniques, including latex prosthesis and cosmetics.
4310 Scene Design II
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 2110.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. An advanced design studio course emphasizing
the development of the design process through period research, sketching, and
script analysis.
4320 Scene Painting
(3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. This is a hands-on studio course. Students
will learn basic and intermediate scenic artist painting techniques that are
used for both stage and film scenic production. Techniques include: texturing,
marbling, wood graining, faux painting, and drop painting.
4330 Dramaturgy (3)
Prerequisite: THEA 1713 or Instructor's approval.
The members of this seminar explore the multifarious work of the production
dramaturg through readings, discussion, writing, and projects, to develop the
sensibility required of thoughtful and thought-provoking theatre professionals.
Each student conducts individual research on the play of her choice from the
Department of Theatre's current or upcoming season.
4335 Honors Dramturgy
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 1713 or Instructor's approval.
Meets with THEA 4330. The members of this seminar explore the multifarious
work of the production dramaturg through readings, discussion, writing, and
projects, to develop the sensibility required of thoughtful and
thought-provoking theatre professionals. Each student conducts individual
research on the play of her choice. Honors students create program notes and a
lobby display for a production in the Theatre Department?s current or upcoming
season.
4390 Survey of Historic
Costume (3) Prerequisite: THEA 1550 or instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Non-majors. A survey of key periods in costume
history. Through visually supported lectures and period clothing research
projects students are immersed in the history of clothing throughout the world.
This course is for all students who are interested about the history of clothing
and the social and historical influences of each period.
4420 Advanced Playwriting
(3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
This course is intended fro talented playwriting students. With instructor's
approval, students write full length plays. The course will also teach students
how to submit their finished plays to contests and theatres which produce new
work.
4460 Costume Design II
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 2140 or instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced costume design and rendering
techniques. This course provides students with a methodology that enables them
to realize their costume designs for a play, including how to read a play for
information about costumes, how to convey character through costumes, how to use
costumes to help to tell the story of the play, how to make a design
presentation, and how to organize design portfolios.
4490 Lighting Design II
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 2170.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced design concepts, script analysis, and
composition. Students will gain professional experience in theatrical lighting
design contexts.
4500 Sound Design II
(3) Prerequisite: THEA 3500 Sound Design I or Instructor's approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced design concepts, script analysis, and
audio amplification. Students will gain professional knowledge and experience in
theatrical sound design.
4600 Advanced Stage
Management (3) Prerequisite: THEA 3880 or Instructor's Approval.
For theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced problem-solving techniques and group
organizational dynamics.
4610 Advanced Youth
Theatre Techniques (3)
For Theatre Majors and Non-Majors. An examination of age appropriate teaching
methods, strategies, and curriculum planning for elementary school learners.
4615 Youth Theatre (3)
Open to all students. A survey of the field of Young People's Theatre.
Students will explore the work of outstanding contemporary playwrights who are
writing for young audiences, and develop techniques in writing, acting, and
directing for and with young people.
4620 Teaching Theatre in
Secondary Schools (3)
Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. An examination of age
appropriate teaching methods, strategies, and curriculum planning for secondary
school learners. Additional emphases include planning a production season, using
national and state content and performance standards, assessing student growth,
and developing community advocacy plans.
4630 Theatre
for Social Action (3)
Open to all students. Students will learn and demonstrate specific teaching
methods for applying theater to service-learning situations outside the
traditional theatre classroom (e.g., drama/theatre-in-education,
social-issue-focused-theatre (SIFT), theatre with special populations, crisis
prevention, drama therapy). A service-learning scholar course co-listed with the
Bennion Center.
4660 Survey of Period
Style and Decor (3) Prerequisite: THEA 3730.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. An examination of styles and forms of
architecture and decoration as these have evolved from ancient Greece to modern
times. Students will explore the social, economic, and political history of each
period as a way of illuminating the reasoning behind the visual nature of
discrete styles.
4800 PADP Internship
(3 to 12) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Acceptance into the PADP. Mentored design internship with a professional
theatre company, or a film or television producing company.
4910 PADP Individual Set
Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned set design projects to
support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4911 PADP Individual
Lighting Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned lighting design projects
to support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4912 PADP Indiv Stage
Management Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission
required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned stage management projects
to support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4913 PADP Individual Tech
Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned technical projects to
support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4914 PADP Individual
Costume Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned costume design projects
to support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4915 PADP Individual Sound
Projects II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned sound design projects to
support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4916 PADP Individual
MakeUP Project II (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's permission required.
Acceptance into the PADP Program required. Assigned makeup design projects to
support departmental productions mentored by PADP faculty.
4919 Individual Performance
Projects (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's Approval.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised performance projects.
4950 Individual Stage
Management Projects (1 to 5) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Supervised experience in stage managing a
production.
4960 Portfolio Preparation
(3) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
For Theatre Majors and Minors. Students design and produce individual
professional portfolios under the mentorship of PADP faculty.
4999 Honors Thesis/Project
(3)
Restricted to students in the Honors Program. Students will complete
individualized projects under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
5080 Third-Year Voice and
Speech for Actor Training Program (3) Prerequisite: THEA 5070.
Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Continues the
exploration of speech possibilities for the actor. Students will complete work
on the sounds of the International Association Phonetic Alphabet, phonetic
transcription, and master Stage Standard Dialect. Continues the exploration of
body/voice connection, resonance, articulation, the use of language, and Laban
movement.
5640 Musical Theatre
Directing (2)
Open to all students. An introduction to the fundamentals of directing
musical theatre including beginning music theory, choreography, analysis of a
musical theatre work, and production techniques.
5890 Individual Projects
in Elementary School Play Directing (2) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Students will direct
new or published works in an elementary-school setting under the supervision of
theatre education faculty.
5900 Individual Projects
in Secondary School Play Directing (2) Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Acceptance into the Theatre Education Program required. Students will direct
new or published works in a secondary-school setting under the supervision of
theatre education faculty.
6950 Graduate Research
Projects I (1 to 8) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required.
Independent research projects.
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