0881-258 - Introduction to Play Creating

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

Uses a workshop approach to explore what being a playwright/play creator means. Class topics include exploring each writer's values and points of view, bringing those viewpoints to life on the stage, developing rounded characters, structuring action, creating dialogue and taking a play through workshop critique. The goals of the course for each student are to develop a more fi nely tuned theatrical sensitivity and to have a playable scene, act, or one-act play by the end of the quarter. These plays may be scripted in English, American Sign Language or visual theater systems. (ACT arts/literature score 8-10 or permission of instructor) Class 3, Credit 3 (S)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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