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3.00 Credits
Advanced course in stage management for drama, opera, and musical theatre. This course is designed to explore and research various performance unions and associations including their collectively bargained agreements and standards. Additional in depth study will be made of the Actors' Equity Association and the American Guild of Musical Artists agreements as they pertain to rehearsal and performance practices.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced course in stage management for drama, opera, and musical theatre. This course is designed to explore and research various performance unions and associations including their collectively bargained agreements and standards. Additional in depth study will be made of the Actors' Equity Association and the American Guild of Musical Artists agreements as they pertain to rehearsal and performance practices.
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3.00 Credits
The increasing complexity of theatrical designs, the use of innovative materials and technologies, and the increased weight of everything in theater (lights, speakers, rigging, flying effects) have introduced many challenges to the technical direction industry and technical design profession as a whole. These challenges call for the development and continual improvement of efficient engineering methods for designing sound structures as well as for the education of technical designers in the uniqueness of theater as a structural design problem. This class will give you the knowledge to design safe structures for the stage. You will design structures that not only meet the requirements of the Scenic design for looks, but are also safe for the actors, the crew and the audience. Most of the time you will be designing based primarily on past experience, and this is adequate for most situations we run across. However, the ability to design for the unusual situation is a skill which makes you a better Technical Director.
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3.00 Credits
This class is a continuation of Structural Design for the Stage 1. An ongoing effort to improve the unique structural engineering knowledge related to theatrical design and performance. It compliments current structural design practices and building code requirements with value-added technical information and guidance. In doing so, it supplements fundamental engineering principles with various technical resources and insights that focus on improving the understanding of conventional theater construction. The goal of structural design is to find the best solution to a problem, the simplest, the most efficient, the most reliable, while maintaining SAFTEY. What is required is a considerable breadth of knowledge, a precision of craftsmanship, a spirit of exploration, and a keen imagination.
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3.00 Credits
Mechatronics is new term used to describe the synergistic integration of mechanism, electronics, and computer control to achieve a functional theatrical effect or illusion. Because of the emphasis upon integration, this course will center around system integration in which small teams of students will configure, design, and implement a succession of mechatronic subsystems, leading to a main project either used on stage or for invited guests in the shop. Lectures will complement the laboratory experience with comparative surveys, operational principles, and integrated design issues associated with the spectrum of mechanism, electronics, and control components. Class lectures will cover topics intended to complement the laboratory work, including mechanisms, actuators, motor drives, sensors and electronic interfaces, microcontroller hardware and programming and basic controls.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to the knowledge of fluid theory and applied physics which relates to Theater and Live Entertainment. The student will study the theory of operation, maintenance requirements, and adjustments of various Hydraulic and Pneumatic components and systems. The student will demonstrate the ability to test, inspect, troubleshoot, and service both Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems and overhaul malfunctioning components according to manufacturer specifications. The course covers fluid flow, identifies the various actuating units, types of seals, pumps and differences between hydraulics and pneumatics. The inspection, maintenance and repair of the various components is also covered in accordance with applicable specifications.
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3.00 Credits
This course is required during the fourth year of residency for all Technical Direction Majors. Students will be assigned to a Studio or Main Stage Production as the Technical Director. This course will provide training and practical experience in the skills and practices of the Professional Technical Director. The student Technical Director will control the preliminary budgeting, material tracking, labor flow through the shop, load in planning and strike planning. The Technical Director will be responsible for the production needs of the show. The Technical Director will collaborate with the entire production team to overcome obstacles, maintain a safe environment and bring the production in on budgets.
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3.00 Credits
Stage Design is not a static picture, space or composition. Stage design evolves through time and space and communicates changing relationships, feelings, and moods. The Stage Design I - IV sequence explores the aesthetic, technical, and pragmatic challenges and solutions of designing scenic environments for live performance. Stage Design II focuses on professional technique and practice augmented with the history and traditions of the discipline. Pragmatic challenges and realities found in dramatic, musical theater and opera production inform theoretical design projects. Where appropriate actual design assignments take the place of theoretical projects. Prerequisites: Stage Design 1, Stage Design Graphics I - IV or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Stage Design is not a static picture, space or composition. Stage design evolves through time and space and communicates changing relationships, feelings, and moods. The Stage Design I - IV sequence explores the aesthetic, technical, and pragmatic challenges and solutions of designing scenic environments for live performance. Stage Design II focuses on professional technique and practice augmented with the history and traditions of the discipline. Pragmatic challenges and realities found in dramatic, musical theater and opera production inform theoretical design projects. Where appropriate actual design assignments take the place of theoretical projects. Prerequisites: Stage Design I, Stage Design Graphics I - IV or POI.
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3.00 Credits
Practical application and integration of advanced costume construction techniques for realized production work, or further investigation of appropriate advanced class work.
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