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  • THEATRE 320: Techniques of Acting:Style

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    Full course for one semester. We will examine the theory and practice of approaches to acting in "period plays" performed in contemporary theatres. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the motivation for stylization and the development of physical and vocal skill necessary to successful performance. Scenes will be selected from a repertoire includin g commedia dell'art e, comedy of manners, and Elizabethan and Greek theatre. Maximum 16 students. Prerequisite: Theatre 210, or equivalent experience with audition, or approval by the instructor. Conference-performance lab. Offered alternate years. Not offered 2009-10
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  • THEATRE 331: Directing I:Production Concept

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    Full course for one semester. An investigation of approaches to script analysis for the director and the examination of texts within a theatrical framework. From this study the student proceeds to an exploration of the director's production concept, its formulation through analysis and rehearsal processes, and realization in theatrical terms through performance. Conference-lab.
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  • THEATRE 332: Directing Techniques:Contemporary Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    Full course for one semester. Students will do advanced work in directing with emphasis on interpretive and performance techniques requisite for the staging of contemporary drama. Specific focus is given to the Epic Theatre of Brecht or the absurdist drama of Beckett and Ionesco. Readings by contemporary theorists and practitioners relevant to the special topics. Prerequisite: Theatre 331 or comparable academic preparation. Conference-lab.
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  • THEATRE 334: Special Problems in Directing

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    Full course for one semester. This course is an advanced study that will focus on the problems of theatrical style, with attention given to verse drama (Shakespeare, Molière), early realism (Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw), or varieties of the comic. The course is introduced with background and reading relevant to the special topics. Prerequisite: Theatre 331 or comparable preparation. Conference-lab. Offered alternate years. Not offered 2009-10.
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  • THEATRE 396: Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    One-half or full course for one semester. Students will perform advanced work in a selected area of inquiry. The course may include but is not limited to preparation of roles, directing of scenes or plays, and experimentation in performance theories and scriptwriting. Scripts, criticism, and artistic problems will be dealt with in an attempt to arrive at a creative synthesis. Prerequisite: prior coursework in the department. Conference-lab. The topics for 2009-10 are Performing Identity: Going Solo Examination of theories related to construction of identity in performance, including masked performance, historical presentation and solo performance, particularly in contemporary theatre. Each student will create and perform a short solo performance piece. Prerequisite: prior coursework in the department, with Theatre 210 and/or playwriting strongly recommended. Playwriting Developing original scripts for performance. Weekly written projects leading to the completion of two short plays. Prerequisite: completion of at least one theatre course or admission through an approved writing sample.
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  • THEATRE 470: Thesis

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    Full course for one year.
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  • THEATRE 481: Independent Study

    3.00 Credits
    Reed College

    One-half or full course for one semester. Prerequisite: approval of instructor and division.
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