[PORTALNAME]

Course Criteria

Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.

  • THAR 120: Introduction to Acting

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ferguson,Malague,Schlatter, and Staff. Required of all Theatre Arts Majors. Rooted in the system devised by Constantin Stanislavsky, this course takes students step by step through the practical work an actor must do to live and behave truthfully on-stage. Beginning with relaxation and physical exercise, interactive games, and ensemble building, students then learn and put into practice basic acting techniques, including sensory work, the principles of action, objectives, given circumstances, etc. The semester culminates in the performance of a scene or scenes, most often from a modern American play. This course strongly stresses a commitment to actor work and responsibility to one's fellow actors. Practical work is supplemented by readings from Stanislavksy and a variety of other acting theorists that may include Uta Hagen, Robert Cohen, Stella Adler, among others. Students are required to submit short essays over the course of the semester in response to the readings and in preparation for their final scene project.
    ShareTHAR 120 - Introduction to Acting
    Favorite
    Show comparable courses

  • THAR 121: Introduction to Directing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ferguson, Malague, Mazer, Schlatter. Required of all Theatre Arts Majors. The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of directing through an introduction to the functional tools of the craft. Classes provide lectures and practical work in dealing with topics such as the function of the director, analyzing a script, visual composition, blocking, stage business, and working with actors. This course is a prerequisite for Advanced Directing.
    ShareTHAR 121 - Introduction to Directing
    Favorite

  • THAR 125: The Play:Structure,Style,Meaning

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Malague. Pending Curriculum Committee Approval. How does one read a play Theatre, as a discipline, focuses on the traditions of live performance. In those traditions, a play text must be read not only as a piece of literature, but as a kind of "blueprint" from which productions are built. This course will introduce students to a variety of approaches to reading plays and performance pieces. Drawing on a wide range of dramatic texts from different periods and places, we will examine how plays are made, considering issues such as structure, genre, style, character, and language, as well as the use of time, space, and theatrical effects. Although the course is devoted to the reading and analysis of plays, we will also view selected live and/or filmed versions of several of the scripts we study, assessing their translation from page to stage.
    ShareTHAR 125 - The Play:Structure,Style,Meaning
    Favorite

  • THAR 130: Introduction to Light,Set,and Costume Design

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Baratta. Required of all Theatre Arts Majors. This course will introduce students to the traditional elements of scenic composition, including stage scenery and props, lighting, costume and sound design. Students will gain an appreciation for the breadth of historic scenic convention as well as an understanding of the roles played by historic convention in modern stagecraft. Theatrical relationships between actor/audience/setting/text will be examined using the analysis of play scripts, theatre history, theoretical writings, illustrations and other media as a series of case studies. Emphasis will be given to an understanding of the role of design and technology in the transformational event of the theatre production, and the various contextual approaches that inform the design process, including the role of the theatre designer/technician as artist and collaborator within the framework of the production team. Project work in this course includes design studies, research and critical writing, project presentation, and a practicum project associated with the Theatre Arts Program production schedule.
    ShareTHAR 130 - Introduction to Light,Set,and Costume Design
    Favorite

  • THAR 131: Concepts of Lighting

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Whinnery. Recommended for majors. Non-majors need permission of instructor. An introduction to the nature and value of lighting in the theatre, emphasizing its functions, history, resources, techniques, and design.
    ShareTHAR 131 - Concepts of Lighting
    Favorite

  • THAR 132: Costume

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Costume history and design provides a framework for organized study and practice in this particular facet of theatre production. It is a one-semester course, scheduled to meet once a week for a three hour session.
    ShareTHAR 132 - Costume
    Favorite

  • THAR 133: Concepts of Stage Design

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Whinnery. Non-majors need permission of instructor. A history of the development of twentieth-century stage design and the exploration of the design process. Project work in the realization of stage designs through drafting, rendering, and model building.
    ShareTHAR 133 - Concepts of Stage Design
    Favorite

  • THAR 140: Topics in Theatre History

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Mazer. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic materials and methods of theatre history and historiography, as applied to a particular topic, organized around a specific period, national group, or aesthetic issue. This course is concerned with methodological questions: how the history of theatre can be documented; how primary documents, secondary accounts, and historical and critical analyses can be synthesized; how the various components of the theatrical event--acting, scenography, playhouse architecture, audience composition, the financial and structural organization of the theatre industry, etc.--relate to one another; and how the theatre is socially and culturally constructed as an art form in relation to the politics and culture of a society in a particular time and place.
    ShareTHAR 140 - Topics in Theatre History
    Favorite

  • THAR 141: Classical Theatre

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Development of the history and practice of Greek and Roman theatre from antiquity to the Middle Ages is treated through reading English translations of tragedy and comedy and examination of the physical setting and staging of drama. Attention is paid to the drama's relation to religion, the role of the audience in theatre, popular stage performances other than plays, public spectacles, and the medieval attitude towards drama.
    ShareTHAR 141 - Classical Theatre
    Favorite

  • THAR 171: Movement for the Actor

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Fishbeck. Primarily for majors. Non-majors need permission of the instructor. The study of the art of bodily expression throughout history in theory and practice, from Classical and Oriental forms to the contemporary theatre.
    ShareTHAR 171 - Movement for the Actor
    Favorite
To find college, community college and university courses by keyword, enter some or all of the following, then select the Search button.
(Type the name of a College, University, Exam, or Corporation)
(For example: Accounting, Psychology)
(For example: ACCT 101, where Course Prefix is ACCT, and Course Number is 101)
(For example: Introduction To Accounting)
(For example: Sine waves, Hemingway, or Impressionism)
Distance:
of
(For example: Find all institutions within 5 miles of the selected Zip Code)