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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors with a Directing emphasis. Open to all students. Covers theory, practice, and principles of beginning theatre direction, including script selection and analysis, research, production organization, rehearsal structure and techniques, incorporation of design and technology elements, communication skills, and leadership. Includes practical application through staging student actors in scenes. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate foundational techniques and vocabularies for working effectively, sensitively, and collaboratively with actors and production teams. 2. Demonstrate a foundational understanding of theatrical styles in dramatic literature. 3. Demonstrate a practical understanding of theatrical composition in the scenic space. 4. Apply strategies of foundational directorial management of the production process. 5. Demonstrate an ability to evaluate scene work and fully mounted dramatic performance. 6. Evaluate personal directing skills, and identify potential for improvement. Prerequisite: THEA 1713 and THEA 1033 (Grade C or higher). FA (even)
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors with a Directing emphasis. Open to all students. Builds on skills from THEA 3600 and applies them in staging one-act plays with student actors. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate advanced ability to choose, analyze, craft and present a dramatic work, one-act in length. 2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of theatrical styles in dramatic literature. 3. Demonstrate advanced techniques and vocabularies for working effectively with actors and production teams. 4. Evaluate personal directing skills, and identify potential for improvement at an advanced level. 5. Evaluate performances of fully mounted productions at an advanced level. 6. Demonstrate complete understanding of the directing process from beginning to end. Prerequisite: THEA 3600 (Grade C or higher). SP (odd)
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors. Open to all students. Covers the literature and development of theatre from its beginnings through the 17th century. In addition to dramatic texts, examines the impact of performance spaces, aesthetic theories, religious beliefs, and the contemporary politics of a given era on the development of drama. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the timeline of development of theatre from the beginning of mankind until the 17th century. 2. Identify key players and elements of theatrical development from the beginning of mankind until the 17th century. 3. Express knowledge of theatre's impact on and its reflection of major historical developments from the beginning of mankind until the 17th century. 4. Analyze theatrical works through written criticism, applying knowledge garnered through class participation and projects. Prerequisites: THEA 1713 (Grade C or higher). FA (odd)
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors. Open to all students. Covers the literature and development of theatre from the 18th century to present day. In addition to dramatic texts, examines the impact of performance spaces, aesthetic theories, religious beliefs, and the contemporary politics of a given era on the development of drama. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of prevalent texts as well as prominent lenses through which those texts may be viewed and experienced. 2. Identify key players and elements of theatrical development from the 18th century forward. 3. Express knowledge of theatre's impact on and its reflection of major historical developments from the 18th century forward. 4. Analyze theatrical works through written criticism, applying knowledge garnered through class participation and projects. Prerequisite: THEA 1713 (Grade C or higher). SP (even)
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors with a Design/Technical or Directing emphasis. Open to all students. Introduction to the creative and administrative work of a stage manager, including forms and formats, protocols, and roles of the stage manager in performing arts productions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate the fundamental knowledge and skills to execute the stage management process. 2. Demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of the theory and practice of the basic terminology of stage management. 3. Apply the skills necessary to produce prompt book and associated paperwork. 4. Demonstrate the ability to organize people, space, materials, and time needed to realize performing arts productions in a safe environment. 5. Demonstrate clear communication skills. 6. Create a secure and safe place for production personnel to work, manage and organize complicated schedules, develop clear communication skills, and the ability to organize people, space, materials, and time needed to realize performing arts productions. SP
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Specialty subjects in which topics/themes will be developed based upon the research specialties of department faculty and/or visiting instructors. Repeatable for six credits subject the graduation restrictions. Offered upon sufficient student demand. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate learning through original and creative ideas. 2. Collaborate with others to accomplish a shared purpose or goal. 3. Use appropriate strategies and tools to represent, analyze, and integrate seminar-specific knowledge. 4. Develop the ability to think critically about course content. 5. Apply knowledge from seminar to a range of contexts, problems, and solutions. Course fee required.
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3.00 Credits
For all students interested in acting for the stage, and desiring to perform in Utah Tech University productions. Introduces fundamentals of stage movement, including: theatrical acrobatics; neutral mask; relaxation, alignment, flexibility, and strength training; presence, focus, and partner and ensemble awareness; spatial-temporal awareness, rhythmicity and musicality of movement; object manipulation; and the foundations of physical characterization, extra-daily movement, and observation, mimesis and storytelling. Group work is required; working from myths and fairy tales, students will collaboratively develop theatrical etudes (movement sequences) with sound, movement, and minimal speech. Film screenings, readings, and written assignments will also be used. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the acting body as a compositional element in scenic space. 2. Develop the skills necessary to generate creative proposals in response to the text, partner(s), and promptings of the director. 3. Develop breathing technique. 4. Develop physical improvisation skills. 5. Demonstrate understanding of rhythm-tempo. 6. Demonstrate understanding in partner acrobatics and tumbling. Course fee required. FA
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. A continuation of THEA 2063 exploring methods of movement for the stage, this course is designed to increase a students capability and versatility for connected, safe physical expression and somatic practices in the theatre. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate variety of character, action, and emotion through various movement qualities. 2. Devise partnered movement pieces. 3. Analyze and discuss the expressive potential of the body. Prerequisite: THEA 2063 (Grade C or higher). FA (odd)
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3.00 Credits
Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. This course is a practical exploration of safe techniques used to create the illusion of violence for stage and mediated works. Physical awareness, consent, breath and vocalization, and script analysis will be integrated with unarmed/hand-to-hand and weapons combat. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate and evaluate safe practices in the execution of basic stage combat techniques. 2. Describe safe practices in intimacy and stage combat. 3. Analyze the story and function of stage violence in a scene or the context of a play. 4. Create choreography and demonstrate sequences of various disciplines of stage combat. 5. Integrate breath and physical release while in rehearsal and performance of fight choreography. Course fee required. Prerequisite: THEA 1033. SP (even)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
For Theatre students seeking to gain a deeper understanding of the demands of the profession and to enhance their ability to function in a professional environment. Emphasizes skill refinement, which can include performance, costuming, set construction, lights, sound, wardrobe, stage make-up, properties, box office work, assistant directing or management, and stage management. Audition may be required for performance roles. Variable credit 1.0 - 4.0. Repeatable up to 4 credits dependent on graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply knowledge and skills to solve problems faced in a workplace environment at an advanced level. 2. Collaborate with colleagues in the workplace at an advanced level. 3. Demonstrate responsibility and dependability in the workplace environment at an advanced level. 4. Evaluate personal efforts and identify strengths and weaknesses at an advanced level. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. FA, SP
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