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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Innovative theories, techniques, strategies, and their application to ministry situations. Experiences in creative dramatics, improvisation, story dramatization, original scripts, drama program development, and creative leadership to maximize the impact of the gospel, especially within the church setting. Prerequisite: THA100NA or the consent of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Production and performance of a play that tours to a variety of settings including multicultural locations.
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3.00 Credits
The art of performing and acting Shakespeare. Basic key skills such as scansion and antithesis, and performance techniques needed to analyze and interpret Shakespearean text for performance. Group lab experiences and work with Shakespearean scenes and monologues. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; THA100NA.
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4.00 Credits
Dynamic interrelationship of theatre and culture, focusing on the correlations between a people's worldview; their religious, philosophical, political, and aesthetic concerns; and their dramatic art as it was brought to life on the stages of their time. Theatrical activity of the classical, medieval, Renaissance, and neoclassical periods.
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3.00 Credits
Theatre's role as a reflector and instigator of cultural change during the modern period: religious, philosophical, political, social, and aesthetic. The theatrical "isms": naturalism,realism, surrealism, symbolism, expressionism, and absurdism. Prerequisite: GES130 or GES145, 146.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive experience in the production and performance of a musical. Instruction and coaching in the unique art of musical theatre as well as direct involvement in all aspects of mounting a show according to a professional summer stock or repertory model. Prerequisites: Audition for and be cast in the show; THA202.
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4.00 Credits
Principles of costume, scenery, and lighting design. Training in communicating design through figure drawing, drafting, rendering, and model making. Prerequisites: GES125; sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced work in scene study, character analysis, and individual performance skills. Prerequisite: THA100NA.
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3.00 Credits
The identification and development of a singer-actor's skills through classroom exercises and assignments utilizing the literature of musical theatre; process and value of group interaction and coaching. Includes various performances. Prerequisites: THA100NA or audition; sophomore standing.
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4.00 Credits
Directing fundamentals including: blocking, characterization, how to find and secure rights, playscript interpretation, character analysis, organization and preparing budgets, director/actor and director/designer relationships. Development of a directoral perspective and process through play analysis and workshop experience. Prerequisites: THA100NA or THA291L; junior or senior standing.
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