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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to contemporary drama on the stage. How the printed play is translated into visual and aural images. Attendance at selected theatre events is required. Recommended for non-majors.
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4.00 Credits
The artistic and production process involved in mounting a show. The current theatre or dance show as it happens from construction and rehearsal to opening and audience response. How literature or ideas are interpreted and rendered into live entertainment.
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4.00 Credits
Dramatic texts of ancient theatre, especially ancient Greek and Roman periods. Special emphasis on performance space, costumes, and masks. Exercises to reveal how theatre artists analyze literature.
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4.00 Credits
Ethnic, racial, and gender obstacles to creative expression in theatre; artists as outlaws, rebels and people outside the mainstream. Plays of artists working for social change in the U.S. Play attendance required. Not open to students with credit for THEA 1010.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to acting techniques to improve self-expression and observation skills. An introductory acting course designed for non-majors. Suitable as an elective for those who work with people of all ages in education, recreation, business and mass communication.
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4.00 Credits
Study of slave journals, blues, plays, poetry, and various performance traditions created by African Americans and their effect on artistic development in the United States and abroad. Exercises in script and manuscript analysis, acting, and directing.
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4.00 Credits
The role race plays in the creation of American Pop Culture. The influence of artists of color on popular culture. Project involving creation of a script based on personal experience with issues of color.
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2.00 - 8.00 Credits
Participation in preproduction or performance. Consult department office for course appropriate to desired assignment. First-year students take courses numbered 1490-1499; second-year students, courses numbered 2490-2499; third-year students, courses numbered 3490-3499; and fourth-year students, courses numbered 4490-4499.
1490, 2490, 3490, 4490 Costume or Backstage Activity A, B, C, D (2 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 6 units for this series. Four hrs. act.
1491, 2491, 3491, 4491 Musical Theatre Production A, B, C, D (4 each) Co-requisites: Concurrent enrollment in a section of DANC 2120-2125 Musical theatre Dance A B, C, D, E, F as designated by the director of the current musical production. May be repeated two times for credit for a maximum of 12 units for this series. Twelve hrs. act.
1492, 2492, 3492, 4492 Stage Crew Activity A, B, C, D (2 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 6 units for this series. Four hrs. act.
1493, 2493, 3493, 4493 Production Staff Activity A, B, C, D (3 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 9 units for this series. Six hrs. act.
1494, 2494, 3494, 4494 Festival Activity A, B, C, D (2 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 6 units for this series. Four hrs. act.
1495, 2495, 3495, 4495 Studio Production Activity A, B, C, D (4 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 12 units for this series. Eight hrs. act.
1497, 2497, 3497, 4497 Special Workshop or Production A, B, C, D (1-12 each) Prerequisite: Consult department to confirm participation, assignment, course, and units. Only THEA 4497 may be applied to the major. May be repeated once for credit. CR/NC grading only for THEA 1497, 2497, and 3497. A-F grading only for THEA 4497. Two to Twenty-four hrs. act.
1498, 2498, 3498, 4498 Summer Theatre Practicum A, B, C, D (8 each) Sixteen hrs. act.
1499, 2499, 3499, 4499 Production Practicum A, B, C, D (4 each) May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 12 units for this series. Eight hrs. act.
2496, 3496, 4496 International Touring Activity B, C, D (8 each) Sixteen hrs. act.
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1.00 Credits
Fundamentals of voice production; 2031 includes warm-ups, resonance, relaxation, projection, and breath control; 2032 introduces articulation, emphasis, and Standard American Speech in use in classic repertoire. May be taken out of sequence with permission of instructor. Each may be repeated once, for a maximum of 2 units each. Only 2 units may be applied to Beginning Electives and/or an Option in the major. Two hrs. act.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on scene specific improvisation, text analysis, identification of objectives, actions, and obstacles. Attention also given to freeing character through animal imagery, inanimate imagery, body centers, character analysis, given circumstances, and personalization. Prerequisites: Majors-one year of stage voice; Others-THEA 1020 or instructor approval. Six hrs. act.
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