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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Directed Studies are learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses, or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade. 1-6 CREDITS
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3.00 Credits
Cultural history course surveys visual, literary, and performative traditions of Western theater. Theater conventions, architecture, and texts are presented alongside the art, architecture, dress, literature, politics, and social structure of a historic period. Instruction focuses on visual and literary interpretation of texts and provides an examination of the audience-performance relationship. This semester explores the early sources out of which Western theater has developed. Course is offered fall semester only. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1600 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR THE STAGE, 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
Cultural history course surveys visual, literary, and performative traditions of Western theater. Theater conventions, architecture, and texts are presented alongside the art, architecture, dress, literature, politics, and social structure of a historic period. Instruction focuses on visual and literary interpretation of texts and an examination of the audience/ performance relationship. Class examines theater of the 18th and 19th centuries, focusing on the debate between Neoclassicism and Romanticism and studying background and thought behind Realism and Naturalism. Course offered spring semester only. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1600 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR THE STAGE, 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
Cultural history class surveys the visual, literary, and performative traditions of Western theater. Theater conventions, architecture, and texts are presented alongside the art, architecture, dress, literature, politics, and social structure of a historic period. Instruction is focused on the visual and literary interpretation of texts and provides an examination of the audience/performance relationship. Class examines the incredible variety of arts, entertainment, and spectacle of the 20th century. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-1200 ACTING I: BASIC SKILLS, 31-1600 INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR THE STAGE, 52-1152 WRITING AND RHETORIC II
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3.00 Credits
Course provides an overview of the art and craft of dramaturgy in the contemporary theater. Through individual and group projects, students examine the role the dramaturg plays in developing production concepts, conducting production research, choosing translations, and developing adaptations of literature for performance. Students will also consider how the dramaturg functions within a theatrical organization to assist in season selection, audience education, and audience development. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2120 TEXT ANALYSIS
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of the history of modern comedy from its roots in ancient Greece and Rome to the present day. Through lectures, readings, audio and video recordings, the course will look at comic traditions including Commedia dell'Arte, Shakespearean comedy, Restoration farce, burlesque, clowning, vaudeville, cabaret, slapstick, stand-up, and situation comedy. Special emphasis will be placed on satire and the development of the revue form. 3 CREDITS CONCURRENT: 31-2190 CONTEXT FOR COMEDY, 31-2390 PHYSICAL AND VOCAL TRAINING FOR COMEDY, 31-3290 ACTING III: SKETCH AND THEATRICAL COMEDY, 31-3295 CREATING SCENES THROUGH IMPROVISATION, 31-3890 WRITING COMIC SCENES
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4.00 Credits
Diagnostic class concentrates on expanding character and style range of student according to individual need. Lectures, discussions, and improvisation workshops concentrate on building a character and on the playing of subtext. Pairs of new audition pieces are learned and performed, as are short twoperson and ensemble scenes. Other Acting II Styles classes may be taken concurrently. 4 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2120 TEXT ANALYSIS, 31-2205 ACTING II: CHARACTER AND ENSEMBLE, 31-2300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR II
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3.00 Credits
Scene study class concentrates on tragedies and comedies of ancient Greek playwrights. Dramatic and choral scenes are studied and presented during performance week. Concurrent enrollment in 31-2177 Rehearsal Lab is required. Other Acting II: Styles classes may be taken concurrently. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2120 TEXT ANALYSIS, 31-2205 ACTING II: CHARACTER AND ENSEMBLE, 31-2300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR II CONCURRENT: 31-2177 REHEARSAL LAB
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3.00 Credits
Course involves in-depth text analysis and verse work from Shakespeare's First Folio with goal toward performance. Students engage in monologue and scene study work designed to help the actor find Shakespeare's clues about character and performance in the text. Scenes are presented during performance weeks. Rehearsal Lab must be taken concurrently. Other Acting II: Styles classes may be taken concurrently. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-2120 TEXT ANALYSIS, 31-2205 ACTING II: CHARACTER AND ENSEMBLE, 31-2300 VOICE TRAINING FOR THE ACTOR II CONCURRENT: 31-2177 REHEARSAL LAB
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3.00 Credits
Scene study and monologue class involves further work from Shakespeare's First Folio. Study focuses on rehearsing text and finding clues about character, blocking, and motivations, then transferring them into performance. Students present scenes during performance week. 31-2177 Rehearsal Lab must be taken concurrently. Other Acting II: Styles classes may be taken concurrently. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 31-3204 ACTING III STYLES: SHAKESPEARE I CONCURRENT: 31-2177 REHEARSAL LAB
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