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Students will learn how a designer develops, communicates and executes an effective and creative soundscape for a theatrical production. The basics of sound technology will be discussed and the student will have the opportunity to record, engineer and execute their own creative content. Focuses on sound as an artistic medium and explore how it can be used alongside other production elements to create the world of the play and convey thematic, emotional and environmental information. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 105. Maximum enrollment, 12. Stoughton.
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Through a series of projects and demonstrations, introduces students to the basic principles of
scenic painting for film, television and the performing arts. Topics covered will include color mixing, texture,
faux finishing (wood grain, marble, etc.), brush and spray techniques, trompe-l'oeil and large scale cartooning and
painting. Prerequisite, 105 or 130, or a 100-level art course. (Same as Art 215.) Maximum enrollment, 12. Holland.
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Introduction to the techniques of realistic and non-realistic playwriting through a variety of exercises and improvisations, culminating in the writing and staging of a one-act play. Prerequisite, Theatre 110, 120, 130 or a 100-level writing-intensive course in English or English 204. While no prior acting experience is required, students participate in staged readings of works. (Same as English and Creative Writing 224.) Maximum enrollment, 16. Latrell.
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Explores gender and gender issues in classical and contemporary dramatic literature, theatre and performance, and how "female" has been defined, represented and played. Topics include constructing "female" and its cultural significance; cross-dressing; the role of women performers and writers in shaping the representation and construction of female; contemporary feminist performance theory. (Oral Presentations.) (Same as Women's Studies 230.) Bellini-Sharp.
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Study, discussion and oral performance of selected works of drama by African-Americans from the 1860s to the present. Focuses on themes within the plays in relation to the current social climate and how they affect the play's evolution in the context of changing U.S. cultural and political attitudes. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 110 or 120. Open to sophomores and juniors only. (Same as Africana Studies 238.) Cryer.
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How did Greek tragedy work in the city of Athens? Athens was a radical democracy but was based on slave labor and the exclusion of women. How is this implied contradiction displayed in the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides? But tragedy also has contemporary life. How do these plays transcend their time of production? An opportunity to examine relations of gods/humans, fate/choice, as well as gender, class/ethnicity and sexuality. Readings to include works by Seneca, Racine, Sartre, O'Neill, Heaney, Fugard. (Writing-intensive.) (Same as Comparative Literature 244 and Classics 244.) Maximum enrollment, 20. N Rabinowitz.
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An exploration of Asian performance forms and performers, and how they are represented in the West. Focus on elite, popular and hybrid forms arising out of the cultures of China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, and the way these forms have functioned as tokens of exoticism in the West. No prior performance experience necessary, but students will be expected to participate in workshops. Open to seniors. (Oral Presentations.) (Proseminar.) Prerequisite, one course in theatre or Asian studies or consent of instructor. Maximum enrollment, 16. Latrell.
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Performing a major role, stage management, dramaturgy or design of scenery, lighting or costumes for a faculty-directed production. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, invitation of department. May be repeated for credit. The Department.
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Fundamentals of play direction and script analysis. Study of selected directors and directorial problems; the direction of exercise scenes; and direction of a final scene or one-act for public presentation. Prerequisite, two semesters of acting and two other courses in theatre or dramatic literature or consent of instructor. Latrell.
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An introduction to the basic texts of theatre history from classical antiquity to the Baroque era, focusing on the themes of cross-dressing in performance, space and how it shapes theatre, and the representation of reality on the stage. Places performance within social, cultural and historical contexts, and also provides an introduction to non-Western performance. Offered in alternate years. (Oral Presentations.) Prerequisite, 110, 120, any 200-level theatre course, English 206 or consent of instructor. Latrell.
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