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  • TA 230: Acting II

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This is an intensive acting course that builds upon the basic acting principles taught in TA 30 Acting I.In this course students apply what they have learned about the art, analysis, and interpretation of acting to a variety of dramatic styles.Students explore several period acting styles through in-class exercises and performances of rehearsed scenes and monologues.This course culminates in a public performance.Students gain a well-rounded and thoughtful understanding of acting as a practical and intellectual art that prepares them for further work in theatre and related performing arts.(Prerequisite: TA 30 or the permission of the instructor) Three credits.
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  • TA 240: Technique and Art in Directing

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course for advanced students covers the theory, practice, and history of directing for the theatre.In a workshop/seminar format, students explore various ways of bringing a play script from conception to full production.The course includes sessions in text analysis, working with actors and designers, and the role and responsibility of the director to the overall production.Students direct several in-class scenes and a one-act play that is produced in Director's Cut, part of Theatre Fairfield's season.(Prerequisite: TA 30) Three credits.
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  • TA 241: Examining the Sixties:History,Art,and Legacy

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course, offered by two historians who specialize in 20th-century American history, explores the 1960s from the dual perspectives of history and the arts.Political and artistic change happened concurrently in this era, and was often instigated by people who promoted societal change via the creation of art.The course approaches the period as "the long '60s," beginning in the early 1950s and ending in 1975 with the U.S.withdrawal of forces from Vietnam.Class sessions combine lecture, discussion, and experiential events as a means of understanding how art and activism worked hand-in-hand.Students may choose to take this course for either visual and performing art or history core credit.Also listed as HI 2 41.This course meets the U.S. diversity requiremen t. Three credits
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  • TA 250: Advanced Stagecraft

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This introduction to the technical aspects of theatre production provides an overview of the physical stage, including the use of scenery and lighting.Students learn basic techniques of set construction and rigging, lighting, and electronics for today's theatre.Students are required to participate in construction and rigging for Theatre Fairfield productions.Three credits.
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  • TA 255: Advanced Design

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This practical course fosters the development of visual communication skills, play analysis skills, and sensitivity to the communicative properties of visual images.The course covers scenic design, costume design, and lighting design, and emphasizes concept development and creative research.Readings include influential designers Robert Edmond Jones and Edward Gordon Craig.(Prerequisite: TA 155) Three credits.
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  • TA 264/120: American Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    See TA 120 for course description. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. Three credits.
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  • TA 30: Acting I

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This class is an intensive introduction to physical technique and training essential to acting.Manifesting the understanding of key concepts through demonstrating skills is the primary focus of the course.Physical openness and responsiveness are explored and developed in pursuit of performance that is dynamically immediate and wholly engages audience, ensemble, and performer.Students will learn and practice Viewpoints, an approach to performance that allows performers to develop stage presence, play as a member of an ensemble, and make exciting performance choices.The class also introduces vocal technique for stage, the key ingredient to theatrical storytelling.The course requires participation in a weekly Physical Performance Lab.Three credits.
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  • TA 300: Special Topics

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Students undertake an in-depth study of a specific problem, period, or style of acting, dance, or other aspect of production conducted by a leading scholar/practitioner in the field.The course is open to invited students only.Three credits.
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  • TA 310: Technique and Theory of Production

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This in-depth exploration of theatre aesthetics and production theory centers on study and analysis of the writings and work of such major figures as Antonin Artaud, Peter Brook, Harold Clurman, Edward Gordon Craig, Jerzy Grotowski, and Susan Sontag.Students consider what theatre is, can, and should be while studying varying perspectives on theatrical design, directing, and staging practices.The course also examines contemporary theatre management and administration.The class culminates in group projects that present detailed production books for a selected classic play, including a consideration of style, period, point of view, historical precedent, acting, directing, design, venue, and budget.This is the capstone class for theatre majors and minors but other interested students with sufficient background are welcome.Three credits.
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  • TA 395: Theatre Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    With faculty sponsorship and departmental approval, students develop internships as assistants to professional theatre designers and managers or with professional theatres, studios, and production companies in the regional/metropolitan area.Internships are also available in the organizational and management areas of Theatre Fairfield.Students interested in becoming interns must consult with theatre faculty well in advance of the desired internship semester.Three credits.
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