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  • 3.00 Credits

    A comprehensive practical course in scenery construction and painting, its properties, scenery storage, and use of backstage equipment. Production duties are assigned. Class and laboratory work required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A comprehensive course designed to provide the student with a working knowledge of theatrical production practices and management skills required for successful theatre production. This course includes an in-depth study of the various theatre personnel, their related responsibilities, both in nonprofit and profit theatre organizations. Additionally, specific consideration is given to conventions pertinent to deaf theatre. Prerequisite: THE 110 or permission of the instructor
  • 3.00 Credits

    A comprehensive, practical course designed to acquaint the student with the basic theory, equipment, and use of stage lighting. Class and laboratory work required.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to acquaint the student with major styles and periods of dress from Egyptian to pre-World War I European as a basis of later work in costume design. Viewed through slides, photographs, and actual historical documentation, a flow of design and change is seen.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A course aimed primarily at the beginning skills of the costumer through practical design experience, development of sound research habits, and basic patterning to create the desired period style. Work on production assigned. Prerequisites: THE 461; or permission of the instructor
  • 3.00 Credits

    Practical work on basic principles and techniques of graphic communication for the stage. Included are methods of drafting, painting, and rendering the design concept. Materials supplied by the student; production crew work assigned. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing in the department, THE 361, or permission of the instructor
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will focus on methodology and practice of creative movement and drama for children ages 3 to 6 (preschool and kindergarten). Students will become familiar with the use of creative movement, mime, improvisation, story dramatization, storytelling, puppetry and the use of multisensory stimuli and learn how to adapt activities for children with special needs. Emphasis will be on the application of these techniques to language development, social learning, concept formation, emotional development, motor development, and creativity. Resources will include multiethnic themes, stories, and folklore. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on methodology and practice of educational drama applied to multidisciplinary learning within the first through sixth grade curricula. Students will be introduced to theme and story based improvisation, story dramatization, role play, and teacher-in-role strategies, and learn how to adapt activities for children with special needs. Curricular areas include language arts, social studies, science, and math, with additional focus on examining emotional development, and creativity. Current trends in assessment of drama will also be explored. Resources will include multiethnic themes, stories, and folklore. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on methodology and practice of educational drama applied to multidisciplinary learning within the sixth through twelfth grade curricula. Students explore the use of theme and literature based improvisation, role play, and teacher-in-role strategies applied primarily to language arts and social studies, including sociology, history, government, and current events. Additional emphasis will be placed on examining emotional development and creativity. Resources will include multiethnic themes, stories, and folklore. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will begin with a review of the history, influences, and development of theatre for young audiences in the twentieth century. Particular emphasis will be placed on examining current trends in theatre for youth, including: standards for professional theatre, standards for in-school theatre programs, dramatic literature, and theatre-in- education. In addition to readings from the text: Children's Theatre, Children and Youth by Jed H. Davis and Mary Jane Evans, students will read selected plays from Dramatic Literature for Children: A Century in Review by Roger L. Bedard and Spit in One Hand, Wish in the Other: Six Plays by Susan Zeder for Young Audiences, by Susan Pearson -Davis. Students will attend theatre performances in the Washington, D.C. area. Prerequisite: THE 110
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