Degree Requirements

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of acting through a series of assigned scenes and plays. Students will be required to complete close readings, discussion, and analysis of specific scenes and plays. Students will also apply their analysis in performance.

History of theater from antiquity through early nineteenth century. Students will also learn the foundational concepts and theories of theatre.

An introduction to the basic materials and techniques used in scene, painting, costume, and lighting production. Intended to equip the student with the skills required to work on productions. This course will also hold discussions of basic terminology, shop organization, job descriptions, maintenance procedures, and safety. Other jobs such as run crew, wardrobe, front of house, board operator, or other duties will be discuss

Students will develop their ability to analyze texts by reading a number of plays in the context of acting and directing. Students will learn different approaches to script analysis through readings, discussions, projects, and presentations through a close examination of representative texts from the dramatic canon.

History of theatre from the nineteenth century to the present. Students will also learn advanced concepts and influential theories of theatre.

Provides students with a practical intensive experience in one or more aspects of production during the fall or spring semester of their senior year. Each student is assigned a specific production role depending on his or her concentration and career goals.

Focuses on basic acting skills including the development of imaginary circumstances, improvisation, and creative development. Students are introduced to skills in script analysis, character identity, emotional reality, and objective-driven structure through monologues and scene study.

Focuses on acting skills including the advance development of imaginary circumstances, improvisation, and creative development. Students will develop skills in script analysis, character identity, emotional reality, and objective-driven structure through monologues and scene study
Prerequisite: Take THR-302

The purpose of Introduction to Theatre is to increase students' understanding, appreciation, and critical perceptions of the theatrical art form. Readings and lectures will focus on the elements of theatrical practice, artists, and innovators of theatre throughout history and on the theatre's development as an art form and a social phenomenon. Participation in class forum discussions and sharing of critiques and short reports will offer avenues to explore students' individual theatrical interests, and attendance at theatrical events will offer firsthand experience in theatre arts.

This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of costuming including a socio-historical understanding of the role of costumes in theatre.

This course is an introduction to the craft of playwriting and the role of the playwright. Students will analyze works of significant playwrights in order to experience the process of the playwright. Students will participate in various writing exercises in order to develop their own one-act plays
Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125

This course examines significant developments in drama and performance in the 21st century by focusing on characters in scripts, and the playwrights, actors, directors, and designers, who help bring those characters to life and have influenced theater practice, theory, and scholarship.

This course examines the fundamentals of children's theater including dramatic structure, audience needs, directing, and acting techniques that are employed in the production of theater for children. Students will explore, analyze, and produce children's plays.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of costume design including basic design elements, script, and character analysis and historical period and genre research.

In this course students will hone their playwriting abilities through the development of advanced techniques. Students will engage in peer critique in order to develop their original works. Students will also learn the role of the playwright in the production process through the staging of an original one-act play.
Prerequisite: Take THR-204

This course introduces students to advanced approaches to children's theater production. The course further builds upon foundational concepts such as dramatic structure, audience needs, directing, and acting techniques as well as focuses on material adaptation, auditions, rehearsal, technical support, and promotion. In addition, students will explore, analyze, produce, and perform children's plays and create accompanying educational curricula.
Prerequisite: Take THR-207

Designates new or occasional courses that may or may not become part of the program's permanent offerings. Courses capitalize on timely topics, a faculty member's particular interest, an experimental alternative to existing courses, etc. Prerequisites are established by the program as appropriate for the specific course. Course title is shown on the student's transcript. Consult the current course schedule for available topics and prerequisites.

This course focuses on basic acting skills as they apply to musical theater. In particular, students will focus on working with elevated text and the transitions from scene into song.

Voice for Musical Theatre I introduces students to skills on speech, diction, pitch, analysis, and interpretation through various styles of period and contemporary musical theatre works. Solo and ensemble application of singing techniques, preparation, and presentation.

This course will cover an overview of both the responsibilities of a director and the various relationships a director has with designers, playwrights, stage manager, tech staff, actors, and dramaturges. This course will also explore various directional strategies and identify the different styles of theatre, stage types, floor plans, script interpretation, directional research and resources, concepts, conceptualization of a play, and interpretation. Finally, this course will introduce elements of directing and strategies for working with actors, staging short scenes, and using a minimum of technical elements in a final scene.

Students learn different genres and styles of acting from different historical periods. Students will study classical and contemporary acting techniques focusing on vocal and physical clarity, textual analysis, and scenic interpretation, diction, movement, imagery, and tone.

Students continue to read, analyze, and explore a series of assigned theatre scenes. The focus will be on developing the skills needed to perform classic scenes from traditional to avant-garde works.

Focuses on acting skills including the advance development of imaginary circumstances, improvisation, and creative development. Students will develop skills in script analysis, character identity, emotional reality, and objective-driven structure through monologues and scene study
Prerequisite: Take THR-302

This course focuses on advanced acting skills as they apply to musical theater. In particular students will focus on working with elevated text and the transitions from scene into song as well as musical interludes, dance breaks, and reprises.
Prerequisite: Take THR-303

Voice for Musical Theatre II develops students' skills on speech, diction, pitch, analysis, and interpretation through various styles of period and contemporary musical theatre works. Solo and ensemble application of singing techniques, preparation, and presentation.
Prerequisite: Take THR-304

This course will provide students with practical understanding of advanced stage directing strategies including conceptualization, interpretation, casting, and cast and crew interaction. Students will also explore thesimilarities and differences between directing for theatre, film, and television.
Prerequisite: Take THR-305

An opportunity for qualified students in the theatre arts to gain practical experience in theatre production and management.

A practical open level dance class designed to familiarize the student with the styles of dance most frequently used in Musical Theatre. Students will be given an overview of the various expectations and roles that may be required in the Musical Theatre Industry.

Study and directed practice of advanced individual and group dance in modern musicals. Students will also practice learning choreography under time constraints to better prepare them for the musical-theatre audition process.
Prerequisite: Take DA-306

This course focuses on basic acting skills as they apply to musical theater. In particular, students will focus on working with elevated text and the transitions from scene into song.

Voice for Musical Theatre I introduces students to skills on speech, diction, pitch, analysis, and interpretation through various styles of period and contemporary musical theatre works. Solo and ensemble application of singing techniques, preparation, and presentation.

This course focuses on advanced acting skills as they apply to musical theater. In particular students will focus on working with elevated text and the transitions from scene into song as well as musical interludes, dance breaks, and reprises.
Prerequisite: Take THR-303

Voice for Musical Theatre II develops students' skills on speech, diction, pitch, analysis, and interpretation through various styles of period and contemporary musical theatre works. Solo and ensemble application of singing techniques, preparation, and presentation.
Prerequisite: Take THR-304