Offered Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters

This course includes the appreciation and analysis of theatrical literature, history and production.

Offered Fall Semester

This course includes the study of dramatic performance techniques, including improvisations and interpretation of characters.

Offered Spring Semester

This course is a continuation of the study of techniques of body and voice control, improvisations, interpretation of characters and applied characterization, with special attention to textual analysis, verse drama and specialized stage movement and exercises.

Offered Fall Semester

This course is a supervised participation in theatrical productions and focuses on student involvement, both backstage and onstage.

Offered Spring Semester

This course is a supervised participation in theatrical productions and focuses on student involvement backstage, onstage and in the control booth.

Offered Fall or Spring Semester

This course is the third in a sequence of laboratory courses offering supervised participation in a theatrical production. Students will receive practical experience in various areas tailored specifically to the needs of the assigned production. This course focuses on student leadership backstage, onstage and in the control booth.

Offered on a rotational basis

This course is an applied study of the dramatic literature and production practices of theatre for youth. Final project will be the presentation of a play for local schools.

Offered Spring Semester

Prerequisite: THE 101 or permission of instructor

This course covers the principles and methods for the design and application of makeup for performance on stage and screen.

Offered Fall Semester

Prerequisite: THE 101 or permission of instructor

This course is an applied study of technical theatre, including the fundamentals of scene design, set construction, painting, lighting, base electronics, properties, fly systems, drafting techniques and backstage organization.

Offered Fall Semester

This course focuses on the basic styles and forms of dramatic literature. Emphasis is on script analysis from the perspective of a theatre practitioner utilizing traditional and non-traditional methods to explore the structure of dramatic literature from a variety of genres, styles and cultures.

Offered Fall Semester

This course is a study of the principles of vocal production and standard American speech for the stage. Exercises include breath support and projection, tonal quality improvement and elimination of regional dialects through the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet.