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Courses: Theatre (THEA)
6150: 6350:Teaching
Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of instructor and director of graduate
studies. Analysis of textbooks, instructional materials, and discipline
specific techniques in preparation for teaching undergraduate theatre
courses.
6198:6298:6398:
Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval
of director of graduate studies in theatre.
6241: Advanced Acting
Cr. 2. (2-0). Admission by audition only. Work
on complex contemporary roles; the analysis and development of
character in relationship to the text in monologues and scene work.
6242: Advanced Directing
Cr. 2. (2-0). An intense investigation of directing principles and techniques
as they apply to experienced directors.
6301: Acting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of director of graduate studies.
Work on complex roles; analysis and development of character in relation
to the text in monologues and scene work.
6304: Mask Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). An intensive study of the evolution of masks in theatre
with an emphasis on production and contemporary technology.
6305: Movement for the Actor
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of director of graduate studies.
Study and application of movement training methods for performance.
6311: Theatre Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: graduate
standing in HFA program and approval of director of graduate studies.
Advanced creative work, under faculty supervision, in selected areas
of theatre production. May be repeated for credit.
6312: Design Portfolio
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: THEA
3362, THEA
3385 and THEA
3387. Integration, consolidation, and coordination of previous design
work in scenic, costume, and/or lighting design to achieve professional
presentation standards. Prepares student to meet professional expectations
in portfolio presentation.
6313: Acting in Comedy and Farce
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Application of advanced
acting techniques to comedy/farce through monologues and scene work drawn
from contemporary plays.
6314: Five Approaches to Acting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Acting methods: Stanislavski,
episodic, masks, cultural anthropology, and storytelling.
6320: Stage Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: graduate standing
or consent of instructor. Techniques of planning, organizing,
rehearsing, and running theatrical productions as stage manager, with
emphasis on management strategies to serve differing situations.
6321: Scene Painting
Cr. 3. Prerequisite: graduate standing or
consent of instructor. Series of demonstrations and practical
application projects using materials, tools, and the techniques of
textural and illusionistic scenic art.
6322: Costume Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of the
instructor. Costume design and portfolio review.
6323: Advanced Costume Design and Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Advanced costume
design and portfolio review.
6330: Contemporary Theatre Practice
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of director of graduate studies.
Master classes taught by prominent professional theatre artists in various
elements of theatre.
6331: Acting and Directing Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. Major statements
of eminent theatre artists from the Greeks to the present.
6332: Acting
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of
graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval
of chair. Ensemble training; actor's problems in preparing for major
roles.
6333: Directing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of
graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval
of chair. Training in directing oriented toward the production of a
full-length play.
6334: Movement and Mime
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of
director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit
with approval of chair. History and techniques of mime and pantomime,
general stage movement, period styles, fencing, and gymnastic
techniques. Presentation of mime play.
6335: Scenery and Lighting Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated
for credit. Creative function of the scene and lighting designer in
preparing visual elements of theatrical production.
6336: Technical Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of
director of graduate studies in theatre. Visual elements (scenic,
costume, and lighting design) in a production as approached by the
designer, director, and actor.
6337: Makeup Design and Technology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
consent of the instructor and successful demonstration of
introductory makeup design and technology. May be repeated for credit.
6338: Musical Theatre Collaboration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of instructor. Techniques of collaboration for composers,
lyricists, bookwriters, directors, choreographers, producers, and
designers in performance of new musical theatre works.
6339: Directing Shakespeare
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of
director of graduate studies in theatre. An examination and analysis
of selected Shakespeare texts from the perspective of editing,
interpretation, and staging.
6340: Costume History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of
director of graduate studies in theatre. Survey of costume history
and design from Egyptian through modern times, with a concentration
on the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
6341: Theatre Sound Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). A Study of the use of
reproduced and reinforced sound in theatre productions including
traditional methods, current technology, and the techniques and
practical skills of sound design.
6343: Voice for the Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
THEA 3331 or
equivalent, or approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre.
Overview and comparison of current methods of vocal training,
development of director's skill in recognizing, identifying, and
correcting vocal problems as they arise in rehearsal.
6344: Musical Theatre Workshop
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval
of instructor. Interpretation, performance, and production of a new
musical with visiting professionals.
6345: Dialects for the Stage
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
THEA 3331 or
equivalent, or approval of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Advanced studies in specific regional American and foreign dialects.
6346: Auditioning for Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). A practical application
of principles and techniques of auditioning for the professional
theatre.
6347: Musical Theatre Canon
Cr. 3. (3-0). The Broadway musical
mid-century to the millennium.
6348: Improvisation for Actors
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites:
THEA 1338
and
THEA 1339. Acting exercises to unlock and unblock self to
allow truth in character portrayal.
6349: Scenic Design II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
THEA 3385 or
consent of instructor. Basic techniques incorporated into a
comprehensive approach to scene design with assignments in the
conceptual analysis and fulfillment of projects covering a wide
variety of genres.
6351: Acting Through Props
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Advanced acting concentrating
on character development through the use of props and body.
6352: Advanced Lighting Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 6351
or consent of the instructor. Implementation of lighting ideas,
practice in the translation of ideas into actual designs, light
plots, paperwork, use of equipment and the exploration of lighting
styles.
6353: Scenic Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite; consent of the
instructor. The theory, practice, and history of scenic design with
emphasis on the development and communication of ideas, script,
analysis, visual research, and design concepts.
6354: Advanced Scenic Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 6353
or consent of the instructor. Implementation of design
concepts; practice in problem-solving, and use of two-dimensional and
three-dimensional presentation techniques.
6355: Lighting Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Stage lighting
fundamentals, theories of light and color, equipment and control, instruments
and switchboards.
6357: Applied Theatre: Alley Theatre in Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. An examination
of all aspects of performance, production and management of a professional
regional theatre from first rehearsal through opening night.
6360: Theatrical Wig Construction and Styling
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 2366 or THEA 6366 and consent of instructor. Fundamental techniques of ventilating, styling, and fronting human and synthetic hair wigs for use in theatrical productions. May repeat once for credit.
6362: Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of director of graduate studies in theatre. History of major
creative and critical theories of dramaturgy from the Greeks to the
present.
6363: Costume Design for Stage I
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Fundamentals of costume design with an emphasis on various genres of theatrical production.
6364: Costume Design for Stage II
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Design techniques incorporated into advanced projects in analysis and execution of various theatrical styles.
6365: Costume History II
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Analysis of the cultural, sociological and aesthetic influences on western clothing 1800 to present.
6366: Stage Makeup I
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Techniques of two and three dimensional makeup design and technology will be processed and applied to conceptual analysis of character.
6367: Stage Makeup II
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: THEA 6366.
Advanced Techniques of three dimensional makeup design and technology will be integrated into a wide
variety of production styles.
6377: Costume Draping
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 2372, THEA 2374 or THEA 6373, THEA 6379. Practical skills and techniques required to create a theatrical costume using fabric as a sculptural, plastic art paradigm.
6368: Costume Design for Dance
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisite: Costume Design I and consent of instructor. Fundamentals of costume design as they apply to choreography, dance, and music with implementation into realized production values.
6372: Playwriting Workshop
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of
director of graduate studies in theatre. May be repeated for credit.
6373: Costume Construction.
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisite:
THEA 2335 or
consent of instructor. Theory and practice of building theatrical
clothing and costume properties. Costume construction techniques,
drafting, draping, sewing, fitting, millinery, jewelry making,
painting, dyeing, and accessory crafting.
6374: Playwrights in Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval
of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. May be repeated for
credit. The collaboration of playwrights, directors, and dramaturgs
in the development and production of original material concluding in
a staged production.
6375: Costume Design in Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. An independent practicum
in the process of costume design in major theatrical production.
6376: Elizabethan Theatre History
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of the
English theatre 1560 to 1642 with special emphasis on theatre
architecture and staging practices.
6377: Realism
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of Director of
Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of theoretical premises,
representative scripts, and production values in realistic drama from
1870 to the present.
6378: History of Shakespeare Production
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:
approval of Director of Graduate Studies in Theatre. Study of
aesthetic concepts and production approaches in Shakespearean
productions from 1660 to the present.
6379: Costume Construction II
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: THEA 6373.
Implementation of historical costume reseach in the practice of solving both two and three-dimensional
projects.
6380: Costume Practicum
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 6379. Advanced
techniques of theatrical pattern making, draping and costume construction.
6390: Technical Drawing
Cr. 3. (3-0). Techniques of drafting for scenic and lighting design.
6391:6392:6393: Internship in Theatre Production
Cr. 3. (3-0).
Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in theatre.
Residency in a professional theatre, subject to approval of the
chair, as the culminating requirement for the Master of Fine Arts
degree in theatre.
6394: Stage Design Studio
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of
the instructor. Advanced techniques of visual presentation.
6396: Selected Topics in Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval
of director of graduate studies in theatre. Will be identified by a
specific title each time it is offered. May be repeated for credit
when topics vary.
6397: Selected Periods in History of the Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of director of graduate studies in
theatre. May be repeated for credit with approval of chair. A specified
period in theatre history (Greek-Roman; Medieval; Renaissance) with emphasis
on methodology and comparative studies.
6399-7399: Master's
Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester.
7302: Graduate Acting II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 6301. Continuation of acting progression, focusing on Action/Objective and Characterization using techniques developed by Stanislavski, Hagen, Lewis, Meisner, Adler, Strassberg, Bogard and Suzuki.
7303: Graduate Acting III
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7302. Continuation of acting progression, focusing on language plays (Shakespeare, Moliere).
7304: Graduate Acting IV
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7303. Continuation of acting progression, focusing on plays of heightened theatricality (Shakespeare, Greeks, Comedy).
7305: Graduate Acting Creative Project
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7303. Research, rehearsal and performance of a major role.
7311: Graduate Movement I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Graduate Acting Track. Study of stage combat skills and techniques with additional emphasis on acting and performance of fight scenes for theatre.
7312: Graduate Movement II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7311. Continuation of stage combat skills, techniques, and focus on acting and performance; leading towards skills proficiency adjudication via the Society of American Fight Directors.
7321: Graduate Voice/Speech I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Graduate Acting Track. Voice and speech training using techniques of Fizmaurice and Linklater, an introduction to phonetics and articulation, and learning the General American and Standard British dialects.
7322: Graduate Voice/Speech II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7321. Advanced voice and speech training, including articulation, phonetics and dialects.
7323: Graduate Voice/Speech III
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7322. Advanced voice and speech training, including work in verse, heightened language, rhetoric and dialects.
7324: Graduate Voice/Speech IV
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7323. Advanced voice and speech training in dialects.
7332: Graduate Directing II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7331. Advance text analysis, orchestration of beats using time and space.
7333: Graduate Directing III
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7332. Language and rhetoric, as well as directing a full-length realism work.
7334: Graduate Directing VI
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7333. Advance study of Master Directors, as well as directing a Shakespeare workshop production.
7335: Graduate Directing Creative Project
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: THEA 7334. Research, design development, rehearsal and presentation of a mainstage production.
7339: Graduate Directing I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Graduate Directing Track. Text analysis, use of viewpoints to physically orchestrate story-telling.