| SUMMER 2012 | |||
| THEA 60 | ARR | FSP- LAMDA | Classical Performance I |
| THEA 61 | ARR | FSP- LAMDA | Classical Performance II |
| THEA 62 | ARR | FSP- Jamie Horton | Plays in Performance- Perception and Analysis |
| THEA 65 | 2A | Peter Hackett | Drama in Performance |
| THEA 80 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Independent Study |
| ENGL 24 | 2A | Brett Gamboa | Shakespeare I |
| FALL 2012 | |||
| THEA 1 | 2A | Irma Mayorga | Introduction to Theater |
| THEA 10.1 | 2A | Joseph Sutton | Dramatic Storytelling |
| THEA 10.2/ WGST 59.4 | 10A | Irma Mayorga | Race, Gender and Performance (DIST: ART, WCult: CI) |
| THEA 15 | 2 | TBA | Theater and Society I: Classical and Medieval Performance |
| THEA 22/ AAAS 31 | 2A | Soyica Colbert | Black Theater, U.S.A. (DIST: ART, WCult: CI) |
| THEA 29 | ARR | Ford Evans | Dance Studies in Performance (ART) |
| THEA 30.1 | 10A | James Rice | Acting I (ART) |
| THEA 30.2 | 2A | James Rice | Acting I (ART) |
| THEA 40 | 11 | Scott Silver | Technical Theater (ART) |
| THEA 41 | 3A | Kathleen Cunneen | Stage Management (ART) |
| THEA 48 | 10 | Laurie Churba Kohn | Costume Design I |
| THEA 50 | 3A | Joseph Sutton | Playwriting I (ART) |
| THEA 54 | 10A | Peter Hackett | Directing I (ART) |
| THEA 80 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Independent Study |
| THEA 91 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Honors Thesis |
| ENGL 54 | 2A | Brett Gamboa | Modern British Drama |
| WINTER 2013 | |||
| THEA 7 | 11 | Mara Sabinson | Theater for Social Change |
| THEA 7 | 2 | Mara Sabinson | Theater for Social Change |
| THEA 10.1/ WGST 59/ AMES 25 | 12 | Maral Yessayan | Unveiling the Harem Dancer (DIST: INT, WCult: NW) |
| THEA 10.2/ RUS 18 | 12 | Victoria Somoff | Russian Theater (DIST: LIT, WCult: W) |
| THEA 10.3 | 10A | Carol Dunne | Acting for Musical Theater |
| THEA 10.4/LATS 35.1 | 11 | Irma Mayorga | U.S. Latina/o Theater and Performance (DIST: ART, WCult: CI) |
| THEA 16 | 2 | Irma Mayorga | Theater and Society II: Early Modern Performance |
| THEA 23/ AAAS 54 | 2 | Laura Edmondson | Topics in African Theater & Performance (DIST: ART, WCult: NW) |
| THEA 26 | 2A | Ford Evans | Movement Fundamentals I (ART) (Instructor Permission required) |
| THEA 30 | 2A | Carol Dunne | Acting I (ART) (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 31 | 2A | James Rice | Acting II (ART) (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 31 | 10A | Christian Kohn | Acting II (ART) (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 36 | 10A | James Rice | Speaking Voice for the Stage (ART) (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 40 | 11 | Scott Silver | Technical Theater (ART) (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 42 | 2A | Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili | Scene Design I (ART)(Instructor Permission Required) |
| COCO 8 | 2A |
Dan Kotlowitz, Ford Evans, |
Creativity and Collaboration |
| THEA 80 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Independent Study (Instructor Permission Required) |
| THEA 90 | TBA | Laurie Churba Kohn | Senior Seminar |
| THEA 91 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Senior Honors |
| SPRING 2013 | |||
| THEA 7 | 11 | Mara Sabinson | Theater for Social Change |
| THEA 7 | 2 | Mara Sabinson | Theater for Social Change |
| THEA 10.1/ WGST 59/ AMES 25 | 12 | Maral Yessayan | Unveiling the Harem Dancer |
| THEA 10.2 | 10 | Peter Hackett | Textual Analysis |
| THEA 10.3 | 2A | James Rice | Speaking Shakespeare |
| THEA 10.4/ CLST 2 | 11 | Margaret Williamson | The Tragedy and Comedy of Greece |
| THEA 17 | 12 | Irma Mayorga | Theater and Society III: 19th and 20th Century Performance |
| THEA 24/ AMES 24 | 2A | Woon-Ping Chin | Asian Performance Traditions |
| THEA 27 | 2A | Ford Evans | Movement Fundamentals I |
| THEA 28 | 10A | Ford Evans | Dance Composition |
| THEA 30 | 10A | Christian Kohn | Acting I |
| THEA 32 | 10A | Peter Hackett | Acting III |
| THEA 43 | 10A | Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili | Scene Design II |
| THEA 44 | 11 | Dan Kotlowitz | Lighting Design |
| THEA 50 | 3A | Joseph Sutton | Playwriting I |
| THEA 51 | 2A | Joseph Sutton | Playwriting II |
| THEA 80 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Independent Study |
| THEA 91 | ARR | Dan Kotlowitz | Senior Thesis |
THEATER 1: Introduction to Theater
As a set of staged practices rich with social context, theater has sought to document, engage, and affect communities. This coures introduces and explores theater from page to stage as a live performing art. Topics include the relationship between theater and society (historical and contemporary),dramatic structure, theatrical representation, and the crafts of theater artists such as directors, designers, playwrights, and actors. We will also engage with live performances and video archives of past performances.
THEATER 10.1: Dramatic Storytelling
This course is designed for students with little or no dramatic writing experience who are looking for an opportunity to write a play or screenplay. In this class, we will write both! By the end of the term, students will have developed an appreciation of the history and tradition of both forms; as well as an understanding of which form better suits a given story. By moving back and forth between the two forms, students will also have become familiar with the issues related to adaptation, and having done so, will open up for themselves the vast array of dramatic stories already written for the times, issues, and forms that lie ahead.
THEATER 10.2: Race, Gender, and Performance (Identical to Women and Gender Studies 59.4)
Students will explore the perspectives of contemporary Latina/o, Asian American, Black, and Native American theater artists/performers. Our examination will also consider the socio-historical and political contexts engaged through these artists' works. We will also consider the relationship between the construction of identity and strategies of performance used by playwrights/performers to describe race, gender, sexuality, class, subjectivity, and ideas of belonging. Texts examined will include works by Moraga, Highway, Wilson, Parks, Gotanda, and Cho. Dist: ART. WCult: CI. I. Mayorga.
THEATER 15: Theater and Society I: Classical and Medieval Performance
This course explores drama and performance during the classical and medieval periods. The Japanese performance tradition of nõ will also be addressed. Through the reading and discussion of primary and secondary texts, we seek to situate selected performance texts within their sociopolitical and artistic contexts. The course also includes explorations of dramaturgy (how the theatrical past comes alive on contemporary stages), historiography (current debates and concerns in the writing of theatre history), and dramatic and performance theory.
THEATER 22: Black Theater, U.S.A. (Identical to AAAS 31)
This course will examine African American playwrights, drama, and theater from 1959 to the present. Further exploration will focus on the impact of civil rights, the Black Arts movement, and cultural aesthetics on the form, style, and content of African American plays. Readings will include plays of Hansberry, Baldwin, Baraka, Kennedy, Childress, Shange, Wolfe, Wilson, Parks and others.
Open to all classes. Dist: ART; WCult: CI. Colbert.
THEATER 29: Dance Studies in Performance
Emphasis will be placed on advanced technical training in dance studies, development of mature rehearsal skills and achievement of individual performance goals, culminating in an annual dance concert. This course consists of two dance technique classes per week and daily rehearsals Monday through Friday. In addition, students will have the opportunity to study and work with innovative and cutting-edge guest choreographers during their residencies on campus.
One course credit is offered for three consecutive and combined terms of participation in Theater 29 and will be granted only after successful completion of all three terms of study. The course is included as part of a student's official course load only in the first term (fall); a grade is given upon completion of the final term (spring). Up to three course credits for Theater 29 may be counted toward the Dartmouth degree.
Open to all classes, with instructor's permission. Dist: ART. Evans.
THEATER 30: Acting I
You must be interviewed by the Professor. After all interviews are conducted, they will set the class roster and determine who gets in. Interviews typically last 6-7 minutes. These are not auditions. Acting I is one of the most popular courses on campus. We traditionally get twice as many students interviewing as we have slots for. For example, normally an Acting I class consists of 16 students. We often have 35-40 students interviewing to get into that class. Interview sign up sheets will appear in Shakespeare Alley the day before classes start. You must come in person to sign up. Shakespeare Alley is located in the Hopkins Center. Enter the lobby, go left around the Moore Theater, go through Glass Door, marked Shakespeare Alley. The sign up sheets will be posted in that hallway.
To enroll in this course you must first interview with the instructor. A sign-up sheet for interviews will be posted in Shakespeare Alley, Monday, September 10th at 8:30 am.
THEATER 40: Technical Production
An introduction to the technical aspects of scenic and property production, exploring traditional and modern approaches. Topics include drafting, materials and construction, stage equipment, rigging, and health and safety. Lectures and production projects. Open to all classes, with instructor's permission. Dist: ART. Silver.
THEATER 41. Stage Management
An introductory course in the theories, techniques, and practices of stage managing a production from its initial stages to the conclusion of the run. Plays, musicals, opera, dance, and touring productions will be examined from the perspective of the stage manager. Working with directors, choreographers, and other members of the production team will be discussed as well as calling shows. Students will acquire practical experience through assignments on Department of Theater productions. When practical, field trips to such places as Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, or American Repertory Theatre will be arranged and will include discussions by their production stage managers.
Open to all classes, with instructor's permission. Dist: ART. Cunneen.
THEATER 48. Costume Design I
An introductory course in the appreciation of the costume design process as part of the dramatic production. Through weekly projects students will study the principles of line, texture, and color as well as the history of costume from the Renaissance through the Eighteenth century. Lectures, design projects, and critiques. Open to all classes, with instructor's permission. Dist: ART; WCult: W. L. Kohn.
THEATER 50: Playwriting I
The aim of the course is for each student to write the best one-act play he or she is capable of writing. It is open to students both with a Theater background and those without. This class will involve a number of preliminary exercises, the preparation of a scenario, the development of the material through individual conferences, and finally the reading and discussion of the student's work in seminar sessions.
Open to all classes. Limited enrollment. Dist: ART. Sutton.
THEATER 54. Directing
An introductory course in directing for the stage. Topics include the role and function of the director in the contemporary theater; the basic tools of proscenium blocking and staging, such as composition, picturization, movement, and gesture; structural script analysis; and basic actor coaching techniques.
Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Prerequisites: Theater 30 and permission of the instructor. Dist: ART. Hackett
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The Department of Theater offers a wide range of courses that cover all areas of the theatre: acting, directing, design, theatre history and criticism, theatre technology, dramatic literature and playwriting. All theater courses are open to all Dartmouth students; one does not have to be a theater major to enroll in theater courses.
Not all theater courses are offered every term, or even every year. Please consult the Organization, Regulations, and Courses (ORC) on line to discover which classes are being offered for a particular term.
Following is a list of courses offered by the Dartmouth Department of Theater. If you would like to read the full descriptions for these courses, please visit the Theater section of the On-Line ORC.
Theater 1. Introduction to Theater
Theater 7. First-Year Seminars in Theater
Theater 10. Special Topics in Theater
Theater 15. Theater and Society I: Classical and Medieval Theater
Theater 16. Theater and Society II: Early Modern Theater
Theater 17. Theater and Society III: 19th and 20th Century Performance
Theater 22. Black Theater, USA (AAAS 31)
Theater 23. Topics in African Theater and Performance (AAAS 54)
Theater 24. Asian Performance Traditions
Theater 26. Movement Fundamentals I
Theater 27. Movement Fundamentals II
Theater 28. Dance Composition
Theater 29. Dance Studies in Performance
Theater 30. Acting I
Theater 31. Acting II
Theater 32. Acting III
Theater 36. The Speaking Voice for the Stage
Theater 40. Technical Production
Theater 41. Stage Management
Theater 42. Scene Design I
Theater 43. Scene Design II
Theater 44. Lighting Design I
Theater 45. Composition and Design
Theater 46. Costume Production
Theater 48. Costume Design I
Theater 50. Playwriting I
Theater 51. Playwriting II
Theater 54. Directing
Theater 60. Classical Performance I (FSP)
Theater 61. Classical Performance II (FSP)
Theater 62. Plays in Performance- Perception and Analysis (FSP)
Theater 65. Drama in Performance
Theater 80. Independent Study
Theater 90. The Senior Seminar
Theater 91. Honors Thesis
