Basic Structure of the Department
- Courses in Theater fall into two categories: 1)
History/Literature/Criticism and 2) Production/Performance.
- The department offers a major, minor, or modified major in Theater.
- Within the major or minor, students may concentrate in acting, directing,
dance, design, technical production, playwriting, stage management, or theater
history and criticism.
- The department annually produces about 20 productions, which provide
opportunities for students onstage and backstage.
- The department sponsors a Foreign Study Program to London in partnership
with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, one of the world’s leading
theater conservatories. The program is offered in alternating fall terms (next
in fall 2008, then fall 2010). The program is unique because students enroll in
two courses common to all who participate in the FSP, however their third
course is selected according to interest: acting, playwriting, or independent
study in theater research, criticism, directing, design, or stage management.
THEA 1 and THEA 15 or ENGL 24 are prerequisite for all. Additional
prerequisites for the third course vary. See the Off-Campus programs office for
information and application.
Fall courses for the interested first-year student
- THEA 15: World Theater History I: Classical and Medieval Theater
- THEA 18: Modern Drama (=COLT 33)
- THEA 22: Black Theater U.S.A. (=AAAS 31)
- THEA 26: Movement Fundamentals I (permission of instructor is
required)
- THEA 29: Dance Studies in Performance (permission of instructor is
required, one course credit for THEA 29 is awarded after 3 consecutive terms of
study)
- THEA 30: Acting I**
- THEA 40: Technical Production (permission required)
- THEA 41: Stage Management (permission required)
- THEA 48: Costume Design I (permission required)
- THEA 50: Playwriting I (permission and interview with instructor required,
pre-registration is not permitted)
Winter courses for the interested first-year student
- THEA 1: Theater Studies: How Performance Happens
- THEA 10: Production Dramaturgy
- THEA 19: Modern Drama II
- THEA 21: Sam Shepard
- THEA 27: Movement Fundamentals II (THEA 26 is prerequisite)
- THEA 31: Acting II (THEA 30 is prerequisite)
- THEA 36: Speaking Voice for the Stage**
- THEA 40: Technical Production (permission required)
- THEA 42: Scene Design I
- THEA 44: Lighting Design I
Spring courses for the interested first-year student
- THEA 10 (1): Shakespeare in Schools (permission required)
- THEA 10 (2): Acting for Musical Theater (permission required)
- THEA 10 (3): Latinos on Stage: From the Barrios to Broadway (=LATS 48)
- THEA 16: World Theater History II: Early Modern Theater
- THEA 23: African Theater/Performance
- THEA 28: Dance Composition (THEA 26 and 27, or instructor permission are
prerequisite)
- THEA 30: Acting I**
- THEA 32: Acting III (THEA 31 is prerequisite)
- THEA 43: Scene Design II (THEA 42 is prerequisite)
- THEA 48: Costume Design I (permission required)
- THEA 50: Playwriting I (permission and interview with instructor required,
pre-registration is not permitted)
- THEA 51: Playwriting II (THEA 50 and permission and interview with
instructor required, pre-registration is not permitted)
**: Do not pre-register for this course: registration
is invalid without permission and a signed card from the instructor. To enroll
in this course you must first interview with the instructor. A sign-up sheet
for interviews will be posted in Shakespeare Alley the day before classes
begin. Interviews are conducted on the first day of classes. If selected for
the course, permission cards will be issued at the first class
meeting.
Information for the first-year student who plans on pursuing studies in
Theater
- A major in Theater comprises a balance of history/literature/criticism
courses and production/performance courses. The four prerequisites for the
major are:
- THEA 1: Introduction to Theater Studies: How Performance Happens (offered
winter 2008)
- THEA 15: World Theater History I: Classical and Medieval Theater (offered
fal 2007)
- THEA 16: World Theater History II: Early Modern Theater (offered spring
2008)
- THEA 40: Technical Production (offered in fall 2007 and winter 2008)
Other information
- Students interested in Theater either as a course of study or as an
extra-curricular activity are encouraged to get involved in a student
production. Participation in Theater department productions is open to all
students. For information students should consult the department’s Blitz
Bulletin, monitor the bulletin board in “Shakespeare Alley” – the Theater
department hallway in the Hop, or speak with Maggie Devine-Sullivan in the
Theater department office.
- THEA 29 (Dance Studies in Performance) carries one course credit for three
consecutive and combined terms on participation in the course. A student
enrolls in THEA 29 as part of his/her official course load in the first term
(fall), and receives a grade for credit upon completion of the final term
(spring). Up to three course credits for THEA 29 may be counted toward the
degree.
- It is possible to take up to five dance courses for academic credit.
Students may apply the dance courses to an area of concentration for the
Theater major and minor.
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