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Courses in Dramatic Art (DRA)

Lower Division Courses

1. Theatre, Performance and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introductory investigation of the nature of performance, moving from performance theory to consideration of various manifestations of performance including theatre, film and media, performance art, dance, sports, rituals, political and religious events, and other "occasions." Not open to students who have completed course 1S. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—Bogad, Hunter, Rossini

1S. Theatre, Performance and Culture (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introductory investigation of the nature of performance, moving from performance theory to consideration of various manifestations of performance including theatre, film and media, performance art, dance, sports, rituals, political and religious events, and other "occasions." For Short Term Programs Abroad. Not open to students who have completed course 1. Not offered every year. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—McCutcheon

10. Introduction to Acting (3)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours; term paper. Fundamentals of movement, speech, theatre games, and improvisation. Selected reading and viewing of theatre productions. Intended for students not specializing in Dramatic Art.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

14. Introduction to Contemporary Dance (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Introduction to basic issues and methods in contemporary dance. Focus on preparing the student for dancing and dance-making through basic techniques of improvisation and composition. Consideration of dance as a cultural practice.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

20. Introduction to Dramatic Art (4)

Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Understanding and appreciation of both the distinctive and collaborative contributions of playwright, actor, director, and designer to the total work of dramatic art. Study of plays from the major periods of dramatic art in their cultural contexts. GE credit: ArtHum.

21A. Fundamentals of Acting (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 20. Physical and psychological resources of the actor. Experience in individual and group contact and communication, theatre games, advanced improvisation, sound and movement dynamics. Viewing of theatre productions. Limited to those planning to major in Dramatic Art.—, II. ( II.)

21B. Fundamentals of Acting (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 21A and consent of instructor. Theory and practice of acting with emphasis on character analysis, interpretation, and development. Acting in a student-directed project. Viewing of theatre productions. Limited to those planning to major in Dramatic Art.

24. Visual Aspects of Dramatic Art (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—2 hours. Understanding and appreciation of the visual aspects of dramatic art: theatre architecture, scenery, lighting, costume, and makeup.

25. Technical Aspects of Dramatic Production (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Technical principles of dramatic production emphasizing the three areas of scenic, costume and lighting studios. Subjects covered include basic tools, materials and equipment, production practices; and the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of dramatic production.

26. Performing Arts Production Management (3)

Lecture—3 hours. Theoretical study of performing arts administration and backstage operations from audition through performance. Techniques of scheduling, production management, stage management, technical direction, audience control, box office, promotion, safety, accommodations for persons with disabilities and emergency procedures. —Winn

30. Theatre Laboratory (1-5)

Prerequisite: course 25 or consent of instructor. Projects in acting, production, scene design, costuming, lighting, directing, and playwriting. Participation in departmental productions. May be repeated for credit up to 11 units.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

40A. Beginning Modern Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 14 or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of modern dance focusing primarily on the development of techniques and creative problem solving. Basic anatomy, dance terminology, and a general overview of modern dance history. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

40B. Intermediate Modern Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 40A. Modern dance techniques. Basic anatomy, dance terminology and a general overview of modern dance history. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

41A. Beginning Jazz Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 14 or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of jazz dance; includes warm-ups, dance techniques and combinations. Basic anatomy, dance terminology and general overview of jazz dance history. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

41B. Intermediate Jazz Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 41A. Warm-ups, dance techniques and combinations at the intermediate level. Basic anatomy, dance terminology and a general overview of jazz styles of historically significant jazz choreographers and leading contemporary jazz choreographers. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

42A. Beginning Ballet (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 14 or consent of instructor. Fundamentals of ballet, focusing on the development of technique through proper alignment, quality, and rhythm. Basic anatomy, ballet terminology, and dance history. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

42B. Intermediate Ballet (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 42A or consent of instructor. Barre and center work at the intermediate level. Development and refinement of technique through proper alignment, rhythmic, and qualitative understanding. Anatomy, ballet terminology, and dance history. May be repeated once for credit with consent of instructor.

44A. Beginning Hip Hop Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Fundamentals of Hip Hop dance focusing on developing a fluid movement vocabulary, facility in body isolations, intricate rhythmic patterning, quick shifts of weight and mastering dance combinations. Discussions on Hip Hop dance history, styles and terminology. May be repeated once for credit.

44B. Intermediate Hip Hop Dance (2)

Laboratory/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 44A or consent of instructor. Expansion of Hip Hop dance vocabulary by focusing on mastering body isolations and intricate rhythmic techniques, complex dance combinations, advanced across the floor sequences. May be repeated once for credit.

92. Internship in Dramatic Art (1-12)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department chairperson; lower division students (less than 84 units completed). Internship outside the Department of Theatre and Dance enabling students to practice their skills. May be repeated for credit up to 12 units. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.)

98. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Primarily for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)

99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)

(P/NP grading only.)

Upper Division Courses

111S. Representation and Identity in Culture and Cinema (4)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours; film viewing—4 hours. Issues of personal and collective identity via study of film narratives from different cultures. Reflection of dominant cultural identities in film. Taught in Australia. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—McCutcheon

115. Advanced Study of Major Film Makers (4)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film viewing—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 15. Analysis of the contribution of some outstanding film creators. Study of diverse aesthetic theories of the cinema and their application to selected films. May be repeated for credit when different film creator studied.

121A. Advanced Acting: Mask, Myth, and Tragedy (4)

Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 21B and consent of instructor. Theory and practice of acting focused on the performance skills necessary to enact verse plays. Specific concentration on language as vocal and physical metaphor. Offered in alternate years.

121B. Advanced Acting: Comedy from Farce to Manners (4)

Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 21B, 121A and consent of instructor. Theory and practice of acting in comic plays. Specific issues addressed will be comic characterization, physical mask, and timing. Offered in alternate years.

122A. Advanced Acting: Realism (4)

Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 21B and consent of instructor. The issues of Stanislavski realism are explored through selected plays. Script analysis using improvisation and emotional scoring. Offered in alternate years.

122B. Advanced Acting: Non-Realism (4)

Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 21B, 122A and consent of instructor. Exploration of the acting techniques needed to perform a non-realistic script. Different avant-garde movements will be examined through performance of the scripts. Offered in alternate years.

124A. Principles of Theatrical Design: Scenery (4)

Lecture-seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Scene design processes, working drawings, sketching techniques, scale models, methods and materials of scenery construction.

124B. Principles of Theatrical Design: Scenery (4)

Lecture-seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Analysis of plays in terms of scene design, elements of design, execution of designs for modern and period plays.

124C. Principles of Theatrical Design: Lighting (4)

Lecture-seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Theories of lighting the stage, equipment and control systems, execution of lighting plots.—Munn

124D. Principles of Theatrical Design: Costume (4)

Lecture-seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or consent of instructor. Source materials for theatrical costuming, selecting fabrics, elements of design, analysis of plays in terms of costume design, execution of designs for modern and period plays.—
Morgan

124E. Costume Design for Film (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 24 or 124D or consent of instructor. Theory and practice of the art and business of film costume design. Script analysis, costume research, developing design concepts, budgeting, and current production practices and methods. Execution of designs for period and contemporary films. Viewing of current films.—Morgan

125. Scenic Painting: Studio (4)

Lecture—2 hours; studio—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Art Studio, or Design; or course 24 or 25, or consent of instructor. Scene painting techniques, practices and materials. Course satisfies production requirement in studio category. May be repeated once with consent of instructor. Offered in alternate years.

126. Principles of Performing Arts Stage Management (3)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 20, 24, 25, 26 or the equivalent or consent of instructor. Stage management principles for theatre, dance, musical theatre, music, and concerts. The dynamical role of the stage manager in the performing arts, upper-management team.—Winn

127A. Principles of Directing (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 21A, 26; two of 156A, 156B, 156C; or consent of instructor. The director's creative approach to the play and to its staging.

127B. Principles of Directing (4)

Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours; rehearsal. Prerequisite: course 127A and consent of instructor for non-majors. The director's creative approach to the actor.

128. Principles of Theatre Sound (3)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Fundamentals of sound, sound equipment, and sound design as used in modern theatre and other performance venues. Assembly, set-up, and operation of basic theatre sound reinforcement system, recording system, and theatrical playback system.—Jacobson

130. Approaches to Theatrical Design: Practice and Theory (4)

Seminar—2 hours; studio—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Art Studio or Design. Advanced scenic design study in specific areas including but not limited to: research, design styles and concepts, new materials and techniques, photography, projections, computer technology, spectacle and special effects, and alternative theatre forms and genres. Course satisfies Dramatic Art production requirement in Design. Offered in alternate years.

140A. Dance Composition (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 40A, 41A, and 42A, or consent of instructor. Introduction to the craft of choreography. Students will compose phrases and present movement studies based on the elements of choreography: motivation, space, time, force/energy.—Davidson

140B. Dance Composition (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 140A. Continuation of the study of choreography, focusing on the development of group choreography: duets, trios, quartets and group work, form, and accompaniment.—Grenke

140C. Dance Composition (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 140A, 140B. Continuation of study of choreography focusing on sequencing movements for groups. The relation between dance and allied mediums of music, sets, costumes and lighting. Students conceptualize a choreographic issue and explore it through creation of short dance studies.—Davidson

141. Introduction to the Fundamentals of Movement (3)

Lecture/discussion—3 hours. Introduction to fundamentals of movement that combines intellectual and kinesthetic understanding of the body's skeletal and muscular systems. Explorations based on theories of body mind specialists Feldenkrais, Bartenieff and Sweigard as well as the eastern discipline of Yoga.

142. History of Modern Dance (5)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; extensive writing. The Modern Dance tradition in the U.S., focusing on its theorizations of individual and social identity. Students will write and choreograph analyses of principle dances in this tradition. Offered in alternate years.

143. Dance and Movement Studio (1-4)

Laboratory/discussion—2-8 hours. Prerequisite: course 14 or consent of instructor. Special studies in dance and movement such as African, Balinese, Baroque, Chinese, European, and stage combat. Offered as needed for stage productions. May be repeated for credit for a total of 8 units.

144. Introduction to Traditional Chinese Physical Culture (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Traditional Chinese Wushu practices, explored through practical work in dance laboratory conditions. Integration of practice with conceptual analysis; contemporary social, educational and artistic applications.—Hunter

145. Directed Choreography Projects (4)

Lecture/laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 140A, 140B, 140C or consent of instructor. Conceptualization, creation, casting, rehearsing, and concert presentation of complete dances, with students integrating elements of stagecraft and directing the on-stage rehearsals.—Grenke

146A. Professional Track Modern Dance I (3)

Laboratory/discussion—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 40B; consent of instructor. Professionally oriented performance training. Rigorous, consistent training regimen based on traditional modern dance technique. Breath and voice, skeletal and muscular placement, moving from the spine, contraction technique, movement intention. May be repeated two times for credit.—Grenke

146B. Professional Track Modern Dance II (3)

Laboratory/discussion—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 40B and 146A; consent of instructor. Continuous of course 146A. Body and space relationships in solos, duets and group work; stylitic variations of Graham technique; works of Paul Taylor. May be repeated two times for credit.—Grenke

146C. Professional Track Modern Dance III (3)

Lecture/discussion—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 40B, 146A, and 146B; consent of instructor. Continuation of course 146B. Time as a theatrical device, sustaining movement and non-movement, phrasing, musicality. May be repeated two times for credit.—Grenke

150. American Theatre and Drama (4)

Lecture—4 hours. The history of the theatre from Colonial times to the present. Readings of selected plays. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

151S. Australian Performance and Culture (4)

Lecture/discussion—2 hours: seminar—2 hours. Australian performance and theatre practices as a product of its culture of origin. Relationships between art and society. Taught in Australia. GE credit: ArtHum.—McCutcheon

154. Asian Theatre and Drama: Contexts and Forms (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing. Selected Asian plays and performance forms in their cultural and artistic contexts; myth, ritual and the theatre; performance training, visual presentation of the text; political theatre; intercultural performance—the fusion of Asian and Western traditions. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—Sellers-Young

155. Representing Race in Performance (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Examination of how "race" is represented and performed in American culture. Course will feature different sub-headings such as "African American Theatre" or "Asian-Americans on Stage." May be repeated once for credit when topic differs. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

155A. African American Dance and Culture in the United States, Brazil and the Caribbean (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. A comparative study of the African American dance forms in the U.S.A., Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad. Examination of ritual, folk, and popular dance forms and the socio/historical factors that have influenced these forms. (Same course as African American and African Studies 155A.) Offered in alternate years.

155B. Ancient and Contemporary Greek Theatre and Dance (6)

Discussion/laboratory—10 hours; performance instruction—10 hours; seminar—13 hours. Origins of early theatres and the first actors, playwrights and dancers and their powerful influence on western performance and thought up to present day. Offered in Greece. GE credit: ArtHum.—IV. (IV.) Shannon

156A. History of Theatre and Dance: Ancient to 1650 (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Overview of theatre and dance as it has come to be recognized in ancient societies through to 1650. Performance traditions studied include Greek, Indian, Aztec, Roman, Japanese (Noh), through the Renaissance. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)

156B. History of Theatre and Dance:
1650-1900 (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Overview of theatre and dance between 1650 and 1900. Dance and theatre are related to the specific social and political organizations of court society in 17th and 18th century France, Germany and England, and to Japanese society. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

156C. History of Theatre and Dance:
The Twentieth Century (4)

Lecture—4 hours. Overview of theatre and dance in the twentieth century. Although largely focused on Western theatrical practices, the relationship between East and West performance practices will be studied and contemporary Japanese theatre will be included. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.

156D. Theatre History through Shakespeare (4)

Lecture—4 hours; writing. Shakespeare's plays, theatre history, and theatre today. European contexts from 1590-2004 and international theatre from 20th century. Stagecraft, different media (print, stage, film), social/political environments, design, and cultural change (gender, sexuality and ethnicity). May be repeated one time for four units of credit. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div., Wri.—Hunter

156AN. Performance Analysis (4)

Laboratory/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor. Analysis of performance on the stage, in the street, in everyday life, ritual, and in politics. Satire, irony, creative protest and performance. Social movements, the state, and performance as tactical intervention. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.—Bogad

156BN. Theatre in History and Place: Local, National and Global Conditions for Production (4)

Laboratory/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor. Exploration of local, national and global issues in theatre production, with special attention to historical changes in social and political contexts for performance. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.—Hunter

156CN. Modern Aesthetic Movements in Performance (4)

Laboratory/discussion—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1, course 20 or consent of instructor. Study of important movements in performance, especially theatre and dance from realism to the present. Primary emphasis on Western traditions though others may be studied. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.—Rossini

158. Performance Studies Undergraduate Seminar (4)

Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 156A, B, or C, or consent of instructor. Focused inquiry into a particular genre, period, movement, artist, or theme in performance. Philosophical and aesthetic issues as well as historical and cultural performance contexts. In-depth research projects in relationship to the subject of inquiry. May be repeated for credit. GE Credit: Wri.

159. Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Evaluation and examination of the "New Theatre" — its experimental and innovative nature since the 1960s. Dance, film, stage, performance art and public acts of a performative nature. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 159S.—III. (III.) McCutcheon

159S. Contemporary Experimental Performance, Theatre and Drama (4)

Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Evaluation and examination of the "New Theatre" — its experimental and innovative nature since the 1960s. Dance, film, stage, performance art and public acts of a performative nature. This course is offered in Sydney, Australia. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 159. Not offered every year.—McCutcheon

160A-160B. Principles of Playwriting (4-4)

Lecture/seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: two courses in Dramatic Art or related courses in other departments; course 160A prerequisite for 160B or consent of instructor. Analysis of dramatic structure; preparation of scenarios; the composition of plays.

170. Media Theatre (3)

Lecture—1 hour; rehearsal—2 hours; performance—1 hour. Prerequisite: upper division standing in Dramatic Art, Music, Art Studio, Design, Computer Science, or Engineering: Computer Science, or consent of instructor. New media and application of theatre design and performance. Emphasis on collaborative process in relationship to integration of emerging technologies and formation of new theatrical works. Development of collaborative performance through lecture, demonstration, improvisation and experimentation. May be repeated once for credit.

180. Theatre Laboratory (1-5)

Prerequisite: upper division standing and course 25, or consent of instructor. Projects in acting, production, scene design, costuming, lighting, directing, and playwriting. Participation in departmental productions. May be repeated for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

192. Internships in Theatre and Dance (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Theatre production experience in creative, technical or management areas. Experience in galleries, performance sites, or theatre/dance/physical theatre companies. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. Not open to students who have completed course 192S.
(P/NP grading only.)

192S. Internships in Theatre and Dance (1-12)

Internship—3-36 hours. Theatre production experience in creative, technical or management areas. Experience in galleries, performance sites, or theatre/dance/physical theatre companies. This course is offered in Sydney, Australia. May be repeated for credit for a total of 12 units. Not open to students who have completed course 192. Not offered every year. (P/NP grading only.)—McCutcheon

194HA-194HB. Special Study for Honors Students (3-3)

Independent study—9 hours. Prerequisite: qualification for Letters and Science Honors Program and admission to Dramatic Art Senior Honors Program. Preparation and presentation of a culminating project, under the supervision of an instructor, in one of the creative or scholarly areas of Dramatic Art. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence).

197T. Tutoring in Dramatic Art (1-5)

Tutoring—1-5 hours. Prerequisite: upper division or graduate standing with major in dramatic art; consent of department chairperson. Leading of small voluntary groups affiliated with one of the department's regular courses. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)

198. Directed Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Graduate Courses

200. Methods and Materials in Theatre Research (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Essential research tools in theatre and related fields; bibliographies, primary sources; methods of evaluating and presenting evidence; delineating research areas in the field.

211. Advanced Voice and Speech (2)

Laboratory—4 hours. Open to advanced undergraduates with consent of instructor. Voice production and speech related to specific acting problems in classical plays, particularly in verse. May be repeated for credit.

212. Advanced Stage Movement (3)

Laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing in the MFA Program. The application of modes of exploration, breath placement, and the use of imagery as well as Laban's effort/shape system as a method of analysis in classic and modern plays. Open to advanced undergraduates by consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.

221. Special Problems in Advanced Acting (4)

Seminar—2 hours; laboratory—4 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced acting problems arising from differences in the type and style of plays selected from Greece to the present. May be repeated for credit.

224A. Seminar in Theatrical Design: Ancient Worlds—Early 17th Century (4)

Seminar—2 hours; project—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Group study while focusing primarily on one discipline: scenic, costume or lighting design. Periods covered: Greek, Medieval, Renaissance, Shakespearean, Jacobean, early 17th century. Design projects include script analysis, research of period style, fashion, character development, developing design concepts, presentation skills.—I. (I.) Iacovelli, Morgan, Munn

224B. Seminar in Theatrical Design: Mid 17th Century to 1900 (4)

Seminar—2 hours; project—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing; course 224A or consent of instructor. Group study focusing primarily on one discipline: scenic, costume or lighting design. Periods covered: Cavalier, Restoration 18th century opera and ballet, 19th century drama. Design projects include script analysis, research of period style, fashion, character development, developing design concepts, presentation skills.—II. (II.) Iacovelli, Morgan, Munn

224C. Seminar in Theatrical Design: the 20th Century (4)

Seminar—2 hours; project—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing; course 224A and 224B or consent of instructor. Group study focusing primarily on one discipline - scenic, costume or lighting design. 20th century genres covered: Realism, Brecht, Musicals, Contemporary Dance, short narrative film. Design projects include script analysis, research of period style, fashion, character development, developing design concepts, presentation skills.—III. (III.) Iacovelli, Munn

224D. Seminar in Theatrical Design: Contemporary Concepts (4)

Seminar—2 hours; project—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing; course 224A, 224B, and 224C or consent of instructor. Group study focusing primarily on one discipline: scenic, costume or lighting design. Emphasis on contemporary design concepts for new works and classics: Shakespeare, modern dance, concept plays and musicals. Script and character analysis for design in performance, research, design projects.—I. (I.) Iacovelli, Morgan, Munn

224E. Seminar in Theatrical Design: Advanced Concepts (4)

Seminar—2 hours; project—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing; courses 224A, 224B, 224C, and 224D or consent of instructor. Group study focusing primarily on one discipline: scenic, costume or lighting design. Emphasis on special issues in contemporary design concepts for new works and classics. Script and character analysis for design in performance, research, design projects.—II. (II.) Iacovelli, Morgan, Munn

225. Performance Design Studio: Techniques and Media (2)

Studio—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing; must be taken concurrently with course 224 series. Exploration and development of techniques and skills in the performance design process. Drafting, model building, drawing, painting and rendering, costume drawing, color theory, lighting techniques, design portfolio preparation and presentation. May be repeated up to five times for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Iacovelli, Morgan, Munn

228. Seminar in Directing Theory: Non-Realism (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Modern directing theory as it applies to non-realistic theatre; development of directorial concepts for production of selected non-realistic plays—Greek to the present; emphasis on textual analysis. Offered in alternate years.

229. Special Problems in Directing (5)

Seminar—2 hours; laboratory—2 hours; rehearsal—4 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Projects in directing scenes selected from plays from ancient Greece to the present. May be repeated for credit.

250. Modern Theatre (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. The theatre of Europe and America, 1860-1940, with emphasis on the relationship of the dramas of the period to the physical circumstances under which they were produced. Offered in alternate years.

251. Scoring and Scripting in Performance (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. The process of weaving together various performance elements brought into play by the artists in their respective disciplines. The "script" is the thread from which the artists' "scores" will layer and transform the "script" into performance for specific time, place, spectators.

252. Performance: Concepts of Space, Place, and Time (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Innovative theories of creating performance spaces, establishing a sense of place, and communicating the concept of time explored through collaborative interaction. Research includes traditional principles, site-specific spaces and consideration of various tempi from music and movement.

253. Approaches to Collaboration (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Exploration of different approaches to collaboration among artists in different media and their influence on the creative process.—I.

254. Performing Identities/Personae (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Historical and contemporary theories of constructing stage identities. Discussion and project collaborations based on theories. Questions of identity related to ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.

255. Composition in the Arts (4)

Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Examine manner in which specific elements utilized by actors, dancers, directors, choreographers, and designers are combined or related to form a whole in space and time, as well as methods of sequencing used by each discipline to produce artistic products. May be repeated once for credit.

259. Topics in Contemporary Theatre and Performance (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Special topics designed to study in depth aspects of contemporary performance including performance analysis, cultural and historical context, modes of production, theoretical and political entailments, and issues of spectatorship (e.g., "Brecht and After," "British Theater," "Race and Gender in Performance." May be repeated five times for credit.

265A. Theory of Dramatic Art: Modes of Production (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Introduces students to literature of theatrical practice, cultural and aesthetic theory, as related to practical stage performance.

265B. Theory of Dramatic Art: Signification and the Body (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Introduce students to analysis of the body in performance, drawing on theoretical models from various fields.

265C. Theory of Dramatic Art: Technologies of Difference (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Introduce students to history, theory, practice of staging social and cultural difference.

265D. Theory of Dramatic Art (4)

Seminar—3 hours; term paper. Theory and aesthetic principles of dramatic art as a fine art. Offered in alternate years. (Former course 265.)

280. Theatre Laboratory (1-12)

Advanced practice in acting, designing, directing, playwriting, and technical theatre. May be repeated for credit.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

298. Group Study (1-5)

Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

299. Individual Study (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

299D. Dissertation Research (1-12)

(S/U grading only.)

Professional Course

396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum (1-4)

Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)

Professional Course

413. Stage Make-up (1)

Lecture/laboratory—2 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Approved for graduate degree credit. Lectures, demonstrations, and practical work in aspects of theatrical make-up.