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  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. This course focuses on the business of acting, including developing the actors audition technique used in prepared monologues/reads, cold readings, self-tapes, etc. This course will also provide students with strategies regarding industry-specific practices such as headshots, resume preparation, finding audition material, obtaining agents and managers, etc. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Prepare a professional acting resume and additional audition necessities. 2. Develop abilities to select/create, analyze, and perform audition material. 3. Demonstrate and assess effective self-tape auditions. Prerequisites: THEA 2033 and THEA 1713. FA (even)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. A scene study course introducing students to the techniques of acting and singing for a musical; transitioning from scene to song; and preparing and performing musical theatre auditions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of standard musical theatre terminology. 2. Develop a technique for engaging truthfully in scene for a musical. 3. Examine the various periods of musical theatre history and current trends. 4. Prepare and perform musical theatre song cuts for auditions. Prerequisites: THEA 2033. FA (odd)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. Introduces students to the professional and practical technique of acting for film including commercial, film, and television. Students will explore on-set etiquette, actor-agent relationships, terminology, script analysis, making choices, taking direction, etc. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate ease and consistency in working in front of the camera. 2. Explain the basic vocabulary, practical knowledge and etiquette required for conducting yourself on set. 3. Develop film audition skills. Course fee required. Prerequisites: THEA 2033. SP (odd)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. This course is a study in advanced preparation for performance of Shakespeare and works by other classical playwrights. Emphasizes text analysis, scansion, rhetoric, speech, movement, character development, and performance techniques. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of classical performance styles. 2. Analyze and interpret classical dramatic text in both approach and application. 3. Evaluate personal performance skills and those of others. 4. Prepare and perform a scene of classical style. Prerequisites: THEA 1713 and THEA 2033. SP (even)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with an Acting or Generalist emphasis. Open to all students. Expanding on the teachings from THEA 1113, this course reviews the International Phonetic Alphabet and introduces strategies for actors to research, prepare and perform accents. Also includes further development of the voice including healthy structuring for performance. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze your own and other speakers oral posture, prosody, and pronunciation. 2. Prepare and authentically demonstrate a researched accent. 3. Demonstrate ability to speak audibly, intelligibly, and with ease on stage. ?? Prerequisite: THEA 1113 and THEA 1033. FA (odd)
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre majors. Open to all students. Covers the theory and practice of theatre for child audiences, including plays, storytelling, masks, puppetry, creative dramatics, and other forms. Covers selecting and adapting literature, producing, directing, acting, visual elements, and production support through text and literature readings as well as practical projects. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the various approaches to Theatre for Young Audiences, including Theatre for the Very Young, Theatre for Disabled Children, and Musical Theatre for Young Audiences. 2. Develop an ability to successfully break down a TYA text in both approach and application. 3. Evaluate personal performance skills and those of others. 4. Apply theory to the creation of a new piece of theatre for children. 5. Prepare and perform a theatrical production for young audiences. Prerequisites: THEA 1713. SP (odd)
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors. Open to all students. Covers theory and practice of three-dimensional makeup effects through the creation and use of prosthetic appliances. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify and demonstrate understanding of the basic tools of a prosthetic makeup artist. 2. Design character makeup based on a time period utilizing a three-dimensional prosthetic through careful script analysis. 3. Interpret and execute a three-dimensional makeup design created by another designer. 4. Critique peer designs with feedback that can be incorporated into the design. Course fee required. Prerequisite: THEA 1223 (Grade C or higher). SP (even)
  • 3.00 Credits

    ??Required for Theatre majors with a Design/Technical emphasis. Open to all students. Covers surface preparation, priming, base painting, blending, scumbling, texture, and tailing to produce finished demonstration flats including wall surfaces, wallpaper, bricks, rocks, wood grain and molding, marble, foliage, and copying a selected original. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate the ability to use common scenic painters tools. 2. Demonstrate the ability to prepare a surface and lay out a painting project. 3. Formulate a plan with logical and necessary steps in creating a painting project with realistic depth. 4. Articulate an understanding of color theory and optical blending and how they are used in theatre provide flexibility and depth in the paint process. 5. Evaluate one's own paintings as well as the paintings of their peers. Course fee required. SP (even)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required for Theatre majors with a Directing emphasis. Open to all students. Introduces dramatic writing in plays. Covers dramatic structure, use of dialogue, character, and plot development. Requires extensive writing in a writers' group environment. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of standard playwriting terminology and techniques. 2. Demonstrate the skills necessary to write a theatrical piece of literature. 3. Analyze and critique a theatrical piece of literature. 4. Evaluate scripts as they exist and identify potential for improvement. Course fee required. Prerequisites: ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2010A. FA (odd)
  • 3.00 Credits

    Required of Theatre majors with a Directing emphasis. Open to all students. The course provides an introductory look at non-profit & commercial management, board governance, organizational identity, strategic planning, fundraising, grant-writing, marketing, and fiscal management. Requires extensive writing and presentations in front of both students and arts professionals. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding of the most common management models for arts organizations. 2. Create a business plan for a non-profit arts organization. 3. Analyze and critique both successful and unsuccessful arts organizations. 4. Demonstrate understanding of the grant-writing and fundraising processes. 5. Plan the launch of an artistic project. FA (even)