Prerequisites: THEA 100, THEA 149 or consent of instructor. Majors and minors only. Participation in advanced level design and production assignments of School of Theatre productions. Repeatable, may be taken four times.
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Prerequisite: THEA 149. This course is a study of the basic techniques of a scenic artist. Emphasis is placed on equipment, procedure and practical application. In this class we will explore methods of traditional one-dimensional scene painting as well as the fundamentals of drawing. Projects will include a variety of textures including wood graining, brick, stone and drapery as well as a landscape and foliage project.
Prerequisites: THEA 149 and THEA 311. This course is a study of the basic techniques of the scenic artist. Emphasis is placed on equipment, procedure and practical application. In this class we will explore methods of traditional one-dimensional scene painting as well as the fundamentals of drawing. Projects will include lettering, translucency, stamps and stencils and use those of pneumatic sprayers.
Prerequisite: THEA 215. Scene Design II is an advanced course designed to expand skills developed in Scene Design I. This course will further enhance the student's abilities to artistically conceptualize multiple genres of theatre through extensive script analysis and research. Students will further expand rendering and mechanical drafting skills to better enhance your communication with directors and other members of the design team. Students will acquire skills to professionally present a portfolio ready design work conceptually to your peers and other design faculty.
Prerequisites: THEA 135 and THEA 149. The purpose of this course is an introduction to the study of properties technology and how it relates to production staging and theatre overall. This class will discuss the role of a props artist in a modern theatrical company and the tasks that may be asked of them.
Prerequisite: THEA 220 or consent of instructor. Introduction to designing costumes for the stage. Emphasis on the historical, conventional and visual tools and media available to the designer for translating verbal script to visual and tactile form.
Prerequisite: THEA 210 or consent of instructor. Students will examine applications of theatrical design techniques through digital media. This will consist of a studio-based overview of 3D rendering, pre-visualization, and use of digital imagery.
Prerequisites: THEA 296, THEA 297 recommended. A survey of important plays that have had major impact on the evolution of the modern theatre through thematic concerns, social reflection, revolutionary genre, and production styles.
Majors only. This online course gives students a firm foundation in dramatic theory and how it relates to the production of performance with an eye toward how performance relates to the production of culture.
Prerequisites: THEA 210, THEA 230 or equivalent. Required laboratory arranged. Advanced work in stage lighting design with an emphasis on the artistic applications of lighting in plays, operas, musicals and tour shows.
Prerequisites: THEA 190. Majors only. Acting emphasis only. Advanced study of the natural resources of the human voice and body as artistic resources for the performer. Designed to explore processes and products of vocal craft work.
Prerequisites: THEA 149, THEA 210, THEA 249. This course is to focus on more specific topics within scenic technical theatre. The subject material will be a more focused look at budgeting, technical drafting, rigging, and scenic building practices. The class will give the student a good working knowledge of advanced scenic practices and allow the student to be a more independent member of a scenic shop.
(2 lecture; 2 laboratory) Prerequisite: THEA 240. Basic directing techniques as applied to period styles. Focus on research for the director and application of period styles in scene work.
Prerequisite: THEA 240. Basic directing techniques as applied to modern styles. Focus on various anti-realistic styles and their application to modern eclectic Theatre. Practical application in scene work.
Prerequisite: THEA 245. This course will continue the student's exploration of the art of Sound Design. Students will analyze sound for emotional impact, determine qualities of sound that impart these effects, and discover how these ideas can be transferred to the stage. Course fee required.
Acceptance by Theatre Arts staff required. Eight weeks of eight-hour daily rehearsals for summer productions. Repeatable, maximum of 40 credits.
Prerequisite: THEA 260 or consent of instructor. Acting Emphasis only. Focus on modern drama from early realism through contemporary eclectic styles in this advanced acting laboratory. Repeatable, maximum of six credits.
Prerequisite: THEA 260 or consent of instructor. For acting emphasis only. Concentration on period styles including Greek, Elizabethan, Commedia dell'Arte, English Restoration and French Neoclassic in this advanced acting laboratory. Repeatable, maximum of six credits
Prerequisite: THEA 160, THEA 260 Acting and Musical Theatre majors only. In this course students will experience the craft of acting for the camera. Topics will include: the difference between stage and film acting, technical demands of film acting, script analysis, and on-set behavior.
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. This course will guide and assist the student playwright through the creative process of writing a one act play or screen play. Course work will include lecture, exercises, and completion of several writing assignments. Final project will be completion of a one act play or film treatment and 30 pages of dialogue.
Prerequisite: THEA 373. This course will introduce student playwrights to theatrical genre and style by guiding and assisting them though the creative process of writing a full-length play. Course work will include lecture and discussion either on line or in person and creative writing exercises.
Prerequisites: THEA 149. A class to teach the student how to work as a stage manager in the theatre and what to expect from the position. Focus is on problem solving.
Prerequisite: THEA 149. Theatre Education only. This course will include the basics of drafting; scenic, lighting and costume design; and scenic painting with a focus on research and creative exercises.
Prerequisite: EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Learn teaching techniques, curriculum and classroom organization, testing and evaluation, procedures and materials and relationship of the subject area to the total program.