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  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the performance styles and traditions of the dramatic arts of Japan, this course focuses on the practice and performance styles of Noh, Kyogen, Kabuki, and Bunraku. Basic Zen meditation will be explored to understand the mental discipline required of these highly theatrical and non-realistic forms, which continue music, dance, and narrative.
    General Education Course
  • 1.00 Credits

    This ATP Lab course serves as a forum for the following activities: performance laboratory, discussion forum, master classes, audition seminars, and guest lectures from industry professionals. Attendance is mandatory. This course or its equivalent ATP Lab is taken by the ATP student every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to Actor Training Program Emphasis OR Instructor Consent.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This ATP Lab course serves as a forum for the following activities: performance laboratory, discussion forum, master classes, audition seminars, and guest lectures from industry professionals. Attendance is mandatory. This course or its equivalent ATP Lab is taken by the ATP student every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to Actor Training Program Emphasis OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Course familiarizes elementary education majors with effective method for integrating theatre into the elementary school curriculum. Prerequisites: "C" or better in (THEA 1033 OR THEA 1120) OR Instructor Consent.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed for students who wish to improve voice and speech skills in the interest of clear and effective communication. Emphases include body release, grounding of the breath, alignment, resonance, projection, rhythm, and pacing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course builds upon the exploration of voice for the actor through speech. Students practically explore the range of sounds that a human being can make, studying vowel and consonant formation and the use of resonance, range, and articulation as ways to facilitate the communication and interpretation of text. Students are introduced to phonetics and use this as a way of identifying the sounds they make. This class introduces skills that will be useful in the Dialects course. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 2070 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. An introduction to the fundamentals of play directing. Students will study and experience the craft of directing including play analysis, interpretation, rehearsal, and performance. Participants will create a director's vision that integrates all play and production elements into a unified artistic whole, and examine the evolution of the director's role in the theatre. Prerequisite: "C" or better in (THEA 1713 AND (THEA 1220 OR THEA 1120 OR THEA 1033)) OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Acceptance into the Actor Training Program required. Begins an extended study of elements of verse and the use of language in verse drama. Students will prepare monologues and scenes, drawn primarily from Shakespeare's texts. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 2230 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a production emphasis class focusing on the specific techniques for men's wear tailoring. Students will practice the techniques before completing them on a real garment. Students demonstrate their mastery of the techniques by building a finished wood jacket at the end of the semester. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 2203 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the business of acting, including discussion of graduate school and professional possibilities, resume preparation, headshot selection, and career choices (regional theatre, New York, L.A., Chicago). Students practice presenting themselves through theatrical monologues and film audition scenes. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 2230 OR Instructor Consent.