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  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. Explores the role of the production manager in the live entertainment process while showcasing advanced stage management techniques. Includes an in-depth exploration of theatrical union agreements and practical application within the rehearsal process and performance. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 3600 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. Advanced stage management techniques, including cue calling, complex staging notation, and multi-genre stage management work. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 3600 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    For Theatre Majors and Minors. A rotating-topic course focused on advanced problem-solving techniques and group organizational dynamics within stage management. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 3600 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will explore the historical and contemporary canon of dramatic literature written specifically for the field of TYA - Theatre for Young Audiences. Using both original dramatic work and published adaptations of award-winning narrative books for children and teens, students will activate pieces of several plays using specific teaching techniques and practices for engaging preteens and teens. These concentrations will help prepare students for working in professional theatre for young audiences, youth theatre programming, and educational outreach projects in public schools or community environments. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 1713 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Acceptance into the Theatre Teaching Program required. An examination of age appropriate teaching methods, strategies, and curriculum planning for secondary school learners. Additional emphases include planning a production season, using national and state content and performance standards, assessing student growth, and developing community advocacy plans. Prerequisites: Admitted to the Theatre Teaching BFA OR instructor Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    This project-driven course blends research, theory, and practice to expand students' understanding of how individuals and communities engage with art as everyday experience. By participating in a semester-long community partnership, students will learn how to initiate and develop mutually beneficial relationships with community organizations and create artistic projects rooted in the values, needs, assets, and challenges of the organization. Throughout the process students will develop a praxis for engaging in ethically-sound partnerships and leveraging their artistic abilities beyond the traditional studio or classroom setting.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course is designed to give weekly performance opportunities for the craft-based classes in dancing, singing, and acting. As designated by instructors of all craft classes, selections of students will prepare their work for presentation and review. Performance practice will be the major emphasis of this course. The understanding and practice of noting constructive feedback will hold substantial weight. Prerequisites: (Earned 2 credits of THEA 3652 OR 2 credits of THEA 4652) AND Admission to Emphasis in Musical Theatre) OR Instructor Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is the final of four Musical Theatre Studio courses in which students interpret increasingly complex musical theatre texts using music, dance, and acting. Students will apply skills learned in previous courses to choose, rehearse, and refine materials for their showcase presentation, while managing all technical aspects of the showcase presentation. Throughout the semester, students will also participate in a series of mock auditions and business-of-the-business discussions and lectures, expanding their repertoire and their show business knowledge. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in THEA 3665 OR Instructor Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    This workshop is the culmination of a series of studio courses designed to give students practice integrating the blocks of musical theatre performance guided by their instructors. This is a showcase performance of the accumulated knowledge of the class, and based on the strengths of the particular class on display in a performance situation for an audience. The class period will serve as the rehearsal for an hour-long presentation. The students will undertake all the building blocks of a production such as costumes, sets and programs among other elements based on the material being presented. This final performance takes place the last weekend of the Spring semester. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 4655 OR Instructor Consent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Gender on the Global Stage examines the ways in which contemporary drama from around the world represent the experiences of non-Western women. Using feminist and postcolonial theories, we will investigate the impact of globalization on the dramatic representation of women and the construction of gender, with special attention to the work of female playwrights from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. We will also compare some of this work to plays on similar subjects by contemporary Western dramatists. Prerequisites: "C" or better in THEA 1713 OR Instructor Consent.