These indicate the semesters fall, spring, summer in which the course is normally offered and are intended as an aid to students planning their programs of study. Designed to introduce students to all aspects of theatre. Students spend each semester working in a different technical or management area - scene shop, costume shop, theatre management. A minimum of 42 contact hours of work is required.
Course covers scenery construction, rigging, production organization, and theatre safety.
The class introduces the student to all equipment used for costume construction, stitching techniques, and costuming vocabulary. Students will be introduced to safety standards for working with electricity, the optical properties of stage lighting, the various lighting instruments, circuitry, and the means for translating the lighting plot into an actual working structure. Class will focus on developing body awareness and flexibility through the study of dance, mime, stage combat, and mask characterization. Basic principles of the art and technique of make-up for use in the design and execution of developing and projecting the stage character. Purchase of make-up kit required.