Children's theatre is an exciting, collaborative art form, involving actors, directors, designers, technicians, and dramaturgs. This children's theatre Interim is for theatre, education, and art majors, and all other students interested in learning how to produce children's theatre from script selection to performance. Students examine the different models of children's theatre and their theoretical underpinnings. Students attend lectures, participate on preparatory and running crews, and create a play resource guide and production manual as part of their responsibilities in the course. Students are expected to participate in the Interim coursework and serve on running crews during performances during the spring semester.
Classes meet in the morning with rehearsals and labs in the afternoon.
Performance dates are February 14-17. Successful completion of the course entails attending all designated lectures, rehearsals, and crew calls, satisfactory participation on all crews, plus completing a resource guide of children's theatre plays, and a production manual. Actors for the play are selected from campus-wide auditions held during the fall term. Mr. R. Buursma, Ms. D. Freeberg, Ms. C. Sawyer. This course is a study of music against the backdrop of the great cultural movements of Western civilization.