Associate Professor McGlasson Courses in theatre offer theory, production, design, and performance training in various areas of dramatic arts, and many are open to nonmajors. The Theatre Department conducts open auditions and makes performance and production work available to all members of the URI community. Not open to theatre majors. An exploration of the body and voice as instruments with emphasis on the development of physical and vocal awareness, concentration, maintenance, and endurance.
Course emphasizes theatre terminology and develops a working vocabulary.
Introduction to the theory and basic techniques of acting. A voice-movement workshop to be taken concurrently with 212. Perspectives on music and its relationship and application to the theatre for theatre students. Musical vocabulary, performance techniques, and conventions related to the theatre. Emphasis on relationship of music and musical performance to all aspects of theatrical production.