Employing writing, acting, directing, movement, film, music and mixed-media elements, the course creates and experimental definition of theatre including content, structure and form. A laboratory course for teachers of dramatic arts at the junior and senior high school levels. Emphasis is on the development of teaching skills, including exercises in movement, improvisation and scene study. The contribution of women artists to the American theatre, discussing the particular social issues, and the pertinent historical perceptions and problems encountered by women in the arts. The process of stage directing, including script interpretation.
Emphasis is on the use of action, movement, design and rhythm in staging techniques.
Open to seniors only. Acting and directing employing the techniques used to approach classical texts. Open to seniors only. Emphasis on translating intellectual production concepts into visual ones. Open to juniors and seniors.