Exemption by audition only or may substitute MUS 111, MUS 112. 141 Production I, II - Freshmen are assigned to crews as an introduction to general production techniques and procedures. Prerequisite to THEA 141 is THEA 140. 212 Creative Dramatics - An overview of the areas from dramatic play through participatory theatre examines philosophical, and theoretical elements. Secondary students focus on improvisation, theatre games, warm-up exercises for imagination stimulation.
Elementary students apply developmental principles to similar areas.
226 History of Theatre I, II - A comprehensive survey of Western theatre from classical times to the 20th century. A student must be registered for production in order to be cast. Students on probation cannot be cast. The plays and biographies of Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Synge, O'Neill, Garcia-Lorca, Pirandello, Ionesco, Beckett, Albee, Kopit, Mamet and contemporaries.