Written assignments include preliminary exercises, rough drafts, rewrites, and final drafts. The foundation and rise of musical theatre in the U.S. beginning with European influences. Explores dramatic, social, and musical implications of contemporary society which produced a unique American musical idiom. Examines works of Victor Herbert, Gershwin, Porter, Blake, Sondheim and others. How a designer analyzes a script and works with the director to create a design.
Students study techniques of rendering, sketching, model building, and drafting.
Must be taken concurrently with TAD 222. The lighting designer's role in the creation of a stage design. Lighting principles, instrumentation, color theory, script analysis, and light plots. Must be taken concurrently with TAD 222. The role of the costume designer in the theatrical process.