This senior project satisfies the required comprehensive examination in the major study as specified in the Whitman Academic Catalog. The course will use the first semester of the Harper Joy season as laboratory for the study of the production process. The course will examine the elements of drama, their interaction, and their realization in theatrical production and will include attendance at and evaluation of theatre performances. Open to all students. Emphasis on concentration, imagination, movement, working in terms of objectives and responding to others.
Students engage in acting exercises, scene work and assigned reading.
Open only to first year students and sophomores. Includes additional scene work, acting exercises, and assigned reading. The work of the wardrobe artist in transferring the designer's renderings to the stage. An introduction to computer applications as an aid to design, problem solving, and management. Open to all students.