The comprehensive study of the director's pre-production planning of a dramatic production for the stage. The directorial analysis of plays and basic fundamentals of composition, picturization, movement, and improvisation with gesture, costume, and properties is studied. Basic principles of costume design. Students complete various design projects for specific plays selected from a variety of historical periods. The practice of scenery painting for the theatre.
Students work with a variety of paints, texturing materials, and application techniques.
Particular emphasis is placed on the enlargement of existing art works to a size suitable for stage use. This course challenges the actor's ability to demonstrate a personal and useful acting method through a wide range of textual problems, historical and modern plays and acting styles. Advanced practice and principles of scenery and property construction. Practical experience with plastics, metals, drafting, and advanced woodwork is stressed. May be repeated only to a maximum of 10 credits.