Theory and method are studied in projects emphasizing character analysis, research, figure sketching, textile selection, and computer-aided pattern and drafting design. This is a writing emphasis course. Lighting Design A study of equipment, mechanics, and theories used by lighting designers to produce lighting for theatrical scripts, dance, concerts, and ornamental architecture. Open to all students. The course explores the basics of playwriting through the study of dramatic structure, creative exercises, and reading and analysis of existing play scripts, with emphasis on the one-act play.
Students complete a one-act play script of their own creation.
Open to all students. This is a writing emphasis course. Continued acting training through the study of a selected work from one or two 17th or 18th century playwrights, e.g., Moliere, Racine, Wycherly, Congreve, Sheridan, or Goldsmith. An extension of technique and character work concentrating on the work of one or two 19th-century playwrights, e.g., Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Hauptman, or Rostand. Involves actualizing work for a departmental production.