The study of the theatre is the study of performance and the chief blueprint for production is the text. An analysis of the play text is a critical first stop toward understanding both the performance of a play and the means by which that performance is created. This course focuses on the dynamic interplay, essential to the collaborative nature of theatre between structure and content, text and performance. An introduction to the theories and techniques of playwriting with particular emphasis on the analysis of dramatic structure. Theatre in Chicago I. Weekly attendance at professional, semi-professional, community and academic theatre offerings in the Chicago area, supplemented by selected readings.
Students meet with the instructor to discuss the significance of what they have seen.
Students enrolled are responsible for the cost of theatre tickets. Weekly attendance at professional, semi-professional, community, and academic theatre offerings in the Chicago area, supplemented by selected readings. Students meet with instructor to discuss the significance of what they have seen. Students are responsible for the cost of theatre tickets. A continuation of 242.