In the spring students perform their pieces in concert at various local elementary school and on campus. The commitment is for both fall and spring semesters, but students officially register for the course in the spring and receive their grade and course credit in the spring semester at the end of the performance season. Some dance training needed, admission by audition in fall semester. Permission of Instructor required. Practical and theoretical aspects of lighting design.
Student begins small design projects leading to final project of complete light plot.
Design opportunities available to student as well as chances to work with other designers on campus-wide functions. Midterm and final exam. Additional short quizzes may be added by instructor, if needed. Exams and quizzes consist of short answer and short essay questions, unless size of class makes it necessary to include objective testing. This class is a writing workshop for students to study the techniques of classic and modern playwrights, and to develop writing intended to be performed on stage.