A workshop atmosphere prevails in which theater games, improvisations, and exercises are utilized to help students learn to create a simple stage reality. The emergence and development of acting as an art form are also studied. This course further explores acting technique and its application to monologue and scene work, with an emphasis on the development of a personal approach to the craft. I Students learn fundamentals of scenic design and construction, costume design and construction, and stage lighting. The course covers the use of tools and hardware for each discipline.
Students function as crew members for productions.
This course continues to build on the scenic, costume, and lighting work introduced in THEA 205 . In addition, students will learn the fundamentals of sound design and operations, as well as property design and construction. Students function as crew chiefs for productions. Includes press relations and publicity, budgeting, audience development, business management, union relations and economic trends in theater. A multicultural survey of theatrical history from classical Greece through the Neo-Classical period.