Different course sections provide experience in technical production, acting or readers' theatre. THE200 Theatre History A survey of western theatre history from the 6th century BC to the present. Topics include the development of the physical theatre, dramaturgy, directing, design, acting, non-western dramatic forms and alternative theatre forms. Liberal arts credit. Theatre games, improvisation and group process techniques are explored in a workshop setting.
Students form an ensemble for informal performances.
Liberal arts credit. Acting With the Voice Concentrated attention on the voice as the crucial tool in the actor's apparatus. Preparation and presentation of monologues and duologues in both verse and prose, techniques of sight reading and reader's theatre, culminating in public performance. Liberal arts credit. THE210 Plays in Rehearsal Students will perform classic, contemporary and new scripts.