Courses - Spring 2023
THET110
Introduction to the Theatre
In the age of pop music and blockbuster films, of memes and viral videos, we often forget that theatre was one of the original forms of popular entertainment. We will focus on theatre practitioners including actors, directors, designers and backstage personnel to understand how theatre is produced. We will also consider popular entertainment in Europe and America, with a particular focus on musical theatre and Broadway to explore how theatre communicates, resonates, and remains relevant to all audiences.
THET116
Fundamentals of Theatrical Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Examines theatre as an environmental art that is realized through collaboration between set, costume, and lighting designers.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET222
Foundations of Acting and Performance
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Students will become familiar with the tools and process of acting through the discipline of acting exercises, analyzing character and performing. Students will research various theatre artists that have contributed to the acting process. Through monologue and scene work students will learn listening skills, communicative, collaborative and embodiment skills and will learn how to use the self in the imaginative process and research. And, most importantly, students will learn creative process through practice.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET222 is for new Theatre majors only. Non-Theatre majors must attend the first day of class for permission to add
THET222 is for new Theatre majors only. Non-Theatre majors must attend the first day of class for permission to add
THET223
Text and Context in Western Theatre
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Introduction to the analysis and critique of the play script. Students will have the opportunity to read, analyze, and interpret western dramatic literature from a range of periods and styles. Texts are analyzed from a variety of theatrical analytical perspectives, with an eye towards choices theatre artists must make in the creation of a theatrical production.
THET228O
Special Topics in Introduction Theatre and Performance; Costume Crafts
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET251
Broadway Mashup: Remixing America Through Musical Theater
Interrogate musical theater's political history, investigating how this uniquely American genre uses narrative, song, and dance to weave critical differences across race, ethnicity, immigration status, religion, gender, sexuality, and ability into our national fabric.
THET285
The Art of Communication and Presentation
Credit only granted for: COMM107, COMM200, INAG110, JOUR130, or THET285.
An introduction to the fundamental practice and theory of public speaking and oral communication using theatrical techniques of both performance and the craft of storytelling.
THET287
Credit only granted for: THET289I or THET287.
Formerly: THET289I.
Every society has rebels - those who refuse to conform to the mainstream's rigid rules, aesthetics, and beliefs. From unruly skateboarders, punk rockers, bohemian poets, and radical theater performers, to national revolutionary movements and brick-throwing anarchists - such groups form niches that are defined by their exclusion from society. We will look at how their beliefs and actions fit into a particular historical context, and how their actions drive social change.
THET294
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher.
Thematic and historical survey of African-American drama from the 1960s to the present. Emphasis on sociopolitical context, thematic thrust, issues, styles, the aesthetic reflected in the work, impact on African-American and general theatre audiences.
THET310
Voice for the Actor I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET116, THET222, THET223, and TDPS201; and must Interview; and permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher.
Freeing the natural voice. In-depth experience of connection of actor's voice to thought, impulse and emotion. Tools for releasing tension, increasing resonance and range, and refining articulation will be explored.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET328N
Special Topics in Intermediate Theatre and Performance; Movement Techniques for Actors
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET377
Lighting Design I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET222, THET223, THET116, and TDPS201; or permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
A study of the theories of electrification, instruments, design, color, and control for the stage. Practical work on productions.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET380
Sound Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET116. And THET114; or TDPS201; or permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher.
Theatre Sound Design is a first course in designing sound for stage productions.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET383
Costume Design I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: TDPS201 or THET114; and (THET116, THET222, and THET223). Or permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Basic principles of theatre costume design and introduction to rendering skills. Emphasis on development of design conception, unity, character statement, basic clothing design and period style adaptation.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET386
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Junior standing or higher; and permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
THET391
Theatre History II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
The history of Western theatre from the mid seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, with emphasis on plays and playwrights, architecture and decor, acting and costuming, and significant personalities. Includes explorations of interrelationships between Western theatre and the theatre of other cultures.
THET408G
Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Digital Humanities: Process and Play
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
THET408U
Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Theatre About Show Business
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This class brings the backstage into the limelight. It explores the larger implications for theatre historiography when the actions occurring backstage and those occurring centre stage are conceptualized as a single culture event: when, in short, the behind-the-scenes work and labor of the theatre share equal billing with the products that theatres produce. As a catalyst for these considerations, the course will examine moments where theatre's main stage has openly explored its often uneasy relationship with its backstage, and we will use these moments as opportunities for making the process side of theatrical productions the focal point in critical discourses about the cultural and political work theatre that theatre domore generally.
THET428C
Special Topics in Advanced Theatre and Performance; Actor's Process
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
THET428D
Special Topics in Advanced Theatre and Performance; Advanced Media Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET429
Actor's Studio
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
THET440
Advanced Playwriting
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET340; or permission of instructor. And permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Credit only granted for: THET440 or THET499P.
Formerly: THET499P.
Ensemble-based writer's workshop. It is the second part of a two-course sequence and is designed for students who already have a foundation in the basics of playwriting or who are other wise well-versed in the art of theatre and dramatic structure. Through exploratory writing sequences, the reading of full-length plays, and in-class readings of work-in-progress, students will continue to deepen their craft and develop the script for a new full-length play.
THET451
Musical Theatre Workshop I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Must audition.
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Development of the ability to move, act and express through the media of lyric and music.
THET465
History of Fashion for the Theatre
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET116; or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher.
A survey of Western clothing from the Ancient Worlds through 20th Century. A discussion of the cultural contexts of various trends in fashion through an examination of art, industry and textiles.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET471
Design Studio in Scenery
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET371; and permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Jointly offered with THET639. Credit only granted for: THET471 or THET639.
Advanced study of scenic design for the theatre. Particular design projects will vary.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET474
Advanced Stage Management
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET114 or TDPS201; and (THET116, THET222, THET223, and THET274); and permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department; and sophomore standing or higher.
Intensive practical study of the techniques and procedures for stage management.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET477
Design Studio in Lighting
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: THET377; and permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Jointly offered with THET659. Credit only granted for: THET477 or THET659.
Designed for students who have successfully completed THET377 and wish to further develop their lighting design skills. Emphasis is on theoretical design of productions and realized light lab projects. Particular design projects will vary.
For first year lighting design students and other MFA students. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET489A
Special Topics in Theatre History from 1800 to Present; Modern Architecture
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
THET499
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
THET608A
Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Performance, Activism, and the Aesthetics of Risk
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
THET608G
Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Digital Humanities: Process and Play
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
This class is a process-based course designed to help integrate artistic practice with text-based scholarship. The weeks are thematically considered based on different methodologies of practices, think of the class as a survey course in practice-based methodologies. This course offers ahands-on approach to learning different skill sets such as filmmaking, editing, sound capturing, visual data analysis representation, wearables, and so much more.
THET608J
Seminar: Theory and Performance Studies; Black Musical Theatre: Theory and Practice
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with AASP478F, AMST498M, and TDPS408B. Credit only granted for TDPS408B, AASP478F, AMST498M, or THET608J.
What is B/black about Black musical theater? And, how can studying Black variety and musical revues help us shift our understanding of what constitutes "musical theater"? In this performance as research course we will study history and stage scenes and musical numbers using our bodies as learning edges to grasp and define Black musical theater. No musical theater experience necessary.
What is B/black about Black musical theater? And, how can studying Black variety and musical revues help us shift our understanding of what constitutes "musical theater"? In this performance as research course we will study history and stage scenes and musical numbers using our bodies as learning edges to grasp and define Black musical theater. No musical theater experience necessary.
THET639
Advanced Design Studio in Scenery
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET649
Advanced Design Studio in Costume
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
For first year costume design students and other MFA students. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET659
Advanced Design Studio in Lighting
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
For first year lighting design students and other MFA students. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET669
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
THET669A
Independent Study; History of Fashion for the Theatre
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET669E
Independent Study; Stock Motion Performances
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with THET669E and DANC689K. Credit only granted for TDPS458K, THET669E, or DANCE689K. Student must pay a $25 lab fee.
Students will build a series of performance studies using Unity software and stock animation available on public motion libraries. Students will string together animations in various patterns and interactive systems, and design performance environments for them. Students will gain an understanding of motion that is assumed "default," "normal," and "useful," and use their work to interrogate and challenge such assumptions and their social and political connotations. Then, students will try to recreate their digital action sequences in physical space, and re-translate them back into the virtual, building a new and improvednon-stock motionlibrary."
Students will build a series of performance studies using Unity software and stock animation available on public motion libraries. Students will string together animations in various patterns and interactive systems, and design performance environments for them. Students will gain an understanding of motion that is assumed "default," "normal," and "useful," and use their work to interrogate and challenge such assumptions and their social and political connotations. Then, students will try to recreate their digital action sequences in physical space, and re-translate them back into the virtual, building a new and improvednon-stock motionlibrary."
THET669P
Independent Study; Photoshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
THET672
Theory of Visual Design in Scenery
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
An advanced design studio which takes a comprehensive approach to design spanning across lines between specific disciplines and explores Scenography as an art form. Students are expected to concentrate in their primary design area while simultaneously conceiving, coordinating and developing other scenographic elements.
Students must pay a $25 course fee.
THET679
Advanced Design Studio in Multimedia and Projection Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students must pa a $25 lab fee.
THET698A
Seminar: Theatre History; Modern Architecture
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
THET712
Historical Research Methods and Historiography in Theatre
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Prerequisite: THET700.
Formerly: PCOM712.
A survey of methods commonly used in writing theatre history and their application to a suitable problem. Formulation of significant research questions, systematic collection of bibliographic and phenomenal information, formulating substantial claims, organizing and writing research for disciplinary outlets.
THET788
Master's Tutorial
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
THET789
Master's Practicum
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
THET799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
THET888
Doctoral Practicum in Theatre
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
THET889
Doctoral Tutorial in Theatre
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
THET898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, S-F
THET899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
1 - 10
Grad Meth:
S-F
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