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Course Descriptions/Theatre Arts 363
Prerequisites: THA 0140, THA 1300, THA 1301, THA 2310, THA 2312, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor.
This Course will serve as an introduction to teaching theatre and is designed to give theatre arts majors a realistic approach to teaching in the public school system. Students will be introduced to a range of approaches and teaching methods through lecture, activities, field work, and observation in select public schools. Theatre fee applies.
3308. Teaching the Theatre Arts 3 hours
3310. Theatre/Stage Management 3 hours
Study of the techniques and skills involved in stage management. Three hours of lecture and practical application in University theatre productions.
3311. Theatrical Costume Design 3 hours
Prerequisite: THA 2312
Survey of historical styles and trends with emphasis on silhouettes, motifs, and accessories. Practical application with basic costume design and construction techniques. Theatre fee applies.
3312. Theatrical Makeup 3 hours
Study of the design and application of makeup for the stage. Areas explored include theory, color, materials, character analysis, aging, fantasy, and three-dimensional makeup. Three hours of lecture/demonstration and one crew assignment. This course may not be used to satisfy the general education fine arts requirement. Theatre fee applies.
3313. Acting in Shakespeare’s Plays 3 hours
Prerequisite: THA 1302, THA 2307 and THA 2315
Techniques for working with scenes and monologues from Shakespeare’s texts. Emphasis is on mastery of heightened language, characterization, the various styles of performance from Elizabethan to contemporary, and those periods and contexts encompassed in the plays.
3315. Acting for Musical Theatre 3 hours
Prerequisite: THA 1302 and 2 semesters of TAP voice lessons
Individual and group work on scenes from the musical theatre with concentration on characterization and acting objectives in songs. Theatre Fee Applies.
3316. Acting in Comedy 3 hours
Prerequisite: THA 1302 and THA 2300
Advanced exercise and scene work for the performance of comedy in plays and musicals from a variety of periods. Areas of study include improvisation, practice of Roman, Restoration and Commedia dell’Arte styles, as well as modern and contemporary comedy.
This course will serve as an introduction to new play development and will allow students the opportunity to actively participate in the rehearsal process of an original play. Students will develop an understanding of and appreciation for the development of the new play scripts through participation in the process as actors, audience, dramaturgs, designers, managers and/or playwrights. The capstone activity for the course will be participation in the Playmarket trip to New York City in May in years when the course is offered.
3318. New Play Development II: Playmarket 3 hours


































































































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