Course Description
PREREQUISITE: NONE
This course is designed to increase appreciation of contemporary theater. Emphasis is given to the theater as an art form through the study of history and theory of drama and the contributions to modern media. This course places emphasis on playwright, actor, director, designer, and technician to modern media.
Attendance at theater productions may be required. |
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Text
Oscar G. Brockett, Robert J. Ball, The Essential Theatre 10th Edition
Click book cover to link with companion website
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| SYLLABII (updated-Summer 2010) |
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| MW SECTIONS |
TR SECTIONS |
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| HANDOUTS (updated-Spring 2010) |
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| Play Report Guidelines Fall 2010 |
Shakespeare in Love Make up guide |
| Vocabulary test Word Bank |
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| SLIDE PRESENTATIONS (MS PPT) |
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| Chapter 1: Nature of Theatre |
Chapter 13: Producing & Directing |
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Chapter 2: Performance, Audience & Critic |
Chapter 14: Acting |
| Chapter 3: The Play |
Chapter 15: Scenic Design |
| Chapter 4: Festival Theatre |
Chapter 16: Costume Design |
| Chapter 5: Professional Theatre |
Chapter 17: Lighting Design |
| Chapter 6: Melodrama and Realism |
Design Principles |
| Chapter 11: Theatrical Space |
Design Elements |
| Chapter 12: Playwriting |
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| CHAPTER OUTLINES (MS Word)(updated-Summer 2010) |
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| Chapter 1: Nature of Theatre |
Chapter 11: Theatrical Space and Production Design |
| Chapter 2: Performance, Audience Critic |
Chapter 12: Playwrighting |
| Chapter 3: The Play |
Chapter 13: Directing and Producing |
| Chapter 4: Festival Theatre |
Chapter 14: Acting |
| Chapter 5: Creating a Professional Theatre |
Chapter 15: Scene Design |
| Chapter 6: Romanticism to Realism |
Chapter 16: Costume Design & Make-up |
| Chapter 7: Modernist Temperament 1885-1940 |
Chapter 17: Lighting Design |
| Chapter 8: Reevaluations, Decentralization & Subsidization |
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