Drama Courses
Spring 2024
Animation Projects
Sue ReesCinematic Shorts: Acting for Film and Video
Dina JanisCinematic Shorts: Acting for Film and Video
Dina JanisDesign With a Vintage Lens
Charles SchoonmakerDevising: Creation Stories
Jean RandichDirecting I: The Director’s Vision
Jean RandichDoll House, Diorama – Created Worlds
Farhad Mirza & Sue ReesDouble Exposure: Acting for Singers, Singing for Actors
Kerry Ryer-Parke & Jennifer RohnFaculty Performance Production: Sweat by Lynn Nottage
Shawtane BowenHistory of Directing: Traditions and Experiments
Jean RandichHistory of Theater II
Maya CantuIntro to Scene Painting
Seancolin HankinsIntroduction to Dramaturgy
Maya CantuPainters and Fashion
Charles SchoonmakerProduction and Design Projects
Michael GiannittiProduction and Design Projects
Michael GiannittiSewing Fundamentals
Richard MacPikeSewing Fundamentals
Richard MacPikeStage Management Process
Michael GiannittiTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenViewpoints Groundwork
Jennifer RohnWorking With Light
Michael GiannittiWriters, Directors Workshop
Kirk JacksonWriters, Directors Workshop
Kirk Jackson
Fall 2023
Advanced Dramaturgy
Maya CantuAdvanced Improvisation: Scene Work
Shawtane BowenCostume Design: clothing, body, context
Tilly GrimesDirecting II
Kirk JacksonDoubleness
Sherry KramerEmbodying Structure: Construction of the Corset
Richard MacPikeEmbodying Text
Kirk JacksonFaculty Performance Production: Airline Highway by Lisa D’Amour
Dina JanisFaculty Performance Production: Airline Highway by Lisa D’Amour
Dina JanisHistorical Dress: Drawing Connections Exploring Historical Icons Through Representation in Film and Art
Tilly GrimesHistory of Theater I
Maya CantuMad Props: Theatrical Property Design and Production
Seancolin HankinsPerformance Project: Pressing Face Against That Window
Kota Yamazaki & Mina NishimuraPoetry & Performance
Franny ChoiRadio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast
Dina JanisThe Actor’s Instrument
Oliver WadsworthThe Actor’s Instrument
Shawtane BowenThe Art of Stage Design
Michael GiannittiThe Camp Aesthetic
Maya CantuThe Drama-Free Workshop
Mary-Louise ParkerThe Drama-Free Workshop
Mary-Louise ParkerThe Kimono Project: A design process
Tilly GrimesThe Magical Object: Visual Metaphor
Sherry KramerTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenThere Is Always a Clock
Sherry KramerTransformational Acting
Oliver Wadsworth
Spring 2023
Advanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene
Shawtane BowenButoh Intensive—In search of dance of darkness
Mina NishimuraClothing Beyond Binary
Michael Sylvan RobinsonCrafting the “It Narrative”
Frances Ya-Chu CowhigDesign From Nature
Charles SchoonmakerDirecting I: The Director’s Vision
Jean RandichFaculty Performance Production: Unibeauty & Her Wicked Daughters, a corporate fairy tale in process, by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Jean RandichFinding Form: Dance
Dana ReitzFOCUS & FLOW: Developing a Generative Playwriting Practice
Frances Ya-Chu CowhigFOCUS & FLOW: Developing a Generative Playwriting Practice
Frances Ya-Chu CowhigFrom Process to Performance
Jennifer RohnHistorical Dress: The Great Couturiers
Charles SchoonmakerHistory of Theater II
Maya CantuIntro to Scene Painting
Seancolin HankinsIntro to Sketch Comedy 1
Shawtane BowenIntroduction to Dramaturgy
Maya CantuMeisner Technique
Jennifer RohnMovement Practice: A Spell for Utopia
luciana achugar, MFA Teaching FellowPlatform: Projects in Drama
Jennifer Rohn & Dina JanisProduction and Design Projects
Michael GiannittiProduction and Design Projects
Michael GiannittiProjection_Mapping_Design
Sue ReesRadio Plays (Advanced): Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast
Dina JanisSolo Performance: Telling My Story
Kirk JacksonThe Actor’s Instrument
Shawtane BowenTopping It Off
Richard MacPikeTransformational Acting
Oliver WadsworthWorking With Light
Michael Giannitti
Fall 2022
Actor’s Instrument
Kirk JacksonAdaptation
Sherry KramerAdvanced Dramaturgy
Maya CantuAn Actor’s Technique: Nuts and Bolts
Jennifer RohnBeat by Beat: Script Interpretation for Theatre Makers and their Friends
Dina JanisCollaboration in Light, Movement and Clothes
Michael Giannitti, Dana Reitz & Charles SchoonmakerCreative Radioplay and Podcasting
Senem PirlerDirecting II
Kirk JacksonDoubleness
Sherry KramerFaculty Performance Production: Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
Shawtane BowenGhostly Body- The Art of Absence
Mina NishimuraGoing Backstage: Musicals, Plays, and Novels about Theater
Maya CantuHistory of Theater I
Maya CantuMad Props: Theatrical Property Design and Production
Seancolin HankinsNew Play Development: Rewriting in Company
Sherry KramerPatternmaking and Garment Construction
Richard MacPikeRadio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast
Dina JanisRedefining Scenography
Michael GiannittiStage Management Process
Michael GiannittiThe Actor’s Instrument
Dina JanisThe Line of Clothing: Rendering for Costume Design
Charles SchoonmakerTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenWearable Art: Intersections of Art, Activism, and Fashion
Michael Sylvan RobinsonWork, Work, Work
Charles SchoonmakerWorld Theater Now
Jennifer Rohn
Spring 2022
Actor’s Instrument
Dina JanisAdvanced Improvisation: The Game of the Scene
Shawtane BowenComing of Age: Gender and Genre
Jean RandichCrafting the “It Narrative”
Frances Ya-Chu CowhigCreative Collaboration in Writing and Performance
Shawtane Bowen & Kirk JacksonDirecting I: The Director’s Vision
Jean RandichEmbodying Text
Kirk JacksonFaculty Performance Production: “H & G, a great and terrible story,” by Anna Maria Hong, Jean Randich, Sue Rees, and Allen Shawn
Jean Randich & Allen ShawnFinding Form: Dance
Dana ReitzHistory of Theater II
Maya CantuMeisner Technique
Jennifer RohnPlatform: Projects in Drama
Dina Janis & Jennifer RohnPlatform: Projects in Drama
Dina Janis & Jennifer RohnPlatform: Projects in Drama
Dina Janis & Jennifer RohnPlaywriting as Civic Inquiry – The Supreme Court and the Corporate Person
Frances Ya-Chu CowhigProjection _ Mapping _ Design
Sue ReesResisting the Stitch
Richard MacPikeScene Painting
Seancolin HankinsScience, Drama and the Power of the Inquisitive Mind
Dina Janis & John BullockShakespeare: The History Plays
Maya CantuStorytelling with Lights
Jiyoun ChangStyle in Motion: Costume Design for Dance
Charles SchoonmakerTom Stoppard
Maya CantuViewpoints Groundwork
Jennifer Rohn
Fall 2021
Actor’s Instrument
Kirk JacksonActor’s Instrument
Jennifer RohnAn Actor’s Technique: Nuts and Bolts
Jennifer RohnBeat by Beat: Script Interpretation for Theatre Makers and Their Friends
Dina JanisChoice and Consequence – Alternative History
Sherry KramerDirecting II
Kirk JacksonEmbodying Structure: Construction of the Corset
Richard MacPikeFaculty Performance Production: Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Shawtane BowenFascinating Rhythm: Costume Design for Musicals
Charles SchoonmakerOut of the Ordinary: Costume Design for Fantasy
Charles SchoonmakerSensory Exploration/Scene Study
Dina JanisSpatial Narratives
Dana ReitzStage Management Process
Michael GiannittiTake On, Take Off: from Inspiration to Travesty
Kirk JacksonThe Art of Stage Design
Michael GiannittiThe Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place
Dana ReitzThe Magical Object
Sherry KramerTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenTime, Memory, and Meaning Making
Sherry Kramer
Spring 2021
Actors Instrument
Kirk JacksonAmerican Theater NEXT
Jenny RohnAn Actors Technique: Nuts and Bolts
Dina JanisArt Deco Style
Charles SchoonmakerBasic Audio Technology for Drama/Dance Productions
Curt WellsCharacters Welcome
Shawtane BowenDirecting I: The Director’s Vision
Jean RandichFaculty Performance Production: Phillip Christian Smith’s 2017 political thriller, “The Chechens”
Jean RandichImaginary Worlds
Abe KooglerMad Props: Theatrical Property Design and Production
Seancolin HankinsProduction and Design Projects
Michael GiannittiRadio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast
Dina JanisScenes
Abe KooglerSewing Fundamentals
Richard MacPikeSewing Fundamentals
Richard MacPikeSolo Performance: Telling My Story
Kirk JacksonStage Management Process
Michael GiannittiThe Art of Auditioning Virtually
Jenny RohnThe Line of Clothing: Rendering for Costume Design
Charles SchoonmakerTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenWorking With Light
Michael Giannitti
Fall 2020
Advanced Garment Construction
Richard MacPikeAmerican Theater Now
Jenny RohnArtist’s Portfolio
Dana ReitzChekhov’s World
Jenny RohnDesign Collaboration: Visualizing the Script
Michael GiannittiDirecting II
Kirk JacksonEmbodying Shakespeare’s Language
Kirk JacksonHistorical Dress: the 1930’s
Charles SchoonmakerHistorical Dress: The Jazz Age
Charles SchoonmakerHistory of Animation
Sue ReesHistory of Theater I
Maya CantuIntroduction to Dramaturgy
Maya CantuIntroduction to Vectorworks
Seancolin HankinsLight!
Michael GiannittiNew Work/New Voices
Dina JanisPatternmaking: A Remote Class in Flat Pattern Development
Richard MacPikePlaywriting – Storytelling Across Media
Megan TabaqueRadio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast
Dina JanisRedefining Scenography
Michael GiannittiThe Actor’s Instrument
Shawtane BowenThe Art of Spectacle
Megan TabaqueTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane Bowen