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Honors Seminar: Theory and Practice of Dramaturgy — CANCELLED

Fall 2015
Instructor: Kathleen Dimmick
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this course weʹll look at the history and practice of dramaturgy and introduce some tools and methods of that practice, including text analysis, editing, and adaptation. Along with assignments on individual texts, students will observe rehearsals in DRA4376 Directing II and prepare rehearsal notes. The studentʹs major work for the term will be the preparation of a Protocol,
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How Water Behaves — DRA4216.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
This class will be a Production Performance class designed to develop, explore and present this new work by playwright Sherry Kramer. It will be audition based and will have room for various ensemble members in addition to assistant directors, dramaturgs, and designers.
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Imaginary Worlds — DRA2313.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
In this course we will consider playwrights who have created imaginary worlds as a means of escaping from, critiquing, or simply distorting the real world. In doing so, we will consider how imaginary worlds might open up new spaces and possibilities for our own world, as well as how they reflect a playwright’s unique vision and philosophy. We will consider the inherent
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Intermediate Playwriting: The Scene and Structure — DRA4140.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john walch
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The scene is to the playwright as the chapter is to the novelist; it is the primary building block of the play. Working playwrights craft their plays by putting one scene in front of (or behind, or on top of) another. This course invites intermediate and advanced playwrights to enter their plays through scene work and will challenge writers to write in a number of different
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Intro to Animation — MA2106.01) (cancelled

Fall 2020
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
This is the classic course in the basics of traditional animation principles. Histories, technologies, and techniques will be explored through weekly exercises, culminating in the creation of a short animated film. This course will be drawing intensive, but also will include explorations of pixelation/stop-motion, digital formats, and some 3D strategies all designed to give a
Drama Visual Arts

Intro to Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Seancolin Hankins
Credits: 2
This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including techniques, terminology, and commonly used tools. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings to
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Intro to Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Seancolin Hankins
Credits: 2
This class will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including terminology, and commonly used tools and techniques. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings
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Intro to Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Seancolin Hankins
Credits: 2
This class will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including terminology, and commonly used tools and techniques. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small renderings
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Intro to Scene Painting — DRA2168.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Seancolin Hankins
Days & Time: FR 2:10pm-5:50pm
Credits: 2

This class will introduce students to the fundamentals of scenic art, including terminology, and commonly used tools and techniques. Students will learn to create processes that will guide them from a rendering or scenic finish to a completed project. Skills we will develop include color mixing, surface preparation for soft goods and hard scenery, translating small

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Intro to Sketch Comedy 1 — DRA4277.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 2
This course is designed to teach you the basics of comedy writing, specifically using "the game of the scene" to create short comedic sketches. Each week students will be asked to write a 3–4 page sketch that will be read aloud in class and receive constructive criticism and suggestions (variations, alternate beats, alternate lines, etc.) from myself and your peers. You will
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Introduction to Butoh—Who are you? — DAN2278.01) (cancelled 11/14/2022

Spring 2023
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Credits: 2
No previous experience in dance or movement practice is required. This course is open to and welcomes all students who are interested in liberating their bodies from socially pre-conditioned selves, and investigating the physical embodiment of transformation. By studying some principles, cultural contexts and practices of butoh, which originated in Japan as a contemporary avant
Dance Drama

Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. She bridges the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. She bridges the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array

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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. She bridges the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. She bridges the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
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Introduction to Dramaturgy — DRA4281.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Maya Cantu
Credits: 4
The dramaturg serves as a powerful medium in the theatre. They bridge the past and the present, the creative team and the audience, while providing critical generosity and historical and literary insight. In this course, we will learn about the history and practice of dramaturgy, while learning how the critical and research skills of the dramaturg can apply to a wide array of
Drama Literature

Introduction to Vectorworks — DRA2309.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Drafting is the most essential piece of communication for theatrical production, so organization and clarity are essential. This course will introduce students to digital drafting in Vectorworks, including proper document organization, efficient drafting plate layout, and production of printable materials. We will also discuss determining scale from photographs, perspective
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Jerzy Grotowski — DRA2304.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Credits: 4
"No one else in the world, to my knowledge, no one since Stanislavski, has investigated the nature of acting, its phenomenon, its meaning, the nature and science of its mental, physical, emotional process as deeply and completely as Grotowski." - Peter Brook In this class we will explore, through readings and on our feet, the teachings and training techniques that Grotowski
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Kurdish Cinema: Images from a Longtime Stateless Nation — DRA2149.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
Kurds live in many different countries in the Middle East and Asia, but until recently they were forced to live without a self-governing region. Nevertheless, Kurdish cinema has flourished, especially since the turn of the 21stcentury. Both feature films and documentaries proliferate throughout the region. This course will look closely at contemporary Kurdish films and
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Later is Too Late: Dance Design & Production — DAN2425.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Davison Scandrett
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Borrowed from the subtitle of Lois Ellfeldt & Edwin Carne's seminal 1971 Dance Production Handbook, "Later is Too Late" became a mantra for the course instructor after finding a well-worn copy of the paperback in his roadbox for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.  In this course we will examine the specific technical challenges and design

Dance Drama Design

Layers Upon Layers - Animated Collages — MA4326.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The class will include a mixture of creating assemblages in a variety of means and materials. Objects will be cut out with scissors or the laser cutter, animated with pins or digital pins in software (After Effects), layers will be used to create depth in three dimensions, a multiplane or using the Z axis. Movement will be animated using software or an animation track and
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Light! — DRA2376.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 1
Many people recognize the beauty of a magnificent sunset or the power of a strobe light, yet few develop the acuity to make choices about controlling light in their everyday environments, or regularly consider the impact of light on their artistic practices. In this course we will work on increasing awareness of the power of light and lighting, and develop basic tools for
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