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Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
This project-based class is for designers developing and implementing scenic or lighting designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception through realization of their respective production projects. Particular attention will be placed on
Drama

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.02, section 2

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This project-based class is for designers doing intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management, those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception
Dance Drama

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.01, section 1

Fall 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This project-based class is for designers doing intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management, those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception
Dance Drama

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.02, section 2

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
This project-based class is for designers doing intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management, those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception
Dance Drama

Production and Design Projects — DRA4486.01, section 1

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
This project-based class is for designers doing intermediate or advanced level work in lighting design, scenic design and/or stage management, those developing and implementing theatrical designs, as well as stage managers of faculty or student directed projects being produced on campus. In a studio atmosphere, students will share work in process each week, from inception
Dance Drama

Projection of Images — MA4109.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
This will be a condensed class concerned with projecting images, and mapping these onto a variety of forms. The content will be created in a number of programs. How this interacts with a location/space, a surface, an object, a performer, a body will be explored in the class, as well as how this brings further information to a form, and shifts the viewer's reading or
Drama Visual Arts

Projection _ Mapping _ Design — MA4106.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with projecting images, and mapping these onto a variety of forms. The content will be created in a number of programs. How this interacts with a location/space, a surface, an object, a performer, a body will be explored in the class, as well as and how this brings further information to a form and shift the viewers reading or understanding.
Dance Drama Visual Arts

Projections – Animation Projects — MA4202.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The course will be for sustained work on an animation or projection design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and consistent endeavor. Students will be expected to create a complete animation, a series of experiments, interactive project, projection mapping etc. The expectation is that students will be fully engaged in all aspects of the class
Drama Visual Arts

Projections – Animation Projects — MA4202.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The course will be for sustained work on an animation or design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and a consistent endeavor. Students will be expected to create a complete animation, a series of experiments, projection or interactive project. The expectation is that students will be fully engaged in all aspects of the class from critiques, to
Drama Visual Arts

Projection_Mapping_Design — MA4106.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 4
The class will be concerned with projecting images, and mapping these onto a variety of forms. The content will be created in a number of programs. How this interacts with a location/space, a surface, an object, a performer, a body will be explored in the class, as well as and how this brings further information to a form and shifts the viewers reading or understanding.
Drama Visual Arts

Projection_Mapping_Design — MA4106.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
The class will be concerned with investigating the interaction of projected imagery with an actor/performer/viewer. Investigation will center on how projections can be integrated into, and bring further information to a location, a set and or a text. Various examples will be looked at and researched. Two plays or texts will be used as a basis for two projects and for each,
Drama Visual Arts

projects in animation and projections — MA4314.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Sue Rees
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The course will be for sustained work on an animation or design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and a consistent endeavor.  Students will be expected to create a complete animation, a series of experiments, projection or interactive project.  The expectation is that students will be fully

Drama Media Arts

Projects in Costume Design — DRA4210.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 4
This is a production class that will be centered on designing the costumes for both the Drama production directed by Kirk Jackson, and a new dance work by Dana Reitz. Students will work collaboratively on the design elements of the costumes and the realization of the costume design. Responsibilities will include conception, rendering, sourcing, shopping, fitting and working
Dance Drama

Public Theatre Lab — APA2015.01) (cancelled 11/16/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
What should a public-facing theater do? Stimulate local business? Enrich the lives of community members? Probe the biggest questions of our time? Support the passions of amateurs? Art-wash corporations? Provide a living wage for professionals? Revive a post-industrial town? Public Theatre Lab is a space to reflect on ways institutions and individuals past and present have
CAPA Drama

Radio Plays (Advanced): Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA4221.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium who have completed Part One or have comparable experience. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play
Drama

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, writing up play reports and
Drama

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
A performance-based collaborative course designed for actors, writers/playwrights, sound designers, directors and folks interested in developing skills in this medium. In this performance-based course we will investigate plays as well as create plays that are designed to be performed via radio or podcast. Content will include original plays and monologues written by recent
Drama

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, and discussion of weekly

Drama

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, writing up play reports and
Drama

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other's projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, writing up play reports and
Drama

Reader's Theater Ensemble — DRA2247.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this performance-based course we will investigate the Reader's Theater form. Students will concentrate on beginning vocal techniques and training, as well as the practice of reading out loud in performance. Individual as well as group projects will be developed and performed during the term. Corequisite: Dance or Drama lab assignment.  
Drama

Reader's Theatre Ensemble — DRA2247.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this performance-based course we will investigate the Reader’s Theater  and Radio Theater formats. Students will concentrate on beginning vocal techniques and training, as well as the practice of reading out loud in performance. Individual as well as group projects will be developed and performed during the term.
Drama

Redefining Scenography — DRA2308.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
In her book What is Scenography?, Pamela Howard states: “Scenography is the seamless synthesis of space, text, research, art, actors, directors and spectators that contributes to an original creation.” While the term “scenography” was regarded for centuries as synonymous with “theater design,” Howard’s definition does not mention theater or a stage, and other artists and
Dance Drama

Redefining Scenography — DRA2308.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 1
In her book What is Scenography?, Pamela Howard states: "Scenography is the seamless synthesis of space, text, research, art, actors, directors and spectators that contributes to an original creation." While the term "scenography" was regarded for centuries as synonymous with "theater design," Howard’s definition does not mention theater or a stage, and other artists and
Drama