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Advanced Projects in Theater Design and Animation — MA4796.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: sue rees
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The course will be for sustained work on an animation or set design. Students will be expected to create a complete animation, or project. The expectation is that students will be fully engaged in their project, and with critiques. Locations will be explored for showing of work including investigating digital projections on different surfaces and forms. Animation students
Drama Visual Arts

Advanced Scene Study — DRA4150.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
The goal of this course is to develop an in-depth understanding and practice of the actor’s craft. Specific emphasis will be placed on text analysis, choice making, character development--vocal and physical--and full emotional preparation. We will use cold readings, contemporary and classical scene work and monologues. Students will address any weaknesses in preparation and
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Advanced Scene Study: Tom Stoppard — DRA4191.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TH 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

This is an advanced scene study class which will explore the canon of work by Tom Stoppard. Students will be assigned scenes and monologues from this canon, and the class as a whole will read all of the plays being worked on during the term. Rehearsal techniques, character development and sensory exploration of these plays will be a large part of the focus for the actors in

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Advanced Shakespeare Lab — DRA4396.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 2
An advanced acting class where we will go beyond scansion and take much deeper dives into the more challenging and perhaps lesser known of Shakespeare's speeches and scenes along with some of our favorites. Previous work with actor's instrument will be required as basic knowledge of character analysis and truthful expression will be essential to apply to the work of powerful
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Alexander Technique — DAN2151.02; section 2

Fall 2016
Instructor: Rebecca Brooks, MFA Teaching Fellow (supervised by Terry Creach)
Credits: 2
The Alexander Technique begins with the premise that the human organism is perfectly designed for an expansive range of activities. It is our own misuse that gets in the way of this potential. The Alexander Technique maps a neuromuscular process by which we use our thinking to undo habitual layers of use, and make conscious choices that create more freedom and range, resulting
Dance Drama

Alexander Technique — DAN2151.01; section 1

Fall 2016
Instructor: Rebecca Brooks, MFA Teaching Fellow (supervised by Terry Creach)
Credits: 2
The Alexander Technique begins with the premise that the human organism is perfectly designed for an expansive range of activities. It is our own misuse that gets in the way of this potential. The Alexander Technique maps a neuromuscular process by which we use our thinking to undo habitual layers of use, and make conscious choices that create more freedom and range, resulting
Dance Drama

Alexander Technique — DAN2151.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 2
The Alexander Technique begins with the premise that the human organism is perfectly designed for an expansive range of activities. It is our own misuse that gets in the way of this potential. The Alexander Technique maps a neuromuscular process by which we use our thinking to undo habitual layers of use, and make conscious choices that create more freedom and range, resulting
Dance Drama

Alexander Technique — DRA2265.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Rebecca Brooks
Credits: 4
The Alexander Technique begins with the premise that the human organism is perfectly designed for an expansive range of activities. It is our own misuse that gets in the way of this potential. The Alexander Technique maps a neuromuscular process by which we use our thinking to undo habitual layers of use, and make conscious choices that create more freedom and range, resulting
Dance Drama Music

Alexander Technique & The Art of Performance — DAN2420.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Ros Warby
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 4

The Alexander Technique invites students to engage with how they move through the world. Students will learn to notice what it is they are doing in their everyday movement, dance practice, performance, & an overall deeper engagement with the body. 

This course supports a students ability to notice how they allow a letting go of unnecessary tensions,

Dance Drama Musical Performance

American Theater NEXT — DRA4422.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
American theaters and theater-makers are at an extraordinary crossroads - struggling to respond to the pandemic which has shut their doors, and to the 29-page list of demands written after George Floyd's murder entitled We See You White American Theater. Broadway theaters aren't planning on opening until the summer of 2021, and theater companies across the country are seeking
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American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2016-2017. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore the history of theater in America, specifically the regional theater
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American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2018-2019 with a specific emphasis on issues of equity, diversity and inclusion. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore
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American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2020-2021 with a specific emphasis on the pressing issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion and on the national theater community’s response to the pandemic. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the
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American Theater Now — DRA2151.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Credits: 4
This non-performance based course will focus on a detailed, coast-to-coast examination of the state of the American Theater in 2013-2014. Who are the playwrights, directors, designers, actors, and producers that are shaping the landscape? Who is making theater? How and why are they making it? We will explore the history of theater in America, specifically the regional theater
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An Actor's Technique - Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor's process: character research, character
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An Actor's Technique - Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dina janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor's process: character research, character
Drama

An Actor's Technique – Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
Drama

An Actor's Technique-Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
Drama

An Actor's Technique-Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
Drama

An Actor's Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance-based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, and thorough rehearsal process. All casting and scene selection decisions will be discussed with each individual
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An Actor's Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Jennifer Rohn
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
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An Actors Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
Drama

An Actors Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This non-performance based class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character
Drama

An Actors Technique: Nuts and Bolts — DRA4127.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
How do actors bridge the gap between themselves and the role they are playing? How do actors rehearse with other actors in order to explore the world of the play? This technique class is designed to help individual actors discover their own organic, thorough rehearsal process. Step by step we will clarify the actor’s process: character research, character exploration, text
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