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Viewpoints Groundwork — DRA2124.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Jenny Rohn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Viewpoints is a physical improvisational form used for training actors and creating movement for the stage. This class encourages students to explore the physical and vocal possibilities of time and space, with a specific focus on developing the capacity to be physically present, emotionally open, and free to follow creative impulses. Special emphasis will be placed on the
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Voice and Speech Workshop — DRA2114.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The human voice simultaneously communicates thought and emotion whether we will it or not. Through exercises focusing on alignment and release, breath expansion and endurance, vibration and tone, and articulation and flexibility, students will work to free, develop and strengthen their natural voice. Particular attention will be paid to diction to align clarity of thought and
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Voice and Speech Workshop — DRA2114.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** The human voice simultaneously communicates thought and emotion whether we will it or not. Through exercises focusing on alignment and release, breath expansion and endurance, vibration and tone, and articulation and flexibility, students will work to free, develop and strengthen their natural voice. Particular attention will be paid to diction to align
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What Can One Person Do — DRA4394.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
One of the primary jobs of the storytelling tradition is to sing the songs of a culture’s heroes. In this class we’re going to take a look at what a hero is and what it means to write and sing the songs that immortalize them. And by songs I mean…plays and movies. We will attempt to define what a hero is, what a hero was, what a hero could be. We will look at the everyman hero,
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Windfall — DRA4159.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Sherry Kramer Susan Sgorbati
Credits: 4
This course explores movement, improvisation and text in order to generate patterns of discovery and interstitiality. We will investigate wind—from summer breezes to 100-miles an hour derechos; trees--from redwoods to bonsai; and bounty--as it exists in the riches of the natural world and the man-made worlds of money, greed, generosity, exploitation, and exaltation. We will
Dance Drama

Women's Voices — DRA2144.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include writers featured on the Kilroy List, Susan Blackburn Award Winners, Lily Award recipients, among others from my own personal list. We will also look at current initiatives within the theatre today to level the playing field and will
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Women's Voices on Stage — DRA2266.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include: Sibyl Kempson, Annie Baker, Annie Washburne, Frances Cowhig, Lisa Damour, Kia Cothron, Shiela Callaghan, and Lynn Nottage, Theresa Rebeck, Laura Eason, Anna Ziegler, Katori Hall, Lucy Thurber, Ruby Rae Spiegel, Dominique Morrisseau.
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Women’s Voices on Stage — DRA2266.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include but are not limited to: Sibyl Kempson, Annie Baker, Annie Washburne, Frances Cowhig, Lisa Damour, Kia Cothron, Shiela Callaghan, and Lynn Nottage, Theresa Rebeck, Laura Eason, Anna Ziegler, Sherry Kramer, Cusi Cram, Paola Lazaro,
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Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
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Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, light sources,
Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 2

Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle

Dance Drama

Working with Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: michael giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working with Movement: Cinema Dance — DAN2116.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Elliot Caplan
Credits: 4
A hands-on seminar conducted by Elliot Caplan to teach film/video and digital arts as collaborative tools for exploration of movement in dance, theatre, and the visual arts. It is intended for those interested in developing their aesthetic of the moving image rather than learning primarily the technical aspects of filmmaking. We work to clarify space in the frame. The dynamic
Dance Drama Visual Arts

World Building — DRA2381.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Credits: 2
Every fictional universe has its own history and culture, geography and ecology that act as a backdrop to the narratives that inhabit it.  This course will investigate the relationship between such a fantastical place and its characters – with a particular emphasis on the philosophy and symbology of their clothes. This class will be both an exploration of existing media
Drama

World Building: Designing Characters and World They Live In — DES2109.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: MO 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

Every fictional universe has its own history, culture, geography, and ecology that act as a backdrop to the narratives that inhabit it.  This course will investigate the relationship between such a fantastical place and its characters – with a particular emphasis on the philosophy and symbology of the characters and their clothes.<

Drama Design