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The Magical Object - Visual Metaphor — DRA2116.01

Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
There is a great difference between a prop and an object on stage that is built or filled with the dramatic forces of a play. Such objects become metaphors, they become fresh comprehensions of the world. In the theater, we believe in magic. Our gaze is focused on ordinary objects…a glass figurine, a pair of shoes, a wedding dress…and then our attention is shaped, and charged,

The Magical Object - Visual Metaphor — DRA2116.01

Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
There is a great difference between a prop and an object on stage that is built or filled with the dramatic forces of a play. Such objects become metaphors, they become fresh comprehensions of the world. In the theater, we believe in magic. Our gaze is focused on ordinary objects…a glass figurine, a pair of shoes, a wedding dress…and then our attention is shaped, and charged,

The Magical Object - Visual Metaphor — DRA2116.01

Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
There is a great difference between a prop and an object on stage that is built or filled with the dramatic forces of a play. Such objects become metaphors, they become fresh comprehensions of the world. In the theater, we believe in magic. Our gaze is focused on ordinary objects…a glass figurine, a pair of shoes, a wedding dress…and then our attention is shaped, and charged,

The Magical Object – Visual Metaphor — DRA2116.01

Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
There is a great difference between a prop and an object on stage that is built or filled with the dramatic forces of a play. Such objects become metaphors, they become fresh comprehensions of the world. In the theater, we believe in magic. Our gaze is focused on ordinary objects…a glass figurine, a pair of shoes, a wedding dress…and then our attention is shaped, and charged,

The Magical Object: Visual Metaphor — DRA2116.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
There is a great difference between a prop and an object that is built or filled with the dramatic forces of a play or film. These objects fill with meaning and power and the hopes of the characters, and ours. But how do we generate a magical object that can organize an entire work of timebound art? We will pursue our investigation in the timebound arts of

The Puppet Project — DRA4244.01

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Credits: 4
Part performance, part design, part construction, this class will center around the creation of characters, fabricating them, and then bringing them to life. We will also explore an overview of the history and use of puppets in storytelling and different forms of puppet performance. We will also look at different Puppetry practitioners practicing today. Although we will

The Room Where it Happens: Introduction to Costume Design — DRA2150.01

Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 4
This class will serve to introduce and build skills as a costume designer. We will read, analyze and chart scripts, develop research skills and build a fluency in rendering design ideas by working on graphic skills. We will also work on some non-scripted projects, and in various genres of performance possibly including ballet, opera, television and film. We will have in class

The Veil and the Arts: Discourses and Experiences around the Veil in Contemporary Works — APA2201.01

Instructor: Burcu Seyben
Credits: 4
The veil, the headscarf or hijab has been a very controversial issue all over the world. It has also been the subject of many artworks produced both by veiled women themselves, or by others. Some of these art works serve and create the discourses of nationalism. colonialism, patriarchy, and Islamophobia, while others (especially those which have been created by veiled women)

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and  improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through  short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten  observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

Whose class is this anyway? Yours! Improv is for everyone—just like life, it’s all about making it up as we go.

In this course, we’ll explore the fundamentals of improvisation through high-energy theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, and ensemble-building activities. We’ll dive into character, object, and environment work while staying grounded, truthful, and

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.02

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: James Smith III
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

Whose class is this anyway? Yours! Improv is for everyone. Just like life, it’s all about making it up as we go.

In this course, we’ll explore the fundamentals of improvisation through high-energy theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, and ensemble-building activities. We’ll dive into character, object, and environment work while staying grounded, truthful, and

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and  improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through  short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten  observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theater Games and Improvisation — DRA2123.01

Instructor: Shawtane Bowen
Credits: 4
Whose class is this anyway? Improvisation is for everyone. Life is made up as it happens and improv is no different. This course will explore the basic elements of improvisation. Through short and long form theater games, pattern and rhythm exercises, we aim to heighten observation, listening skills, and ensemble building. Character, object, and environment work will be

Theatre and the Arts for Peace and Reconciliation — MED4102.01

Instructor: Daniel Michaelson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How can Theatre, Visual Arts, Music and Dance build international peace, or help youth in at-risk situations, or help victims of genocide, or heal the environment?  Guest artists will discuss their particular projects, and students will investigate various efforts, both local and international, that involve the Arts for peace or social action.  Students will write

Theatre Design Collaboration Studio — DRA4369.01

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Part 1 of a Page to Stage design Process

Students will work collaboratively to develop design ideas in response to the script for next fall's faculty production. Generating ideas, research and designs all heavily steeped in collaboration and dramaturgy.

Theatre Design Collaboration Studio 1 — DRA4352.02

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Part 1 of a Page to Stage design Process

Students will work collaboratively to develop design ideas in response to the script for next fall's faculty production. Generating ideas, research and designs all heavily steeped in collaboration and dramaturgy.

Theatre Design Collaboration Studio 2 — DRA4351.01

Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

This course is the second half of a Page to Stage design Process - focusing on “standing the design up” and getting it realised onstage.

Having completed the designing process students will begin to work through the fabrication and production

There Is Always a Clock — DRA4384.01

Instructor: Sherry Kramer
Credits: 4
The hero has till sundown to get out of Dodge. The heroine has to take the full course of cancer treatments. The polar vortex is coming. The iceberg is waiting for its date with the Titanic. They say that the main character of every story is time. In timebound art forms, there are two times running in parallel: the story’s, and the audience’s. Almost all works for the stage

There Is Always a Clock — DRA4384.01

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
The hero has till sundown to get out of Dodge. The heroine has to take the full course of cancer treatments. The polar vortex is coming.  The iceberg is waiting for its date with the Titanic. They say that the main character of every story is time. In timebound art forms, there are two times running in parallel: the story’s, and the audience’s. Almost all works for the