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Cinematic Shorts: Acting for Film and Video — DRA4382.01, section 1

Spring 2024
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this advanced acting class, students will learn some of the basic techniques of film acting, creating short form projects which will allow them to gain experience working for the lens rather than for the stage. Students will work with the book: Acting For Film by Cathy Haase, and using various selected monologue and scene material, will create and present short videos which
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Cinematic Shorts: Acting for Film and Video — DRA4382.02, section 2

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
In this advanced acting class, students will learn some of the basic techniques of film acting, creating short form projects which will allow them to gain experience working for the lens rather than for the stage. Students will work with the book: Acting For Film by Cathy Haase, and using various selected monologue and scene material, will create and present short videos which
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Cinematic Shorts: Acting for Film and Video — DRA4382.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this advanced acting class, students will learn some of the basic techniques of film acting, creating short form projects which will allow them to gain experience working for the lens rather than for the stage. Students will work with the book: Acting For Film by Cathy Haase, and using various selected monologue and scene material, will create and present short videos which
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Clothes: Reduce, Reuse, Redux — DES2108.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Days & Time: TU 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 2

A sustainable design process with found clothing 

Every year, roughly 92 million tons of clothing end up in landfills. This course seeks to support students rescuing our cast-offs by upcycling fast fashion. Students will explore how to

Drama Design

Clothes: Reduce, Reuse, Redux — DRA2382.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Tilly Grimes
Credits: 2
A sustainable design process with found clothing Every year, roughly 92 million tons of clothing end up in landfills. This course seeks to support students rescuing our cast-offs by upcycling fast fashion. Students will explore how to deconstruct garments, rethink their intention, and reconstruct them anew. We will conceptualize a mini collection for theoretical “clients”/
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Clothing Beyond Binary — DRA2324.03

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Taught by visiting faculty Michael Sylvan Robinson ‘89, internationally exhibited genderqueer fiber artist and activist, this seven week module provides opportunities to develop costume and fashion designs with a focus on “beyond binary” expressions in clothing. We’ll research and recognize the people wearing and creating clothing that resists restrictive gendered "norms" of
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Collaboration in Light, Movement & Clothes — DAN4286.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to
Dance Drama

Collaboration in Light, Movement and Clothes — DAN4286.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 4
​​Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to
Dance Drama Visual Arts

Collaboration in Light, Movement, and Clothes — DAN4286.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Michael Giannitti, Dana Reitz, Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 4
Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to
Dance Drama

Collaboration in Light, Movement, and Clothes — DAN4286.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Michael Giannitti, Dana Reitz, Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 4
Visual elements are a significant component of performance, whether it be theater, performance art, music or dance. With many performance projects, there is little time to contemplate, rethink or adjust designs in the actual performance space; there is rarely an opportunity to watch a collaborative art develop. In this class, equipped space is available to give the time to
Dance Drama

Coming of Age: Gender and Genre — DRA2314.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
"You can choose a lighter path, go through that door with nothing on your person, nothing on your back." --Anna Maria Hong, "H G" In this course we will investigate contemporary plays, films, and books in which the protagonists have the courage to question authority, lean into the unknown, survive despite harrowing odds, and allow time to help then unfold their identities.
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Costume Construction Studio Basics — DRA2211.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Richard MacPike
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The goal of this course is to teach fundamental skills used every day in the construction of garments for the stage. After acquiring a variety of sewing techniques every costume technician needs, students will learn the rudiments of flat pattern manipulation and draping, enabling them to pattern and create a mock-up garment of their own design.
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Costume Design for Multimedia — DRA2246.02

Spring 2017
Instructor: Charles Schoonmaker
Credits: 2
Costume is a consideration that must be addressed for virtually every human-based character in any medium. This class will focus on how to approach costume design in the context of a project you are working on, such as a film, video, or animation. We will explore design options based on character, period, style, and storyline. Class presentations may be drawn, illustrated, or
Drama Visual Arts

Costume Design for Multimedia — DRA2246.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: charles schoonmaker
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Costume is a consideration that must be addressed for virtually every human-based character in any medium. This class will focus on how to approach costume design in the context of a project you are working on, such as a film, video, or animation. We will explore design options based on character, period, style, and storyline. Class presentations may be drawn, illustrated, or
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Costume Design: clothing, body, context — DRA4387.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
We will follow a “page to stage” process on a Broadway Premiere: I Need That  by Theresa Rebeck, starring Danny and Lucy Devito at The American Airlines Theatre. Logistics permitting, the course will include a field trip to watch technical rehearsals or a preview performance in New York. In response to reading the play, observing a design meeting and a technical rehearsal
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Crafting the "It Narrative" — DRA4237.01) (cancelled12/19/2022

Spring 2023
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular
Advancement of Public Action Drama

Crafting the “It Narrative” — DRA2326.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
If a plastic bottle could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? “It-Narratives” are stories inspired by commerce and the circulation of goods that became popular
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Crafting the “It Narrative” — DRA2181.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
If a plastic duck could talk, what could it tell us about where it comes from and where it is going? What can we learn about labor, natural resources, extraction and global capitalism by researching and imagining the human and non-human worlds a single object has moved through? In this interdisciplinary course we will enter the realm of object-centered storytelling through
CAPA Drama

Creating the Sensory World of a Play — DRA2136.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: dina janis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
How do you create imaginary rain or cold or heat? Where are you coming from when you enter a stage from the wings? How do you personalize and endow the set and props your character thinks of as real? What is substitution and how can it help bring the relationships of a play to life? In this class, we will work with the basic canon of sensory exercises designed to give the
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Creating the World of the Play- Sensory Exploration Lab — DRA4142.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
This class is fundamentally an advanced rehearsal techniques class for actors and directors. The questions investigated include: What is substitution and how can it help bring the relationships of a play to life? I How do you create the physical, sensory world of the play? Where are you coming from when you enter a stage from the wings? How do you personalize and endow the set
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Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance — DRA4261.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into story line teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week
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Creative Collaboration in Writing and Performance — DRA4261.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
This class is about surviving the crucible of creative collaboration to satisfy the instant gratification of a hungry audience. Students write, produce and perform serialized stories. The class will divide into storyline teams; each team writes and performs three scenes of a developing narrative every week. Each episode will necessitate meeting at least four times per week with
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