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Designing a Light Plot — DRA2235.02

Fall 2017
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Credits: 2
As a follow-up to the course Working With Light, students in this class will learn how to integrate lighting design ideas with the architectural parameters of theater spaces, and deal with the challenges and opportunities imposed by scenery and various light sources. Design drafting will be emphasized in this course, beginning with hand drafting and moving on to Vectorworks CAD
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Designing a Light Plot — DRA2235.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: michael giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
As a follow-up to the course Working With Light, students in this class will learn how to merge lighting design ideas with the constraints inherent in theater spaces, scenery and lighting equipment. Design drafting will be emphasized in this course. In one major project, students will synthesize and apply material covered to develop (on paper) a complete lighting design.
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Designing a Light Plot — DRA4338.02

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

As a follow-up to the course Working With Light, participants in this class will learn how to adapt lighting design ideas to work within the common constraints of theater architecture and scenery. We will take a deep dive into the process of choosing lighting equipment and figuring out where it needs to be, in relation to everything else in the

Dance Drama

Designing a Light Plot — DRA2235.02

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
As a follow-up to the course Working With Light, students in this class will learn how to integrate lighting design ideas with the parameters found in theater spaces, as well as deal with the challenges of scenery and performance of lighting equipment. Design drafting will be emphasized in this course. In one major project, students will synthesize and apply material covered to
Dance Drama

Devising Performance and Collaborative Creation — DRA2263.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
“Devised Performance” emerged in the 50’s and 60’s when American avant-garde groups such as the Living Theatre and Open Theatre pioneered non-text-based rehearsal and performance practices to liberate and empower the actor. We will investigate the history, philosophies, and evolving techniques of this ensemble-based movement in which the company generates all aspects of the
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Devising: Creation Stories — DRA2319.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
Devising is a form of collaborative creation in which the performers themselves author every moment of the performance. It is made by and belongs to them. In this course we will devise a theatrical work inspired both by creation myths and contemporary stories, and what they mean for us today. Students will adapt myths and stories they choose from current events to bring an
Dance Drama Music Visual Arts

Devising: Moving through Time and Space — DRA2177.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
“The beauty here is a beauty you feel in your flesh. You feel it physically….Other beauty takes only the heart, or the mind.” (Barry Lopez, “Arctic Dreams.”) Devising is a form of collaborative creation in which the performers themselves author every moment of a performance from movement to text (if any), to spatial relationships, clothing, entrances and exits, etc. The “stage
Dance Drama

Digital Modeling — MA2104.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Sue Rees
Credits: 2
This course introduces students to the basic language of 3D modeling, including shading, texturing and lighting models. A series of modeled objects, using a chess set as the catalyst, and spaces, based upon a text, will be created. Additionally, during the course we will print forms, utilizing 3D printers. This class will be appropriate for students interested in animation, set
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2027
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time: Tu 2:10PM-6:00PM, F 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gestures, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation “real?” This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the

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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. Throughout the course everyone participates in all exercises and assignments. Non-writers make up stories, non
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gestures, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation “real?” This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gestures, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation “real?” This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers young theater artists the chance to examine the craft from the inside out. Throughout the course everyone participates in all exercises and assignments. Non-writers make up stories,
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm, and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. In the first half of this course, non-writers make up stories, non-actors act, and those who have never
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation "real?" This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm, and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. In the first half of this course, non-writers make up stories, non-actors act, and those who have never
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm, and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate in the creation of a story that happens in time and space? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. In the first half of this course, non-writers make up stories, non-actors act, and those who
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation “real?” This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, directors, and the audience collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers young theater artists the chance to examine the craft from the inside out. Throughout the course everyone participates in all exercises and assignments. Non-writers
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Directing I: The Director's Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time: T 2:10PM-6:00PM, F 2:10PM-4:00PM
Credits: 4

What is action? What is character? What is an “event”? What are gestures, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience/event in space and time? How do illusion and anti-illusion collude and compete to make the representation “real?” This workshop/seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from

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Directing I: The Director’s Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. Throughout the course everyone participates in all exercises and assignments. Non-writers make up stories, non
Drama

Directing I: The Director’s Vision — DRA4332.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Jean Randich
Credits: 4
What is action? What is character? What are gesture, timing, rhythm and stakes? How do actors, playwrights, and directors collaborate to create an experience in space and time? This seminar offers theater artists the chance to examine their craft from the inside out. Throughout the course everyone participates in all exercises and assignments. Non-writers make up stories, non
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Directing II — DRA4376.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
We will address the process of discerning a text’s dramatic potential and realizing that potential in performance by developing and implementing a directorial approach through analysis and rehearsal techniques. The term is divided between exercises and rehearsal of individual projects. The work of the course will culminate in a director’s approach essay, a rehearsal log, and a
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Directing II — DRA4376.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
We will address the process of discerning a text’s dramatic potential and realizing that potential in performance by developing and implementing a directorial approach through analysis and rehearsal techniques. The term is divided between exercises and rehearsal of individual projects. The work of the course includes a midterm Director’s Approach Essay, a final Rehearsal Log,
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Directing II — DRA4376.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
We will address the process of discerning a text’s dramatic potential and realizing that potential in performance by developing and implementing a director’s approach through analysis and rehearsal techniques. The term is divided between exercises and rehearsal of individual projects. The work of the course will culminate in a director’s approach essay, a rehearsal log, and an
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