Spring 2026 Course Search

Radio Plays: Making Theatre for Radio and Podcast — DRA2305.01

Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

A performance-based course for folks interested in this medium. It is not necessary to have elaborate skill in sound design and editing, though students with this interest are welcome to enroll. All students will perform as actors in each other’s projects. Each week the class will listen to examples of current Radio Play and Theatre Podcast content, and discussion of weekly listenings.

Sensory Work: Creating the World of the Play — DRA4368.02

Instructor: Dina Janis
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

This class is fundamentally an advanced rehearsal techniques class for actors and directors with a focus on physical sensory work. The questions investigated include: What is substitution and how can it help bring the relationships of a play to life? 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 and props your character thinks of as real?

History of Theater II — DRA2282.01

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

This course offers a continuing introduction to the history and development of world theater and drama. We will experience the vibrant pageant of theater history through an exploration of its conventions and aesthetics, as well as its social and cultural functions. Starting in the nineteenth century, we will read representative plays ranging from the advent of stage Realism and Naturalism with Ibsen and Strindberg, through modern and contemporary drama (from the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa).

Actors Instrument — DRA2170.01

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

An actor honors and bears witness to humanity by embodying and giving voice to the human element in the landscape of theatrical collaboration. Investigating the impulses and intuitions that make us unique as individuals can also identify what constitutes our shared humanity. Through exploration of the fundamentals of performance, students address the actor’s body, voice, and imagination as instruments for creating drama, conflict, action, and story.