Introduction to Acting
THTR 100
M/W/F: 9:20 – 10:10 AM | 10:00 – 11:15 AM | 10:25 – 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM 
G. Przybylak | K. Booze-Mooney | C. Bohan
A course designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of acting and performance. Fundamentals in improvisation, technique, and scene study are stressed. At the end of the course, the student will demonstrate their knowledge of acting technique by presenting a monologue from a play. This course is required for, but not limited to, students who intend to major or minor in theater.

Introduction to Stagecraft
THTR 105
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
H. Farr
An introduction to theater terminology and technology with an emphasis on scenic construction, lighting, stage rigging, painting, and production. A practicum in wood shop and stage construction.

Introduction to Dramatic Literature – Script AnalysisOp
THTR 112
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
J. Scott
This course introduces students to analytical and interpretive techniques used to study dramatic texts in order to better understand dramatic theory and theatrical criticism. Topics to be covered may include dramatic structure, theme, language, character development, historical and social context, and mise-en-scene within a range of classic, contemporary, and postmodern texts.

Theater Practicum
THTR 185
H. Farr
This Practicum is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in a variety of positions, both on stage and behind the scenes. Students will register for one credit-hour per semester unless directed otherwise by the Director of Undergraduate Theater Studies. Each student will meet with the Director of Undergraduate Theater Studies to determine his/her position for the semester. Credit will be awarded on a P/NP basis.

Movement for the Actor
THTR 201
M/W: 12:35 – 1:50 PM
E. Schwarz
This course is designed to give the student /performer greater physical awareness and expanded range of expression. Students will learn to free their instruments from habitual body patterns that inhibit flow, find a dynamic neutral alignment, and discover the root of physical impulse. They will explore Experiential Anatomy, Ashaya Yoga, the Viewpoints, and Expressive Movement through solo, partner, and ensemble exercises. Through this practice they will become dynamic shape shifters and meaning makers with greater capacity for presence and expression. Engaging with the ground, ourselves, and each other on the level of bone, muscle, fascia, nervous system, carriage, release, imagination, and breath, we offer and receive simple nourishment and tools geared towards embodiment and expansion. In a spirit of play we cultivate the ability to respond.

Scenic Design
THTR 223
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
J. Davis
This course introduces scenic design techniques, approaches, and tools. Emphasis will be on developing ideas through script analysis, visual research, and analysis of the physical theater space, and finally, the communication of ideas through drafting and model building.

Stage Management
THTR 227
M/W: 3:10 – 4:25 PM
M. Stevens
Designed to acquaint student with the numerous aspects of stage management.

Acting: Advanced Scene Study
THTR 231
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
C. Bohan
This course is an advanced exploration of contemporary acting technique emphasizing complex character relationships and heightened partner awareness to achieve greater specificity, spontaneity and emotional resonance in performance. Scene work will focus on contemporary playwrights. Counts as SAGES Departmental Seminar.

Acting: Improvisation Technique
THTR 233
M/W/F: 3:10 – 4:25 PM
K. Booze-Mooney
This course is designed to teach the student the introductory techniques utilized by all improvisational actors. While improvisation is best known as a comedic enterprise, this course will focus on using improvisational techniques/rules to improve communication skills, as well as a means to discover the “truth” of a moment. In the professional world, improv is taught as a communication tool to doctors, lawyers, law enforcement officers, corporate big wigs, and little wigs. In the medical field, the tools of improv are taught to patients suffering with PTSD, and children suffering from anxiety or social disorders to help them learn valuable communication skills. In additional to improving listening and communication skills, the student of this course will learn to apply improv skills to the performance of short improv games/skits, as well as long-form improv, known as The Harold.

Voice
THTR 234
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
H. Jannielli
Development of the student’s vocal instrument. Work in breath, resonance, articulation, range, and flexibility. The skills in this course practice physical, mental, and social activities that promote well-being and help reduce stress and anxiety.

Acting: Camera Technique
THTR 306
M: 2:05 – 4:35 PM
D. Vegh
This course is an exploration of film and television acting with an emphasis on how it departs from stage work in terms of both preparation and execution. Students will have the opportunity to employ class techniques in a hands-on manner through exercises, performances of filmed scene work, and simulated on-camera auditions.

Playwriting
THTR 312
M: 3:10 – 5:40 PM
G. Vovos
Theory and practice of dramatic writing, in the context of examples, classic and contemporary. Recommended preparation: ENGL 203 or ENGL 213 or ENGL 214 or ENGL 303 or ENGL 304. Offered as ENGL 305, THTR 312 and THTR 412.

Greek Tragedy: Plays and Performance in Ancient Athens
THTR 319
T/Th: 2:45 – 4:00 PM
T. Wutrich
This course provides students the opportunity to read a significant number of ancient Greek tragedies in modern English translations. We read, study, and discuss selected works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as selected criticism, ancient and modern, of these plays. All semester we read the plays as literature composed for performance. We study literary elements within the plays and theatrical possibilities inherent in the texts. As we read the plays, we pay close attention to the historical context and look for what each play can tell us about myth, religion, ethics, and society in ancient Athens. Finally, we give attention to the way these tragic dramas and the theater in which they were performed have continued to inspire literature and theater for thousands of years. Lectures provide historical background on the playwrights, the plays, the mythic and historical background, and possible interpretation of the texts as literature and as performance pieces. Students discuss the plays that they read in class. The course has three examinations and a final project that includes writing an essay and staging a monologue or scene from one of the tragedies. Offered as CLSC 319, CLSC 419, THTR 319, THTR 419, WLIT 319, and WLIT 419.

Topics in Design
THTR 323
TBD
A. Herin | J. Davis 
This course will examine various topics relating to theatre design and technology not covered in other design courses. Students will be provided with practical and theoretical knowledge on a specific topic in order to increase their design and/or technical skills. In addition, each course offering will have its own stated objectives. This course may be repeated by students with each new topic.

Development of Theater: Beginnings to English Renaissance
THTR 325
M/W/F: 11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
R. Ullom
This course explores the foundations of theater in Western civilization, beginning with Greece and then charting and analyzing the developments in playwriting, design, acting and theater architecture. Students read a wide variety of plays in order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the history of the art form, but also learn how theater has played an integral societal function as a medium of political, economic, and cultural commentary. Development of Theater I explores developments from Aeschylus to the English Renaissance. Offered for undergraduates as THTR 325 and WLIT 360. Students who have taken THTR 228/WLIT 228 are not allowed to enroll in this course. Offered as THTR 325, WLIT 360, and THTR 425.

Play Directing I
THTR 330
T/Th: 2:45 – 4:00 PM
D. Vegh
This course will begin a two-semester study of the art and craft of stage direction of plays. Topics covered will include history of the profession, directorial theory and practice, development of skills such as text analysis, design and concept, and general problem solving. Offered as THTR 330 and THTR 430.

Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances – Comedy/Romance
THTR 335
T/Th: 11:30 – 12:45 AM
M. Vinter

Close reading of selected plays of Shakespeare in the genres of comedy and romance (e.g., “The Merchant of Venice,” “Twelfth Night,” “Measure for Measure,” “The Tempest”). Topics of discussion may include issues of sexual desire, gender roles, marriage, the family, genre conventions. Assessment may include opportunities for performance. Students registering for 325C will be required to develop and complete a Capstone project in the wider field of study covered by the course and to make a public presentation of this project. A student may not receive credit for both ENGL 325 and ENGL 325C. Offered as ENGL 325, ENGL 325C, ENGL 425, and THTR 335.

Advanced Topics in Design/Technology – Scenic Design
THTR 390
TBD
J. Davis
This course provides an opportunity for Theater Undergraduates concentrating in design to do advanced projects in scenic, costume, sound or lighting design, building upon the skills learned in the 200-level design course. The course will better prepare students to create and execute designs for realized productions by emphasizing the tools used to communicate the design to director, other designers and the technicians who execute the design. It is offered in four sections and taught by the appropriate instructor. This course is a prerequisite for a Theater Capstone in Design.

Senior Capstone: Dramaturgy
THTR 393
TBD
R. Ullom
This course introduces students to theories of textual analysis and contextual research within the framework of theatrical performance. Students will investigate the history and methodologies of dramaturgy, and then apply the best practices of the profession to the study and production of contemporary plays. Because dramaturgy is a collaborative endeavor, students will participate with others in the production of a theoretical adaptation from a non-dramatic source, as well as the creation of an interdisciplinary theatre event and a multi-media performance project. By course end, students will be able to support their theatrical interests with dramaturgical insights and to work collaboratively to create productions that reflect the cultural and aesthetic diversity of the 21st century.

Honors Studies I
THTR 398
R. Ullom
Individual projects in acting, design, playwriting, and directing.

Independent Study in Theater Arts
THTR 399
Independent research and project work in areas of acting, design, voice, theater history, playwriting, directing, or theater management.